1844.] Sixth Report on Mackenzie Manuscripts. 68 



7. Vaidya nur a hundred stanzas on medicine No. 89 8 

 C. M. 240. 



This tract wants four stanzas at the end : the preceding 

 part is complete, and in good order. 



A few leaves, containing another medical tract, called 

 puma lehiyam are added : these leaves are damaged at one 

 end.* 



8. Parana Sutram. No. 82. C. M. 243. 



This manuscript contains two parts ; the first being a me- 

 dical treatise ascribed to Agastya, containing 203 sutras, or 

 brief stanzas. The other part contains 201 stanzas, also as- 

 cribed to Agastya, of which the title is Puranam, or fulness • 

 being a compendium of ascetic observances, modes of penance, 

 austerities, and the like. Both parts appear to be complete. _ 



9. Parana Sutram. No. 83. C. M. 244. 



There are three parts in this book. The first contains 

 2 1 6 Sutras on alchymical preparations, purgative, and other 

 medicines. The second is termed piya-vidhi, and contains 

 199 stanzas of the viruttam class, on modes of worship, or 

 homage, in the ritual of idol worship. The third is entitled 

 dicsha-vidhi, and contains 201 stanzas, on the modes of initi- 

 ation to discipleship in the Saiva system. The whole book 

 contains 601 stanzas, ascribed to Agastya; but, in my view 

 of the case, as a literary device to give authority to the pro- 

 ductions of other individuals. 



These two books No. 82 and 83, are in good preservation. t 



Dr. Ainslie in the Appendix to his Materia Medica of 

 Hindoostan, part %. has enumerated several works, medical 



* The MS. is entered in Des. catal. Vol. 1. 260. Art. viii. 

 + They are entered in Des. catal. Vol. p. 258 Art. 2. 



