MADRAS JOURNAL. 



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LITERATURE AND- SCIENCE. 



No. 24— July 1839- 



X. — Fifth Report of progress made in the Examination of tlie 

 Mackenzie MSS., with an Abstract Account of the Works examined. — • 

 By the Rev. William Taylor, Member of \ the Madras Literary 

 Society, fyc. ( Continued from our last No.) 



B.-TELUGU. 



a. Palm-leaf manuscripts. 

 . 1. Vdni-vildsa, a miscellany, No. 76 — Countermark 458. 



This is a large, and rather closely written, manuscript, containing a 

 poem on multifarious topics by Rangha-sayi of Tiruvallur. The literal 

 rendering of the title is " the sport, or pastime, of Sarasvati the said 

 Sarasvati, as consort of Brahma, being regarded as the patroness of 

 poetry, and eloquence. There are seventy-seven chapters in this poem, 

 each on a distinct subject; to abstract which fully seems in no wiss 

 requisite ; a brief indication, of the contents of each chapter, will suf- 

 fice, in order to give a general idea of the work. It is narrated by Suta- 

 rishi to Sonaca-rishh 



