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far better qualified to explain ? On all principles of tlie division of 
labour, we bad a right to demand a copious body of notes and cor- 
rections, whereas we are now obliged to sit down contented with a bare 
facsimile of an original which the editor himself pronounces “ hope- 
lessly incorrect.” 
The Manava-kalpa-siitras belong to the old recension of the Yajur 
Veda, the Taittiriya Sanhita. The present work contains the first 
four books — the Yajamana book in two chapters ; the Agnyadhana ; 
the Agnihotra ; and the Chaturmasya sacrifices in six chapters. It 
only gives Kumarila’s commentary, but as the words of the Sutras 
are generally explained at some length, it would be possible to recover 
most of them from the tika. Dr. G-. mentions another MS. in- the 
old E. I. H. Library, which contains the Sntras of the Agnishtoma 
rites in five Adhyayas. 
The Society has two MSS.* of a part of the Manava Sutras (Mai- 
trayani-s ahhaycim Mtctnava-Sutra) ; and, at the end, the Sutras are 
said to consist of five divisions. 1, Th e Prdlcsoma-bMga. 2,ishtiialpa- 
bliiga. 3, agnishtomabhaga. 4, rdjasuyabhaga. 5, agnichayana- 
bJiciga. These MSS. only contain the fifth portion in five adhyayas. 
In the Sanskrit College Library there is a MS. (78 foil.) containing 
the praksomabluiga in eight adhyayas, which is thereiore, for the 
most part, that portion of the text, which has been published by 
Dr. Goldstiicker in Kumarila’s Commentary. 
The following are the first words of each adhyaya 
1. S3TK<T • (Dr. G. fol. 1.) 
2. ^gr wit 
Cv t\ 
3. wfwsjwiwra. 
4. pin 
Ov vJ " 
5. (Dr. G. fol. 55.) 
6. (Dr. G. fol. 84.) 
7. tret (Dr. G. fol. 10G.) 
8. TOin . 
Its concluding words are XiLr 
(query spiTlfaw! F) WWITf: II 
E. B. C. 
* One MS. contains 37 foil., the other 18 foil. ; the commencing words are 
