1893.] 
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A. F. R. Hoernle— The Weber Manuscripts. 
ir for ri on fl. 155 7 in 1 entiled for lcritikd ; d for t on fl. 146® in sphadika. 
W ant of sandhi : fl. 136 7 dadlii-aharam for dadhyahdram. Blunder : 
fl 15a 7 uttamra for uttar a ; fl. 15a 8 vikshnu for vishnu; fl. 136 4 asakhd 
for viiakhd, though these two forms may he synonyms ; in the Abridged 
Petersburg Dictionary both forms are given as synonyms of a certain 
plant. Similarly fl. 14a 6 sarpi ‘serpent’ for sarpa, fl. 156 1 Bhdrgavdn 
for Bhdrgavo. Omission of final consonant in fl. 14a 6 yaJcri for yahrit, 
fl. 15a 8 (see plate) and fl. 15J® abhiji for abhijit. Anomalous construction 
in fl. 156 6 ekd abhiji ashtau muhurta. I am not quite satisfied that I have 
read correctly the words kraksha fl. 15a 8 , Brahmdvarni fl. 15a 8 . In 
fl. 15a 8 (see plate) there is a curious symbol above sapta ; and since on 
fl. 155® it is stated that Abhijit has eight (ashta) muhurtas, I believe 
that the symbol is the numeral figure 8, intended as a correction. The 
s of sapta has not quite its proper shape ; I believe the writer or 
revisor meant to alter sapta into ashta, but seeing his failure in altering 
the shape of sa, he abandoned his intention and over-wrote the figure 
8. There are numerous traces to be met with of a revisor’s work ; thus 
in fl. 15a 8 krakshahar&m the ra was originally omitted and has been 
supplied inter linearly ; similarly the syllable m of katydyani in fl. 15a B . 
(See the Plate.) 
The portion extracted by me, may be translated thus, observing 
the proper sequence of the leaves : — • 
(Leaf 13.) Who- are they ? They are the Yatsas, Brahmacharins 
and Chhandogas. How many are the divisions of the Chhandogas ? Six. 
Which are they ? They are as follows : — Those whose food consists in 
(1) wheat, (2) , (3) , (4) , (5) (6) francoline 
partridge. 6 To which gotra does their mother belong ? To Parasara’s. 
Has your honour any (particular) reading of the list of Nakshatras ? 
Tell me! They are as follows: — 1, Kritika, 2, Rohini, 3, Mrigasira, 
4, Ardra, 5, Punarvasu, 6, Pusliya, 7, Asleslia, 8, Maglia, 9, Purva- 
phalguni, 10, TJttara-phalgunt, 11, Hasta, 12, Chitra, 13, Svati, 14, 
Asaklia (Visakba), 15 Anuradlia, 16, Jyeshtha, 17, Mula, 18, Purvashadba, 
19 Uttarashadha, 20 Abhiji, 21, S'ravana, 22 Dlianishtha, 23, S'atabliislia, 
24, Purva Bhadrapada, 25, Uttara. Bhadrapadi, 26, Revati, 27, Asvini, 
28, Bharani. These twenty nakshatras — what are the numbers of their 
stars, what are their configurations, what are the numbers of their 
muhurtas, what are their gotras, what kinds of food may be taken under 
them, what are their daivatas ? 
The following part of the translation, I give in tabular form, for 
the sake of convenient reference. 
6 Atyhsanam 1 take to ho a mis-reading for ity -dsanam (-asanam). 
