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2. Maasiru-l-Umara, or a history of the Great Nobles of the Maglial 
Court during the first half of the eighteenth century, by Shah Nuwaz 
Khan. He played a conspicuous part in the affairs of the Deccan, and 
for his generous act of self-sacrifice, in saving the life of Nasir Jang, was 
obliged to live in concealment and obscurity for seven years, during 
which time he wrote this great work. Three volumes of the work have 
been published, but without indices. The index to the first volume 
appeared during the year under review in two fasciculi, Yol. I. Fasc. 
X. and XL, under the Editorship of Maulvi Mirza Ashraf Ali. 
3. A Commentary by Abu Zakaria Yahya At-Tibrizi on the ten 
ancient Arabic poems, was completed during the year under review by 
C. J. Lyall, Esq., C.S., President of the Society. The poems all belong 
to a period before Muhammad, but the Commentary is post-Muham¬ 
madan. The edition is based on MSS. at Cambridge, Leyden, and 
London. 
B. Sanskrit Series. 
1. Aitareya Brahmana is after the Rig-veda, the oldest Yedic 
work known. It was published with an English translation, about 
50 years ago, by M. Haug. Pandit Satyavrata Sama^rami has under¬ 
taken to publish the work with Sayana’s Commentary, references and 
indices. It has advanced by three fasciculi, Yol. I., Fasc. I., II., 
and III. 
2. frauta sutra of f amkhayana has advanced by one fasciculus only 
under the Editorship of Professor Dr. Alfred Hillebrandt of Breslau. 
It contains Yaradattasuta Anartiya’s Commentary on one of the later 
chapters of the work. Yol. III., Fasc. II. 
3. Taittirlya Samhita, or the Black Yajurveda, has changed hands. 
Mahamahopadhyaya Mahe 9 a Candra Nyayaratna, C.I.E., having 
resigned the Editorship, the work was made over to Pandit Satyavrata 
Sama^ami, who has published one fasciculus only during the year 
under review, viz., Fasc. XXXVII. 
4. Tattva-cinta-mani, by Gagge^padhyaya, who composed his 
great work on Logic and Philosophy about 750 years ago, with a view to 
dispel the darkness produced by heretics, — Pracanda-pdsanda tamastitir- 
sayd , — has advanced by one fasciculus only, namely, Yol. IV., Fasc. I. 
The fourth volume deals with the Cabdakhanda, i.e ., the evidential 
value of words or speech. 
5. Vrhat Svayambhu Purana is the only Buddhist Purana 
known. It deals with the sacredness of various spots in the Svayam¬ 
bhu Ksetra and other parts of the Valley of Nepal. It is a store-house 
of legends on Nepal Buddhism. It has advanced by three fasciculi 
under the Editorship of Pandit Haraprasad Qastri Fasc. I, II and III. 
