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1891.1 Dr. Hoernle— An instalment of the 'Bower Manuscript. 
of a formula given in the Vangasena, on p. 788. The preceding 
formulas, however, are entirely different,* and I have not been able to 
trace the formula of our manuscript in the Vangasena, or vice versa. 
I may also note, that the formula, given in verse 76 of our manuscript for 
ophthalmia, shows a curious resemblance to that given in verses 107 and 
108 of the Vangasena (p. 791). There is also some slight resemblance 
between the formula, given in verses 70-72 of our manuscript, and that 
in the Vangasena, verses 86, 87 (p. 789) and the corresponding verses 
2-5 in the Susruta (pp. 680, 681). It would seem that the options per¬ 
mitted in the formulas of our manuscript (verses 67-74), are made up 
into a large variety of distinct formulas in both the Vangasena and the 
Susruta. 
I may note, that neither opium nor mercury is mentioned in our 
manuscript, though, as both drugs came into India-with the Muham¬ 
madans, that goes without saying. But it may be noticed that the MS. 
mentions the riti-kusuma , or calx of brass, in one of its prescriptions, in 
verse 109 (fl. 5a 11 ), the knowledge of which, as Professor Grarbe points 
out in his Indische Miner alien (p 56), has been lost in India since 
many centuries. Also some other drugs, now no longer available, occur, 
such as the jivaka , medd, etc. 
Perhaps the mention of lions end elephants and of the light com¬ 
plexion of the people in the introductory verses 6, 41, and the omission of 
the winter in verse 92, should be noticed, as giving some indication 
regarding the place of composition of the work. 
With regard to the edition and translation, I should explain, that the 
Nagari transcript gives the text as it stands in the MS., broken letters 
or aksharas, of course, being printed in full; but where the consonant 
of a single akshara or a portion of a compound akshara was entirely 
lost, the missing portion is represented by a blank type ( □ ), to which the 
extant portion of the akshara, whether vowel or consonant, is joined. 
Aksharas, which are wholly wanting, are indicated by dots,—in numbers 
equal to the missing aksharas. Aksharas which now are wanting, but 
which were still exstant, when I first made my transcript, are enclosed 
within straight brackets. 
In the Roman transliteration, I have attempted to show clearly the 
state of the original manuscript. Broken aksharas of the MS. text are 
indicated by round brackets; entirely missing portions are indicated 
by as many lengths and shorts as were shown by the metres to have 
existed. Occasionally, when it was practicable, I have made an attempt to 
restore the text. In some cases, this was easy and the restoration ob- 
* In the Vangasena the verse runs as follows : nimbasya patraih parilipya lodihram 
sved-dgnind churnam-ath-dpi kallcam I dsehyotanam mdnusha-dugdha-misraip pitt-asra- 
v at-dpaham=agryam=vMam. 
