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printed matter on the page is different in each. Taking the average of a 
certain number of similar pages in each of the three dictionaries, 1 
find that Sarat Chandra Das’s contains 571 words to the page, Jaschke’s 
696 and Desgodins’ 325 ; and correcting according to this standard) 
Jaschke’s 608 pages are equivalent to 743 of the present Dictionary, 
while Desgodin’s 1087 pages are only equivalent to 618, and Jaschke’s 
608 pages contains more printed matter than Desgodiu’s 1087. Even 
thus, however, this comparison by bulk would be somewhat misleading 
owing to the fact that Desgodins’ Dictionary is written in Latin as well 
as French ; so that for every word or example given there is first the 
Latin equivalent and then tlie French, which would reduce the matter 
by one-third if the dictionary were only bi-lingual as in the case of the 
other two. But, against this, on the other hand, must be set the fact 
that in Desgodins* the Tibetan words and examples are only printed 
m the Tibetan character, while in Sarat Chandra Das’s besides being 
printed in the Tibetan character they are followed by their trans¬ 
literation in the English character, which takes up a corresponding 
space. 
For a similar reason the comparison by bulk between the present 
Dictionary and Jaschke’s would be misleading, as in Jaschke’s only the 
original word is printed in the Tibetan character, all phrases and exam¬ 
ples given under it being given in their transliteration only ; so that the 
real difference in the matter between Jaschke’s and the present Dictionary 
is not nearly so great as a comparison by bulk would appear to imply. 
However, putting aside the exact amount, there is no doubt that the 
present Dictionary contains a vast amount of new matter. It remains 
to see of what it consists. 
Here I would remark that it is a great pity that new words not to 
be found in Jaschke have not been distinguished by any mark, which 
could very easily have been done, and would have involved no extra 
labour at the time of compilation. 
The extra matter therefore consists of— 
(1) a large number of new literary words, and authorities, and ex¬ 
amples of their use, compiled by Rai Sarat Chandra Das. 
(2) a collection of Sanskrit equivalents to the literary words made 
by Dr. A. Schiefner. These are marked by an asterisk. 
(3) Sanskrit Synonyms added by Pandit Satis Chandra Acharya 
Vidyabhushan. 
(4) a large number of fresh authorities for previously existing liter¬ 
ary words and ‘examples of their use. 
(5) a number of current words collected by Rai Sarat Chandra Das, 
with examples of their use. 
