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homonymous authors, either of whom is credited latter, it is written with considerable verve, its with an Alankdrasarvasva, as well as the contents doom it to neglect. The chief value of discovery that Alaka completed the Kávyaprakdba the find will probably be that it teaches us what and commented on an Alarkdrasarvasva, make Kalbaņa, (Ruijatararigins, vi. 495) means, when Dr. Peterson's inferences very tempting. If I, he calls the poet Damodaragupta, whom Jay&pida nevertheless, hesitate to accept them without made his minister, kuttinimatakdrinam. The reserve, it is :-1, because, as far as I remember, Yasastilaka, which turns out to have been written the Samkéta is, according to the Kaśmirian in 959 A.D. (not in 825, as the First Report Pandits and MSS. No. 247 of the Deccan College asserted) and to be not a historical poem, but an Collection of 1875-76, the independent work of ordinary Jaina romance, written in order to in. Ruchaka ;-2, because the substitution of Ruchaka culcate the doctrines of the sect, possesses yet far Rayvaka is not easily explicable either some interest on account of its numerous quota. on phonetic or palæographic grounds;--and 3, tions from Kavyas and Sistras. Very important because Alavikurasarvasa is a not uncommon is the mention of the poet Rajasekhara along title for works on poetice. A full solution of with Kalidasi and Magha. Rajasekhara's time these difficulties is easily possible, if Dr. Peterson is now pretty well defined by his quoting Ananda. will compare the Deccan College MS., and will vardhana, circiter 850 A.D., and by his being look out the quotations from Ruchaka's work quoted in Somadova's work. Professor Bhandar. in the Bombay copies of Ruyyaka's Sarvasva.
kar's note on the kings mentioned in the colophon In spite of these objections to details, I agree
of the Yasastilaka, pp. 47-49, is carefully done with Dr. Peterson with respect to Mammata's age.
and exhaustive. I do not think that he can have written, as I for. The remaining portion of the Report is taken merly supposed, as late as the 13th century. For up with notices of some books purchased during a note in a Jaina Prabandha and a renewed exa- the year 1883-84. The discovery of a Viramitromination of my acquisitions of 1873-74 have
daya (pp. 49-57) which differs from the welltaught me that Sômêśvara, the court-poet and known bulky volumes on Achâra and Vyavahara Purðhita of Viradhavala and Visaladeva of Dholka and is simply a commentary on Yajavalkya, wrote a commentary on the Kdvyaprakdba, and
possesses considerable importance for the practi. that a copy of his work is found in No. 66 of the
cal lawyer, because Mitramisra is one of the Deccan College Collection of 1873-74. Its full authorities recognised by the law courts. For the title is Bhatta-Somdivara-virachita-Kávyddarsa. history of Yajillavalkya's text, its value, I fear, Kdvyaprakasasamkata. If a Gujarati poet of the will be small, because its date is very late. Copies first half of the thirteenth century thought it of Visvardpa's Värttika and Dêvabodha's Vritti worth his while to explain the work of a Kaśmi. would be more welcome. Historically interesting rian, the latter cannot be placed later than the
is the new volume of elegant extracts, the Hari. twelfth century.
hardvali, from which Dr. Peterson adduces (pp. To the following remarks on some other works
57-64,) numerous valuable details. I can notice found in Alwar libraries (pp. 22-23), chief among here only one point. If Rajasekhara did write a which is "the Góladhyâya of an astronomical Bhojaprabandha (pp. 59-60), its hero cannot be Siddhanta which professes to be a part of the the famous Pramara Bhöja of Dhår, who certainly missing and long-sought-for Romaka-Siddhanta" did not begin to reign in 966 A.D., as his inscripI must add that the extracts at p. 110 do nottions and his Karana are dated from 60-80 years bear out the assertion made. Portions of the later. I will add that Dr. Peterson can render a genuine Romaka-Siddhanta, as well as of the very great service to his colleagues, if he will see equally important Vdsishtha-Siddhanta are, I that all the Sanskrit anthologies are printed. The think, contained in No. 34 of the Deccan College owner of the Nirnayasågar Press will probably Collection of 1870, No. 78 of 1868-69 and Nos. undertake what cannot be included in the Bombay 35-36 of 1870. All these MSS., as well as Dr. Sanskrit Series. Peterson's new one, ought to be examined by a
In Jflanavimala's commentary on Mahesvara's competent astronomer like Dr. Thibaut.
Sabdabhodaprakdea (No. 100, pp. 64-65) Dr. Next Dr. Peterson proceeds to an analysis of Peterson has found the exceedingly important two new works, cursorily noticed in the First statement that the Aindra grammar begins with Report, Damodaragupta's Sambhalímata, pp. the words siddhir anuktandi redhe). This dis23-33, and Sômadêva's Yabastilaka, pp. 34-49. covery settles, indeed, the question, if an Aindra The former is an early specimen of Indian porno grammar really existed; it also raises the hope graphy, similar to and possibly the prototype of that the work may still be found in one of the Kshêmêndra's Samayamátrikd. Though, like the Jaina libraries.
