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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
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time he had mentally given the Brahman all his kingdom, and his prime minister recognized the Pandit as the man who had made the oath about which the king was so much afraid, and told the king so. The latter welcomed the Pandit with open arms, and instead of carrying out his mental
resolutions, gave him 125,000 head of cattle, and sending for a pair of tongs (Perez or ) allowed the Pandit to catch him by the lipe, and bring him in this statė, together with the cattle, before his mother.
G. A. GBIERBON.
BOOK NOTICE. KAVYAXALA, collection of old and rare Sanskrit ingly moderate, amounting to six rupees; and, in
KAVYM,'N Atakas, Champds, Bhinag, Prahasanns, the interest of intending European subscribers, I Chhandas, AlaokAras, etc. Edited by PANDITA DURGAPRABADA and KASHINATHA PANDURANGA would only suggest that the publisher should fix PARABA. Printed and published by the Proprietor of the Nirnaya-Sågara Press, Bombay. "Parts
the price, including postage to Europe, also in L-VI., January to June 1886.
shillings. Unfortunately, Indian publications In a short notice of an edition of the Kirdtar. become very slowly known in Europe; and, when juniya (ante, page 156) I have already expressed
they are known, nobody knows how to get them the opinion, that no Indian publishers bave during without paying the most extravagant prices. late years done more for Sanskrit literature than the following are the larger works, the public the proprietor of the Nirnaya-Sagara Press of cation of which has been begun in the first six Bombay, and I have mentioned the titles of some
numbers of the Kdvyamald: Mankhaka's Srikan. of the works published by that firm. Since then
thacharita, with Jonaraja's commentary, pp. I have had occasion to inspect the editions, bronght
112, Sargas I-VIII., 20; GovardhanachArya's out by the same press, of several of Kalidasa's
Årydsaptabati, with Anantapandita's Com., pp. works, and to examine more carefully, and
112, 308 Åryde; Murari's Anarghardghava, with with very great pleasure, an edition by Pandit
Ruchipati's Com., pp. 64, up to the beginning of Durgapramada of Trivikramabhatta's Damayanti
Act II.; Rudrata's Kávydlankdra, with Namiss. katha, and a handy and useful copy of the
dhu's Com., pp. 64, Adhyâyas I-VI., 15. The list Siddhantakaumudt. About some of these works
of the shorter works, that have been completed (on I may perhaps venture to write more fully on
160 and 04 pages), is as follows: Raghavachai. a future occasion. At present, I wish to express
tanya's Mahdganapatistotra, with Com.: Lankesto the enterprising publisher and to the learned
vara's Sivastuti; Kalidasa's Sydmaládandaka; editors Pandit Durgapraskda and Kåsingth P. Kulasekharanripati's Mukundamálá; Jagan. Paraba my best thanks for having started the nathapanditaraja's Sudhalahari, Pranabharajournal, to which they have given the appropriate
na with Com., Amritalahart, and Karundlahart; title Kavyamala, and to draw the attention of
Bambhumahakavi's Rdjendrakarnapura and European scholars to this most interesting and AnySketimuktillatd; Kshmendra's Kaldvildea, useful publication.
Auchitya vichdracharcha, and Suusittatilaka; The Kdvyamdld is devoted to the poetical litera- Appayadikshita's Vairágyasataka; Ratnature of the Indian middle ages. It is intended kara's Vakröktipanichdrikd; Bankaracharya's mainly for the publication of such Sanskrit Vishnupddadikeldntavarnanastötra ; and Guma. Kavyas, Nátakas, Champas, works on rhetorics and nikavi's Upadobadataka. metrics, etc., as have not hitherto been generally 1 I do not profess to have studied carefully every accessible. The more extensive works published in one of these works. But, as the Kávyamala has it are accompanied by the best commentaries that been a pleasant companion to me during my sumwere available ; and, in the case of works printed mer-holiday, I have certainly read through by far without running commentaries, short footnotes the greater portion of the numbers under notice, have been added by the editors for the elucidation and I feel no hesitation in saying, that the editors of difficult or unusual words or phrases. Besides, have performed their task in a very scholarly and in introductory notes an attempt has been made satisfactory manner. There are some passages, to fix the time of each writer and to give a list of particularly in the commentary on Rudra[& B his works. Each number consists of 96 octavo Kdvydlankdra, which, to judge from the interpages of closely but clearly printed matter, and punctuation, appear to me to have been misunder. contains portions varying from 12 to 24 pages of stood, and readings (such as Médhdvirudra on more extensive works, while the rest of the number 1 pages 2 and 9), which, I believe, are not supported is made up by shorter works. The pagination of by the best MSS.; but, on the whole, I must conthese shorter works is continuous, but the pages gratulate both the editors and the publisher on of every larger work are numbered separately. I what they have already achieved, and I wish their so that each work, when finished, may be bound undertaking every success. up by itself. The annual subecription is exceed. I
F. KIELHORN.
