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MISCELLANEA.
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(97) USA hekun,' to be able (complement in participle ateulute); aor. 3 sg. f.ee
hech, by him. (96) wská noklun, to become dry; aor. 3 sg. m. tsó nokk. (19) who hern, to take; (with inf.) to begin, 62 with có n.oli, to bny; with a
myuthu, to kiss ; unT did hini asun, to be guilty; with suit, to take with one ; with whoma hisab, to settle accounts with anyone ; with khabar, to obtain news about a thing, to inform oneself; aor. 3 sg. impers. caso yo pa tami timav hyut, by him (her), them; who hyutun by him (her) ; oina hyutul, by them; mains hyutunas, by him to him; 3 sg. f. tạmi hots, by him ; who hetsạn, by him ; '* hetsole, by them ; pšr" hetswum.
by you to me ; wf hetsay, by us to thee; 3 pl. mi who hetin, by him. (100). w*yatshun, to wish (complement in infin.); nor. 3 m. vastami yotshu.
by him (her); wipe yotshun, by him (her); +timau yotsh, by them ; 14 yotshawą, by you.
(To be continued.)
MISCELLANEA. MR. SHANKAR BALKRISHNA DIKSHIT. request, he proceeded to writo two articles, which MANY readers of this Journal will hear with
were first published in this Journal and were also
given as Appendices II and III. to my volume. great regret of the recent death, prematurely,
The first of them (Ind. Ant. Vol. XVI., 1887, from fever, of Mr. Shankar Balkrishna Dik
p. 113) explained the process by whiclı, with Prof. shis, of the Bombay Educational Department,
Kero Lakshman Chhatre's Tables, we may calcuwho was for some years a contributor to this
late correctly the week-day and the full Christian Journal and also did other valuable work.
date for any given Hindd tithi or lunar day. Mr. Dikshit's speciality was mathematics and The second of them (Ind. Ant. Vol. XVII. 1888 astromony; and he came to the front at just the pp 1, 312) dealt with the elucidation of the system time when his knowledge could prove moet useful. of the twelve-year cycle of Jupiter. In connec. I was fortunate enough to make his acquaintance | tion with the latter subject, he further made all at the end of 1886, when I was engaged in the | the calculations - (some of them, I believe, preparation of my volume of Gupta Inscriptions. extremely intricate and laborions) - for deterHe saw one or other of my preliminary notes, and mining the years of the cycle that are cited in some introduced himself to me because he was interest of the Early Gupta records. And by his invalu. ed in the subject and found himself able to able assistance he thus made complete the work settle exactly and finally the vexed question of that I then had in hand. Without his help, I certain dates in the Gupta era. And, at my 'must have left the long disputed question of the
# E... wir,
us hali hyut wuchhur, by the blind man was it begun to see ; i. e., he straightway saw;
kali hita katha karate, by the dumb man it was begun to speak; i. e., he straightway spoke. ['The translator has made some corrections above. The Past Part, mase of this verb is usually transliterated hyut. but hyot more nearly represents the sound.)
