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off alamine an boqada PREFACE. There are altogether 366 MSS. described in this volume. The MSS. were examined in various parts of Bengal and in Benares. A new feature of this volume is the description of a large number of Jaina MSS. An analysis of the contents, arranged according to subject-matter, is given below. The Vedas.-The Vedic works in this volume are mostly liturgical. There are, however, commentaries by Sayana (1) on the Uttaragrantha of the Samavedasamhita, and (2) on the Samavidhana Brahmana. The value of the MSS. is enhanced by the fact that they belong to the collection of Pandit Govinda Bhatta Solapurkar, a well-known Vedic scholar of Benares. (3) Devata-brahmanabhasya is a commentary on the Devata-brahmana or Devatadhyaya, the fifth brahmana of the Samaveda. Slaughter of animals for sacrificial purposes was a common practice in ancient India. But with the spread of Buddhistic and Vaisnava ideas, slaughter of animals was regarded as sinful, and instead of living animals, a section of the Brahmins began to sacrifice animals made of dough. Pistapasukhandanam, by Tikakara Sarma, the son of Garjara Bhatta, a worshipper of Kali, shows the futility of the practice. The author combats the theories of the Vaisnavas of the Madhva sect. Pistapasu-Khandanavakyartha-dipika, by Raksapala, is a commentary on the above. Pistapasu-prati padaka-Vidhivakya-prakaranam is a treatise current among the Madhva sect. It attempts to find out injunctions from the Vedas against the killing of living animals and for sacrificing their images. Pistapasujjivanam also relates to the same thing. Unmargabhanjanam, by Tumbara, the disciple of Timaji Raghunatha, refutes the theories of the Madhvas in the matter of sacrificing cakes