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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 con-
tents, 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 Uttar膩grantha of the Samavedasamhit膩, and (2) on
the S膩mavidh膩na Br膩hma峁嘺. The value of the MSS. is
enhanced by the fact that they belong to the collection of
Pandit Govinda Bhatta Solapurk膩r, a well-known Vedic
scholar of Benares. (3) Devat膩-br膩hma峁嘺bh膩峁�ya is a com-
mentary on the Devat膩-br膩hma峁嘺 or Devat膩dhy膩ya, the fifth
br膩hma峁嘺 of the Samaveda.
Slaughter of animals for sacrificial purposes was a com-
mon practice in ancient India. But with the spread of Bud-
dhistic and Vaisnava ideas, slaughter of animals was re-
garded as sinful, and instead of living animals, a section of
the Brahmins began to sacrifice animals made of dough.
Pistapa艣ukhandanam, by Tik膩k膩ra Sarm膩, the son of Gar-
j膩ra Bhatta, a worshipper of K膩li, shows the futility of
the practice. The author combats the theories of the
Vaisnavas of the Madhva sect. Pistapa艣u-Khan岣峚nav膩ky膩r-
tha-dipik膩, by Rak峁�ap膩la, is a commentary on the above.
Pistapa艣u-prati p膩daka-Vidhiv膩kya-prakara峁嘺m 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. Pi峁ａ弓apa艣奴jj墨vanam
also relates to the same thing. Unm膩rgabha帽janam, by
Tumbara, the disciple of Tim膩ji Raghunatha, refutes the
theories of the Madhvas in the matter of sacrificing cakes