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8 Civapadmasamgraha, in 12 chapters; Umamahecvar samvad in 21 chapters; Civopnih sad, in 8 chapters; and Uttarottartantra, in 10 chapters. The other Hindu works are all well known, but their importance in this collection, lies in their ancient date. There is a copy of Amarakosa, dated 1185; a copy of candakaucika, dated 1331; a copy of Cuddhiratnakara, of the fourteenth century; and a copy of Samgitaratnakara, dated 1381. The number of Kacmira MSS. in the Goverment Collection here is very small, and so advantage was taken of Dr. Grierson's short stay at Kacmir, in 1893, to procure through the good offices of Mr. Rsivar Mukherji, Chief Justice of Kacmir, a number of these MSS. Some of these are in birch-bark, others in paper, some in ancient, and others in modern, Sarada character. As a rule, the birch-bark MSS. are more ancient than the paper MSS. The birch-bark MSS. are unfortunately not in good preservation. The number of MSS. obtained is twelve, a description of these is given below:- 1. Balabodhini, by Jagaddhara, in birch-bark, appears to be very ancient. The vendor has put it down as 1041, A.D., but there is nothing in the MS. itself to show that it belongs to such an ancient date. It has neither beginning nor end; many of the leaves are broken asunder in the middle, and some of the leaves stick together; in others, portions of the writing have peeled off. The work is said to belong to the Katantra School of Grammar. Buhler purchased three copies of this work but none appear to be so ancient as the present Codex. 2. The next MS. in birch-bark is a copy of Naisadhacarita, by Criharsa, with the commentary of Narahari, entitled Naisadha Dipika. The codex has no beginning, it ends with the eleventh canto. The vendor puts it down at 1141, A. D., But at the end of the ninth canto, it is said that the work, Naisadha Carita, was introduced into Kacmir during the reign of Sikandar Shah, who reigned from 1496 to 1519, A. D., and was one of the greatest iconoclasts. kasmauranchasati sati sekendara dharadhipe | vaikunthakanthenanitah pravandho naisadhabhidhah || From this it appears certain that the MS. was transcribed after Sikandar Shah's time. 3. The third brich-bark MS. is a Commentary on Suryya nama sahasra, by Rama Nath, who is dignified with the title of Parama Vedantavit. Both the work and the Commentary are rare; the text belongs to Bhavisyat Purana. It appears that several works were bound together in one volume, of which only the portion containing Suryya nama sahasra has been preserved. It was preceded by Cankara's Commentary on Visnu sahasra nama, of which the last few lines only have been preserved. 4. The fourth birch-bark MS. is said to be Narapati jayacaryyatika, a work on Hindu Astrology; but on examination, the volume,