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xiv] THE MSS. OF THE A GROUP [Introduction are numbered continuously from the beginning, the total, 1049, being the same as in h. Some further details are given in Wickremasinghe's Cata- logue of the Max Müller Sanskrit MSS. in the JRAS., 1902, p. 640, no. 56. 3. m³. Another modern copy, which belonged to Max Müller, now at Tokyo. On the outside is written in Max Müller's hand: 'Sent by Dr. Bühler, Sept., 1866. A copy m. o. of the same MS. from which my other MS. (b) [= m²], likewise sent by Dr. Bühler, was taken.' It is dated sake 1788 (= A. D. 1866). The last page contains the additional matter at the conclusion of h, amoghanandanaśikṣāyām, &c., exactly reproduced. This, too, is undoubtedly a copy of h. Further details are given by Wickrema- singhe, p. 640, no. 55. 4. d. A modern undated MS. of forty-two leaves, which formerly belonged to Bhau Dāji, and is now in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay. When I wrote to Bombay for the loan of it, I had great hopes that it would prove to be the original of m¹. But a brief inspection, on its arrival, unfortunately showed that this too is a faithful copy of h. The title-page is blank, but fol. r' reproduces the contents of the title-page of h: atha vaiśvadevasükte, &c., and the additional matter at the end of h is likewise exactly copied amoghanandanaśikṣāyām, &c. It differs from h only in the numbering of the ślokas from the fourth Adhyāya onwards, where h goes wrong. h, and these three copies, as well as m², all agree in the mistake of describing the seventh Adhyâya as the sixth. 5. r. This MS. of Mitra's, described by him as ga, is very closely allied to h, almost invariably agreeing with the readings of that MS., when the latter differs from all the rest (ep. the various readings of v. 11). It is therefore probably either the original or a copy of h; but an inspection would be necessary to decide the question of priority between the two. It may be identical with the MS. of the Brhaddevata stated in one of the Bombay catalogues to have been sent on loan to Calcutta. It appears to be complete, as it is quoted by Mitra from the beginning to the end of his edition. 6, 7, 8. r¹, r4, r. These are the MSS. of Mitra, respectively designated by him as ka, gha, and ca. Mitra's critical notes show that they are practically identical in their readings. The first two, being referred to from the beginning of the edition, appear to be nearly complete; the last six vargas of the introduction are, however, wanting in them (ii. 97-127, pp. 53-56). The third, re, is incomplete, the whole of the introduction, or nearly two Adhyayas, being omitted; it does not begin to be quoted till ii. 137 (p. 57). These three MSS. omit all the ślokas wanting in h, besides a good many more, while they contain the additional matter found