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 4- .t "*. ] Sect 4. Sripdla defeats Ajitsena king of Charts pa and takes the city; in the description of which the excellence of the Jain religion is expatiated upon, and its leading tenets explained and illustrated by narratives of Srikantha king of Hiranyapur-— this last part is called the Navapada Mahima or excel- lence of the nine fundamental principles of the Jain religion. Composed by Vinayavijaya gani. X11I. — Mdnatunga Cheritra. Paper. Story of Mdnatunga king of Avanti and Ma- navati his wife, who having offended him soon af- ter their marriage is confined in a separate mansion : she makes her escape and under different disguises enjoys her husband's society, becomes pregnant, and, whilst he is absent on a visit to marry the daughter of Dalathamba king of the South, is delivered of a son : on the king's return an explanation takes place and they live happy. The work is of Jain origin, and is interpersed with discussions on that faith and the injunction of its tenets, by Mohanavijaya. XIV. —Labal abab. Paper. A work translated from the Persian of Moham- med Haider on fortune telling, detecting thefts, discovering hidden treasure, anticipating secret pur- poses, &c. constituting the science called by the A- labs liemel.