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 XV.—Kalpa Sutra: ♦ Paper. A Jaina work in Prakrit giving an account of the birth and actions of Mahdvira the last Tirthan- kara or Jina of the present period of the world— and of the rest of the Tirthankaras in inverted or- der from the last to the first ; also of the descen- dants and pupils of several of them as Rishabha, Ae- minalh and Mahavira. The work closes with a description of the duties of those who follow the Jain faith, * XVI. — Prithwl Raja Cheritra. Paper. A part of the great biographical work of which the last Hindu Prince of Dehli is the hero, giving an account of his adventures at Kanonj — his going there in disguise, and carrying off Samyogitd the daugh- ter of Jayachandra — the pursuit of the fugitives by that prince, and the successive resistance of Prith- vsi Raja's hundred chief warriors who were seve- rally slain, and so enabled their Prince to effect hia escape. XVII. — Premsagar. Quarto — Printed. An'abridged version in the common dialect of Agra and Delhi of the Vruj Bhakha translation by Cha- Vol. il q