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Rh 14. Sankalpa sûryódayam (read sûryodaya) by Vedantáchárya II, 359 and ṭîkâ I, 13, II, 361.

15. Sóma vallica yagánanta Prahasana-nátacam (sic) by Dindima Cavi I, p. 82, entitled also Sóma vali prahasyanam (read vallî prahasanam) by Dindima Cavi otherwise known as Arana giri nát’ha (?) I, 334.

16. Subhadra-dhananjaya nataca by Ráma cavî I, p. 81

17. Vasanta tilakam bhána. By Varadáchárya I, 87, 223, 333, II, 363, 364.

18. Vencatésa prahasnam (leg. prahasanam) II, 363.

Copies of some of these plays are known to exist elsewhere. The Prasanna-râghava is found in the libraries of Oxford and Calcutta, as well as the Nâgananda and Samkalpa sûryadaya. This play, as well as the Narakâsura badha, the Vasantatilaka, Mukuṇḍânanda and Miçrabhâṇa, is known also in the Mahratta country and Gujerath. A particular interest is attached to the Laxmîsvayamvara, as we are told in the Vikramorvaçî and elsewhere, that the first Hindú drama composed by Bharata and acted in Indra's heaven bore this name. It would be interesting to learn if this Laxmî-svayamvara of Çrînivâsa has any claim to antiquity and can have given rise to this legend.

Not less interesting than the plays is the collection of grammatical works. Besides a good assortment of the more common books, it appears to contain one new work, or as it would seem, a number of fragments, of the grammar of Çâkaṭâyana. This grammarian is older than the other writers on grammatical subjects, whose works are known at present. He is quoted in the Prâtiçâkhyas, in Yâska's Nirukta and in Pâṇini's grammar. It is evident that the recovery of his writings would carry us at least one step further in the knowledge of the history of Indian grammar. It would give us