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PREFACE. xxxvii answers which are beautifully vague, and treats of the mystic processes of destruction, attraction and so on. Cakti-tantra, No. 348, treats of the worship of Cakti in all her terrific forms and terrific associations. She is to be worshipped on cremation grounds, deserted houses, sitting either on the head or on the chest of a corpse, with five M's and with hemp. The codex under notice is defective. It has lost the first 7 Patalas. Cavara-tantra, No. 359, in Sanskrit and Hindi enumerates the twelve Kapalikas, namely, Adinatha, Anadi, Kala, Atikala, Karala, Vikarala, Maha-Kala, Kala-bhairava-natha, Vatuka, Bhutanatha, Viranatha and Crikantha. Their disciples are also twelve in number, i.e., Nagarjjuna, JadaBharata, Haric-candra, Satyanatha, Minanatha, Goraksa, Carpata, Avaghata, Vairagya, Kanthadhari, Dhalandhari and Malayarjjuna. These are founders of sects among the Cavaras or Kapalikas. The work then goes on with the enumeration of various terrific Mantras and deals with ghosts, demons, witches, serpents, and so on; also of various mystic Mantras for destruction, attraction, stupifaction and so on. The last work under this head, Sammohana-tantra, No. 400, is a dialogue between Aksobhya and Tara. Aksobhya is one of the five Dhyani Buddhas and Tara is the general name of the Caktis of the five Dhyani Buddhas. These have been accepted as forms of Civa and Durga in the Hindu Tantras. The work enumerates the different Tantras current in different countries and the twenty head quarters of the Caiva sects with the language and character they use. Miscellaneous:-Under this head their are Puranas, Kosas, Poems, Anthologies, and Vaisnava works. Of these the most important is a poem entitled Pavana Duta by Dhoyi Kavi, No. 225. It is written in imitation of Kalidasa's celebrated work, the Meghaduta or the Cloud Messenger. The heroine in this case is Kuvalayavati, the daughter of the Prince of Gandharvas, or celestial Musicians, who lived in the Malaya Mountains in Southern India. She saw Laksmana Sena who