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PREFACE. XIX this volume in number 95. The commentator's name is lost by a lacuna. He seems to have had a cognomen Daruyantra. Vaisnavacandrika is a work giving the rules of conduct of a Vaisnava. It has been compiled from various sources. The author Ramananda Nyayavagisa nearly completed the work, one day before his death. The work was subsequently completed by his pupil Vanamali Vasu. Sarasamgrahadipika by Ramaprasada Devasarma is another work on Vaisnava rituals. Harismrtisudhankura is a work containing songs in praise of Krsna, attributed in the colophon to Raghunandan the great Smrti compiler, but in the introduction the author calls himself Gaudavasi Raghunandana, a Vaisnava born and bred up on the Ganges. Govindavrndavana appears te be a work on Vaisnava tantra. It is based upon Srikrsnopanisad and composed by Nagarakrsnadasa. It deals with the advent of Krsna's flute and of Radha. It also gives some reason why the images of Krsna with a flute in his hand are bent in three places. Jyotisa-Ankacudamani Jyotisa :-Ankacudamani by Varahamihira is a short work on the reconstruction of a lost horoscope. Bhavarthamanjari by Acyuta is a commentary on the Jatakapaddhati of Sripati. The MS. was copied in Saka 1571, by Mahadeva. Acyuta describes himself as belonging to Gautama gotra and as Mihiracarya, meaning astrologer. His father was Sagara Bhatta and his grandfather Vamana. Jyotirahasya by Harihara Nyayalankara has for its epoch the saka year 1598. Siddhantamakaranda, by Makaranda, was composed at Benares. The author in his calculations follows the Suryasiddhanta. The following works noticed in this volume treat of Jyotisa as applied to Smrti, viz., (1) Jyotiskanika by Krsnananda Cakravartti, composed under the patronage of Vikramaditya, probably the father of Pratapaditya, who flourished in Akbar's time (The MS. was copied in Saka 1887); (2)