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XX PREFACE. Jyotihsamksepa by Krsnadasa Cakravartti, the son of Ramacandra Cakravartti, a Varendra Brahmin of Dinajpur; (3) Jyotihsamksepasara by Krsnacandra; (4) Jyotihsara samgrahah by Sripati; (5) Jyotihsara by Dharmakhana composed about the year 1777 Samvat = A.D. 1721, and copied in Saka 1670-1748 A.D.; the author Dharmakhana belonged to the Simhavamsa of Radha. Ayuhprabodhini by Radhakrsna is on the astrological calculations on the longevity of men. Samudrikacintamani, by Madhava Gramakara, is a work on divination. Brhatsamgraha is a compilation of astronomical, astrological and other subjects, by Revati Sarma, the son of Devidatta, the son of Caitanyakrsna, the son of Narayana Tripada, belonging to the Sandilya gotra and professing the Kauthumi sakha of the Samaveda. Revati sarma compares himself to Hanuman and was an inhabitant of Prakhyayikapura, otherwise known as Panditatola. Prasnavidya by Candesvara is a work on divination. Erotics:-Manmatha Samhita is the only book on erotics in this volume. Rati and Madana have been introduced here as interlocutors. The present MS. containing five chapters appears to be the Phalgunamahatmya of the Samhita. Drama: There are three dramatic works noticed in this volume. The first is Bhartrharinirveda by Harihara Upadhyaya, dealing with the renunciation of the world by Raja Bhartrhari on the death of his wife Bhanumati. It is written in the interest of the Saiva sect, at the festivities in honour of Bhairavesvara, and Goraksanatha comes at the end to pronounce the epilogue. The second is Prabodhodaya, an allegorical representation by Suklesvaranatha, enacted at the court of Bhagavantaraya of the family of Sagara, who flourished in the 17 th century. (See pp. 38, Vol. II., of the Sanskrit College Descriptive Catalogue.) He ordered that the whole performance should be in Sanskrit. The subject-matter of the drama is the dispute between the