found in M; and xviii, 14 is qucted in the Tilasarvasva. The N text has the following steazas not found in M: 33cd, 34, 36= 2 (1.19 nuinbez's two lina riz. 35cd as ons stanza, Iłumbers two lines viz. 36cd as one stanza:) XV 27 cd, 29 ab, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38=6 XVI 9, 18, 28, 29, 33, 34, 42, 47, 53, 55, 62, 67, 69, 70, 73, 70, 70, 80, 81, 95, 96ab), 39cd; 103, 106, 219-119, 126, 197= 35 XVII 6, 18, 22, 23, 28, 29, 34, 45, 49, 63, 56=11 XVIII 8, 8, 12–15, 20, 21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 10, 11, 43, 45, 46, 49, 51-59, 60, 61, 63-66, 68, 70-73, 70-79, 81-84, 86, 87, 88, 94, 95, 97, 98, 100, 102, 103, 110, 111, 112, 116, 119. 122, 192, 185 cd, 136 ab, 149, 15071 XIX 6, 10, 13, 21, 235 14, 15, 18, 19, 26, 28, 37ed, 39, 41,479 nerabers two lines 83ab as one stanze); M omits the Jih senza of the Prasasti ant N omits the 4th one. THE HISTORY AND RELATIONSHIP OF THE MANUSCRIPIS Tazts in Classical Sanskrit, unlike those in the Vedio where the purily of the text is vouchgated by the scholarly teethods sanctificd by the religions use, have been mutilated and defaced by the lasity and ignorance oi scribas. in every age. It is the business of the editor to get behind there comoptions in the endeavour to recover the autograpb, i. e., the best as originally writtch by the author. It is obvious that several aneestors wist havs iztezwed between or MSS. of the poem of this period and the distant arohatyue. We know of courss that all the extant MSS. of our anthor ure later by inaoy buzdred year's then the author himself. We are esrtain that ven in the life tice four futhor very faulty cojice of his copies must have tieen put into circulation and the crrces moust. 1870 scoumulated semensoly as the text was traosaiitted frón gensiation to generition. The text runs the sa 20 risks on each cession mbea it is transcribed, since ii copyists are suhject to the szire infirmities. test if like a traveller who goes itom one lun to another losing an article of lagsage at bach stage Oopies of our text wete aos ruschanical prodtierion-aad were not sxemplary as they were the product of humat band guirled by biurnan intelligence 1 Moxits 45 and not 18 it so crits 21 units 37 146, 127
