A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.s3.24

c8.s3.24

A similar order has evidently been followed in a collection of the Pariśiṣṭas, forming part of Professor Wilson's valuable collection of MSS., now deposited in the Bodleian Library. The MS., however, is incomplete, and seems to have been copied by a person ignorant of Sanskrit from another MS., the leaves of which had been in confusion. Most of the MSS. of these Pariśiṣṭas are carelessly copied, whereas the MSS. of the Sûtras are generally in excellent condition. The MSS. which Râja Râdhakântadeva used seem to have been in an equally bad state, if we may judge from the various readings which he occasionally mentions.¹ But although the Bodleian MS. leaves much to desire, it serves at least to support the authenticity of the titles given in the MS. of the Caraṇavyûha against the blunders of the printed text. We find there: