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² According to S. *Lévi*, the “Svāyambhuva-Mahā-Purāṇa” [which has come down in a Paris MS., contains the best recension. It is written in prose and verse in various metres. S. *Lévi* gives a detailed analysis of the work in Vol. I, p. 208 ff., of his book Le Népal (AMG, Bibliothèque d'études, t. 17-19, Paris 1905). The “Bṛhat-Svayambhū-Purāṇa” edited by *Haraprasāda Śāstri* in Bibl. Ind. (1894-1900) is written entirely in Ślokas and in execrable Sanskrit. Book X has been edited by *La Vallée Poussin* (Université de Gand, Recueil de Travaux publiés par la faculté de phil. et lett. 9e fasc., Gand & Louvain 1893). Cf. also *Raj. Mitra*, Nep. Buddh. Lit., p. 249 ff.; *Haraprasāda Śāstrī* in JBTS II, 1894, part 2, p. 33 ff.; and *Hodgson*, Essays, p. 115 ff.