A descriptive catalogue of the historical manuscripts in the Arabic and Persian languages, preserved in the library of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland / by William H. Morley.

  • Morley, William H. (William Hook), 1815-1860.
Date:
1854
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    information given by Shakmfini as to another prophet. 19. On Paradise and Hell, and things commanded and forbidden by Slniknuim. 20. On the establishment of Shakmuni’s religion in Hind. 21. On the death of Shakmuni and his last actions. To this is added the treatise in refutation of the doctrine of Metempsychosis, from the Tauzihat-i Rashidi, to which I have already alluded. The history of Hind and Sind is perfect, with the exception of the lacuna above-mentioned. IY.—A fragment of the history of the Jews, comprising a short preface and an account of their prophets, patriarchs, and kino-s, from the creation to the time of Jonah. Imperfect, at the end. Uj bsjliJ (j-* J ,Jjc (j-* i—ili Jj*>- iLa j j1—cT* <Ui <—jUo A) s~TJ It will be seen that some of the books have specific names, no doubt of Indian origin, whilst others have no title, but merely an indication of the nature of their contents. These titles, where given, being foreign both to the author of the work and the transcriber of the MS., are, in common with all the Indian terms intro- duced in the history of Hind and Sind, very inaccurately rendered into the Arabic character. I think, however, on comparing them with the names of Buddhist works given by Mr. Hodgson and M. Burnouf (see Asiatic Res. vol. xvi.; Trans. Roy. Asiat. Soc., vol. ii. ; and Introduction a 1’ITistoire du Buddhisme Indien, tome i.), we may fairly conclude that the first-named book is the Prajna Pardmitd ; the second the Graha Mdtrika; the third the Panclia Rasha or Raksha ; and the fourth the Karanda Vyuha. The others are more doubtful, but the fifth may possibly be a Sangraha. It is to be remarked that this account of the books does not exist in any of the Persian versions (viz., the MSS. of the India House, the British Museum, and of Calcutta, of which last Sir H. Elliot has kindly sent me a transcript: the whole History of Shakmuni is omitted in