वासिष्ठ धर्मशास्त्र (महर्षि वसिष्ठ - प्राचीन वैदिक स्मृति सटीक)

CRITICAL INTRODUCTION.
The present edition of Vasiṣṭha's Dharmaśāstra is based on
the following five fairly correct and complete manuscripts:—
(a) MS. B., Dekkhan College, Puṇa, Collection of 1874–75,
No. 29, presented to Prof. Dr. Bühler by Prof. Bāla-
śāstrī of Banāras, containing 30 chapters, and written
on 27 leaves, à 8 lines, à 54–56 aksharas, dated saṁvat
1745.
(b) MS. Bh., Dekkhan College, Puṇa, Collection of 1874–75
No. 30, presented to Prof. Bühler by Dāmodara Śāstrī
of Bhūj, containing 30 chapters, and written on 36
leaves, à 10 lines, à 34–36 aksharas, dated saṁvat 1599.
(c) MS. E, Elphinstone College, Bombay, Collection of
1867–68, No. 23 of Class VI., Containing 30 Chapters,
and written on 25 leaves. à 14 lines, à 34–36 akṣaras
dated saṁvat 1799.
(d) MS. F., an imperfect apograph, prepared under the
superintendence of Prof Dr. Bühler, C. I. E., by
Vāmanāchārya Zhalkīkar, now teacher of Sanskrit in
the Dekkhan College, Puṇa, belonging to Prof. Dr.
Bühler, Vienna, containing 30 chapters on 115 pages
à 16 lines, à 14–16 aksharas, dated saṁvat 1921.
(e) MS. H., belonging to Dr. Bhāu Dāji's Memorial, contain-
ing 28 complete chapters, leaving the 29th incomplete
and written on 51 leaves, à 12 lines, à 28–30 aksharas.
dated saṁvat 1713.
MSS. B., Bh., E. and H. belong to one and the same family
All four are derived from one codex archetypus, to which B.,
stands the nearest. B. has been corrected in different passages
secunda manu with the help of a manuscript which apparently
agreed with none of Bh., E., F. and H. Next in rank comes