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Hindi Books.

I . — Amritddhdrd. An exposition of the Veddnta system of Philoso- phy, in fourteen chapters, taken from the Sanscrit, by Bhavdnanda Das.

II.— Chit vilds. Paper, A treatise on the objects and end of human exis- tence, describing the creation of the world, the for- mation of the gross and subtle body and the means of acquiring emancipation. By Baliram.

III. — Jnydna Samudra. A work of a philosophical character in the form of a dialogue between a teacher and disciple — the latter of whom enquires — Who am I, What is the world — Whose are birth and death — What is the re- lation between God and life, &c. ; to which the Gw- ru replies by detailing the doctrines of the Vaish* nava quietists enjoining faith and adoration as puri-