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student of this ancient tongue has first of all to apply himself to the study of Grammar. There are many books on the subject, of which Mugdhabodha, Kalap, Sankshiptasar, and Panini stand foremost, and a student of Sanskrit must take up any one of these. Sankshiptasar was selected for Isvar Chandra, because his father, Thakurdas, had some knowledge of the book, as he had read a great part of it in his early years, and, he thought, he would thus be able to give some help to his son in his home study. Isvar Chandra had to repeat, every night, to his father what he had learnt of Grammar in his college-class in the day. As we have said before, Pandit Gangadhar Tarkavagis of Kumarhatta was one of the professors of Grammar in the Sanskrit College, and Isvar Chandra was placed in his hands. We give below, in passing, a full list of the learned professors, then engaged on the instructive staff of the College. Grammar-Gangadhar Tarkavagis, Hari Prasad Tarkalankar, and Haranath Tarkabhushan. Rhetoric—Nathu Ram Sastri; Smriti (Hindu law) Ram Chandra Vidyavagis; Philosophy—Nimchand Siromani; Vedanta—(Theology) Sambhu Chandra Vachaspati; Belles-lettres—Jay Gopal Tarkalankar; Astronomy—Yogadhyan Misra; Ayurved (Hindu medicine)—Kshudiram Visarad. These were the best Sanskrit scholars of the time, and were selected by Professor Wilson for the Sanskrit College; at the time of its foundation.