BURNELL, ARTHUR COKE (184o-1882), English San skrit scholar, was born at St. Briavels, Gloucestershire, in 5840. In 186o he went to Madras as a member of the Indian civil service. Here he utilized every opportunity to acquire or copy Sanskrit manuscripts. In 1870 he presented his collection of 35o mss. to the India library. In 1874 he published a Handbook of South Indian Palaeography, characterized by Max Muller as "indispensable to every student of Indian literature," and in 188o issued for the Madras Government his greatest work, the Classified Index to the Sanskrit hiss. in the Palace at Tanjore. He also translated and commented on many other Sanskrit manuscripts, being particular ly successful in elucidating the essential principles of Hindu law. Burnell originated with Sir Henry Yule, the well-known dictionary of Anglo-Indian words and phrases, Ho bson-Jo bson (1886) . He broke down under the strain of overwork and the Madras climate, and died at West Stratton, Hampshire, on Oct. 12, 1882. A further collection of Sanskrit manuscripts was purchased from his heirs by the India library after his death.