prefixed to part , immediately after the Introduction and six appendices of various kinds are appended to part , and one appendix is affixed to part I. These aidscovering 99 pages in all, are expected to serve as a critical apparatus, helpful in apply ing the methods of historical criticism to the study of Advaita literature. In part , the foot-notes give all the variants noted in the manuscripts of the text. All the materials contained in this publication are now made available in print for the first time. The text of the Brahnasiddha being generally too difficult to understand without the aid of a Rood commentary, it has been felt necessary to incorporate Saikhapapi's commentary in this publication.
V. I may express here my grateful acknowledgments,
() to the owners of the manuscripts in Malabar, mentioned above, for making their manuscripts accessible to the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library;
(2) to the late Mr. T. M. Tripathi of Bombay and to the authorities of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for making the Asiatic Society manuscript of Anandapurna's Bhandfddd accessible to
(3) to my friend and former studentMrS. K. Ramanatha Sastri of the Madras University Oriental Institutefor the valuable help, which he rendered in connection with this publication, when he was working as a member of the temporary staff of this Library;
(4) to MrV. Krishnamacharya, Senior Pandit, Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madrasfor the valuable help which he rendered in reading the proofs and in preparing the table of contents and appendice8; and
(5) to the members of the Sanskrit staff of the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library in general, and to the Government Pre, Madras, for their willing co-operation.
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