and 21841). This commentary is incomplete, and it is based on the Nimbarka system of philosophy. I now give a description of the books and Mss., indicating their abbreviations used, in our critical edition. The basic text adopted by us for the reconstitution of the text is the one published by Thakur Prasad and sons. Bookseller, Rajadarvaja, Varanasi. For making a comparative study of the variant readings, three Mss. and two printed versions of GSN have been utilised,
(i) क-Madras, Govt. Oriental Mss. Library, Madras ( a paper Transcript).D. No. 8293. गोपालसहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्. Substance : Paper; Size : 7 7/8 x 6 1/2 ; inches; Pages: 8 Lines: 26 on a page: Character : Telugu: Condition: good: Appearance: old; complete.
(ii)ख-Adyar Library, Adyar. Madras. Printed book: General Acc. No. 3102 श्रीगोपालसहस्रनामस्तोत्रप्रारम्भः। Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay, 1894.
(iii)ग-Tanjore Maharaja-Serfoji-Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore; paper transcript. गोपाल सहस्रनाम । D. No. 20947. (Gopalakrishna Dhavalekar)G.K.D. No. 252. Substance: paper: Sheets 7; Lines; 9: Letters per line: 22-24: Script: Devanagari; Condition: good. Appearance: old: Incomplete.
(iv)घ-Tanjore MSSM Library, Tanjore; Printed book: Sanskrit section No. 3834; (on the wrapper: बृहत्स्तोत्र रत्नाकरः प्रथमो भागः। स्तोत्र संख्या 227; परिवर्धितं संस्करणम् 1963; Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay-2. The front page reads: बृहत्स्तोत्र रत्नाकरः गणेश विष्णु शिव स्तोत्रात्मकः। प्रथमो भागः (स्तोत्राणि 1-225). Narayana Ram Acharya (Ed.). पञ्चदशं संस्करणम्, 1963, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay-2.
(v) ङ-Paper Tanscript, S. Skt. University, Varanasi, Sarasvati Bhavan. Acc. No. 43208 : Subject: Stotram.
