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The translatIon was written by my friend Sri M. B. Narasimha Ayyangar of Bangalore. I am glad that I had the opportunity to revise and edit it with the Sanskrit text in the Adyar Library Series No. 83. I am indebted to the translator and to the Director of the Adyar Library for the inclusion of this publication in the Adyar Library Series.
Thanks are due to the Curator, Govt. Oriental MSS. Library, Madras for lending the MSS. Nos. 3 to 5 mentioned above, for collation.
My Colleague Pandit K. Ramachandra Sarma rendered valuable assistance in reading the proofs and preparing the indexes. I thankfully acknowledge his help.
The Vasanta Press, Adyar, has to be thanked for bringing out the volume with attractive neatness and promptness.
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