over sixty years ago, this seems to have formed the basis for the Grantha editios mentioned before. A list of Errata, of eight pages is added at the end. Still the credit for bringing out the first Edition of the Pañcarātraraksā must go to Śankhapuram Rāghavācārya[१]
11 Devanāgariī editon printed at Brindāvan by Dharanīdhara Śāstri and Śrīdharācārya.
In every one of the available manuscripts and editions noted above, there is a uniform break in the third Adhikāra after the words “सर्वेषामन्ततो भगवत्प्राप्ति:समानाविकलानामपि भागवतानाम्...”, in the topic relating to Ijyā (worship and sacrificial rites) . Naturally, this is a matter which has caused deep disappointment and regret to our editors and also to myself as I had hoped that the patient and devoted labours of our editors would be rewarded by the discovery and restoration of the missing portion dealing with so vitally important a topic as Ijyā. We hope and pray that further research may soon lead to the discovery of the precious find.
For further detalls, those interested, are referred to the masterly introduction in Samskrt written by the Editor, Śrimān Vaidyaratna Pandit M Duraiswami Iyengar, wherein will also be found the details of certain special features which are calculated to make this edition specially valuable to critical students and scholars. There is one valuable feature, however, which I must mention here. It relates to a practice of our ancient authors which has been operating as a matter of some disadvantage to modern students. In regard to many quotations cited as authoritative texts - Pramāna Vākyas - the ancient scholars seemed to have taken for granted that the authorship of such Vākyas would be so well-known to
- ↑ This book was obtained from Srimān Conjeevaram Tāyārsannidhi Varadacāryā
