PREFACE
TO
THE FIFTH EDITION.
In this edition, the text has been materially revised, especi ally as the edition of the play by Prof. Hillebrandt has been consulted throughout, and all the new readings found therein have been given in the footnotes, marked as H. In several places, the reading in the text of the last edition has been abandoned in favour of another reading decidedly better. Thus for instance on p. 54, भास्करदत्त takes the place of पृथु, as the former is more in conformity with ईश्वरदत्त and विशाखदत. So also on p. 91, the speech of Chandanadasa, which was prose in form in all the previ ous editions, has been here put in a metrical form. (See Verse 21 beginning with चाणक्कम्मि अकरुणे etc). On p. 94, the second speech of Chandanadâsa has been retained in the same form as before, but its conjectural metrical form has been given in the footnote The same is the case with p. 297, where also the speech of Chan danadâsa beginning with अम्हारिसाणं वि etc. though retained in the text, in the prose form, has its conjectural metrical form given in the footnote. On p. 215, the verse एक्कगुणा तिथी etc. put in the mouth of Kshapanaka is evidently defective from the metric point of view, but the new reading given in the footnote i. e, the insertion of the word भोदि after the words एक्कगुणा and चउग्गुणे makes it alright. These illustrations are enough to give the reader an idea of the textual alterations made in the edition. The additions and alterations in the notes, very few indeed, have been indicated by rectangular brackets [ ]
V. S. G.
