THE LINES FOLLOWED The present edition of the Rg-Bhasyas includes (a) Skandasvamin's Bhasya from I, 1, 1 to I, 56, 1, 1, 62, 1 to I, 121, 15, V, 57, 1 to V, 61, 19, VI, 29, 1 10 VI, 75, 6, (b) Udgitha's Bhasya from X, 5, 4 to X, 12, 5, X, 13, 2 to X, 83, 6; (c) Vankata Madhava's Bhasya, complete, from I, 1, 1 to X, 191, 4 and (d) Mudgala's Vritz from I, 1, 1 to I, 121, 15, V, 9 1 to VI, 9, 6. The lines on which our work on the present edition of the aforesaid four works has proceeded may be indicated as under I The basic texts have been copied out from the following editions and manuscripts, as connected (1) Skandası ami bhasya (a) I, I, 1 to I 32, 15 from Sambasiva Sastri's Trivandrum Edition (साभ), (b) I, 33, 1 to I, 56, 1 1, 62, 1 to I, 121, 15 from C Kunhan Raja's Madras Edition (5) (c) V, 57, 1 to V, 61, 19, VI, 47, 18 to VI, 75, 6 from the Devanagari transcript (¹), preserved in the V V R I Library, (d) VI, 29, 1 to VI, 47, 17 from the manuscript (f) belonging to the Kerala Univerty Manuscript Library Trivandrum (2) Udgitha bhaşja (a) X, 5, 4 to X, 12, 5, X, 13, 2 to X, 34, 3 from the present Editor's own Lahore Edition (fir³), (b) X, 34, 4 10 X, 83, 6 from the palm leaf manuscript (¹), deposited in the V V RI Library (3) Venkata Mudha a bhasya (a) (b) I to VII from Lakshman Sarup s Edition (), VII to X from the Devanagari transcript (ft), got prepared for the purpose from the Government Oriental Manuscript Library Madras (4) Mudgala vyttz (2) 1, 2, 1 to 1, 121, 15 from the Devanagari transcript (¹), prepared for the V. V. R I Library by the University Oriental Library, Mysore, (b) V, 9.1 to VI, 9, 6 from the paper manuscript (f), preserved in the V V. R I Library The basic texts, thus copied out, of all the four works have been collated, letter by letter, with all other available readings thereof, whether in manuscript or in print
