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OF COLTURE
 
GOVERNMENT
 
162
 
2014
 
संस्कृति मंत्राल
 
ENT OF INDIA
 
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● भारत सरकार
 
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
 
FEW books in Sanskrit sacred literature
appeal so much to the hearts of millions
of Indians as the Ramayana, the
Mahabharata and the Bhagavata. I feel
most thankful that it has been given to
me to present to the Public in rapid
succession these precious compilations of
the great triad wherein lie embedded all
that is noble and inspiring in
religion, philosophy and culture.
fully compiled and translated
simple, readable English, these books
will, in the words of a great Orientalist,
"form a source of joy to the thorough
knower of the epics as well as to the person
who reads them for the first time, to the
orthodox as much as to the modern, for
youth as well as for riper age, for the
Western reader as much as for the
Eastern ".
 
into
 
Hindu
Care-
It only remains for me to express my
profound gratitude to Sir Sivaswamy
Aiyer-the finest embodiment of Eastern
and Western culture-for his great
kindness in writing the Foreword to this
work.
 
Jan. 1937.
 
751-2
 
G. A. NATESAN.
 
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