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interviews with Rao Bahadur M. Rangachariar avl.,
Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology,
Presidency college, Madras, he suggested to me the
idea of condensing the ancient Sanskrit Prose works,
especially Kadambari and Harshacharita, in such a
way as to suit modern tastes, preserving at the same
time as much as possible the very words of the origi-
nal. Accordingly I most eagerly worked out the
idea, since it solved the problem I was brooding upon
for a long time, with the result that I am, now able to
present this, the first of the Gadya Sangraha scries,
to the public. I may also inform my readers that the
2nd No. of the series viz., Harshacharita Sangraha
is in the press and will appear shortly.
In this Kadambari Sangaraha I have eliminated all
such descriptive portions as are unnecessarily long,
all pun upon words which are rather uninteresting
and also all repetitions which do not exemplify the
author's thorough mastery of the Sanskrit language
and his skill in using felicitous expressions as opportu-
nity affords. But I have used throughout, the very
words of Bana (just altering the forms of the verbs
wherever the work of compilation necessitated it)
retaining all such descriptive passages, and elegant
similes and metaphors as will interest modern readers.
As far as possible I have retained all passages con-
versational as well as delineative of feelings and
emotions. I regret much that pressure of space co-
mpelled me to strike out some portions of that finc
piece of successful realism viz. Sukanasa's advice.
to Chandrapida (which, by the way, is a masterly
review of the dangers to which men in exalted posi-
b
interviews with Rao Bahadur M. Rangachariar avl.,
Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology,
Presidency college, Madras, he suggested to me the
idea of condensing the ancient Sanskrit Prose works,
especially Kadambari and Harshacharita, in such a
way as to suit modern tastes, preserving at the same
time as much as possible the very words of the origi-
nal. Accordingly I most eagerly worked out the
idea, since it solved the problem I was brooding upon
for a long time, with the result that I am, now able to
present this, the first of the Gadya Sangraha scries,
to the public. I may also inform my readers that the
2nd No. of the series viz., Harshacharita Sangraha
is in the press and will appear shortly.
In this Kadambari Sangaraha I have eliminated all
such descriptive portions as are unnecessarily long,
all pun upon words which are rather uninteresting
and also all repetitions which do not exemplify the
author's thorough mastery of the Sanskrit language
and his skill in using felicitous expressions as opportu-
nity affords. But I have used throughout, the very
words of Bana (just altering the forms of the verbs
wherever the work of compilation necessitated it)
retaining all such descriptive passages, and elegant
similes and metaphors as will interest modern readers.
As far as possible I have retained all passages con-
versational as well as delineative of feelings and
emotions. I regret much that pressure of space co-
mpelled me to strike out some portions of that finc
piece of successful realism viz. Sukanasa's advice.
to Chandrapida (which, by the way, is a masterly
review of the dangers to which men in exalted posi-