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many errors and omissions, especially in the last four
Sargas.
4. D. A Ms. obtained on loan from the Bikaner Palace Library
This Ms. also contains Sargas 1-36 as in B, and is fairly
correct and well preserved.
5. E. A transcript prepared from a Ms. preserved in the Jain
Bhandars at Patan. This copy was discovered in the office
of the Translation Branch of the Vidyadhikari office at
Baroda and presented to the Oriental Institute by the
translation assistant Mr. Manjulal Majumdar, M.A., LL.B.,
when 10 formes were already printed. It contained only
the first 28 Sargas. It was practically useless for collation
purposes as the readings were similar to C from which
obviously the transcript was prepared.
Our grateful acknowledgments are due in the first instance to
Sir Manubhai N. Mehta, Kt., ᴄ.s.ʟ., Prime Minister of the Bikaner State
for taking an interest in this work and for helping us materially by
granting a loan of the Bikaner Palace Library Ms. of the <i>Rāmacarita</i>,
which we had no chance of obtaining otherwise. We are also much indebted
to the Curator of the Government Oriental MSS Library, Madras for kindly
supplying a transcript collated with the Bombay Ms. of the work, and to
Mr. M. A. Joshi of the Oriental Institute for the help rendered to us in
collation and in the preparation of the press-copy and the index appended
to this volume.
K. S. RAMASWAMI SASTRI.
Baroda
The 6th September 1929.
many errors and omissions, especially in the last four
Sargas.
4. D. A Ms. obtained on loan from the Bikaner Palace Library
This Ms. also contains Sargas 1-36 as in B, and is fairly
correct and well preserved.
5. E. A transcript prepared from a Ms. preserved in the Jain
Bhandars at Patan. This copy was discovered in the office
of the Translation Branch of the Vidyadhikari office at
Baroda and presented to the Oriental Institute by the
translation assistant Mr. Manjulal Majumdar, M.A., LL.B.,
when 10 formes were already printed. It contained only
the first 28 Sargas. It was practically useless for collation
purposes as the readings were similar to C from which
obviously the transcript was prepared.
Our grateful acknowledgments are due in the first instance to
Sir Manubhai N. Mehta, Kt., ᴄ.s.ʟ., Prime Minister of the Bikaner State
for taking an interest in this work and for helping us materially by
granting a loan of the Bikaner Palace Library Ms. of the <i>Rāmacarita</i>,
which we had no chance of obtaining otherwise. We are also much indebted
to the Curator of the Government Oriental MSS Library, Madras for kindly
supplying a transcript collated with the Bombay Ms. of the work, and to
Mr. M. A. Joshi of the Oriental Institute for the help rendered to us in
collation and in the preparation of the press-copy and the index appended
to this volume.
K. S. RAMASWAMI SASTRI.
Baroda
The 6th September 1929.