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PREFACE.
The present edition of Subhashitanici with the
commentary Ratnapetika of Srinivâsa-sûri is based up-
on (1) a paper manuscript from the Government Oriental
Manuscript Library, Madras, and (2) the Mysore
Oriental Library copy kindly lent to me by the curator
Mr. A. Mahadeva Sastriar, B.A., M.R.A.S. Though
these copies are traceable to different manuscripts and
supplement each other to a great extent, still in some
places both were found defective. Thus the Ratnape-
tika is not available for stanzas VIII-5, IX-8, 9,
10 & 11 and X-9 & 10 and to make up for this
defect the commentary of Narakesari on these stanzas
has been added at the end of the book. No pains have
been spared to arrive at the correct reading wherever
possible, but a few doubtful points in the commentary
have been left untouched, as I did not like, on my own
responsibility to modify them. Modern methods of
punctuation have been introduced into the commentary,
with a view to make it intelligible to the ordinary
reader.
The present edition of Subhashitanici with the
commentary Ratnapetika of Srinivâsa-sûri is based up-
on (1) a paper manuscript from the Government Oriental
Manuscript Library, Madras, and (2) the Mysore
Oriental Library copy kindly lent to me by the curator
Mr. A. Mahadeva Sastriar, B.A., M.R.A.S. Though
these copies are traceable to different manuscripts and
supplement each other to a great extent, still in some
places both were found defective. Thus the Ratnape-
tika is not available for stanzas VIII-5, IX-8, 9,
10 & 11 and X-9 & 10 and to make up for this
defect the commentary of Narakesari on these stanzas
has been added at the end of the book. No pains have
been spared to arrive at the correct reading wherever
possible, but a few doubtful points in the commentary
have been left untouched, as I did not like, on my own
responsibility to modify them. Modern methods of
punctuation have been introduced into the commentary,
with a view to make it intelligible to the ordinary
reader.