सुभाषितनीवी /5

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<p lang="sa">PREFACE.
 
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<p lang="sa">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

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 &amp; 11 and X-9 &amp; 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.
 

reader.</p>
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