अप्रकाशिता उपनिषदः /5

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<p lang="en">PREFACE
 
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<p lang="sa">THIS volume contains seventy-one Upanisads, that are

not included in the well-known one hundred and eight

Upanisads. The Adyar Library has already published

all the ninety-eight Minor Upanisads with the com-

mentary of Upanisad Brahmayogin. It was felt advisable

that these works, which have come down under the

name of Upanisads, should be published in the same

series. Manuscripts of many of these Upanisads are

rare, and very few of them have been printed till now.

This edition is based upon the manuscripts that are

collected in the Adyar Library. Manuscripts that

are collected in the Government Oriental Manuscripts

Library, Madras, have also been consulted wherever

possible; I take this opportunity to thank the Curator of

that Library for the facilities afforded for such consulta-

tion. The manuscripts of the Adyar Library which have
been utilised for this edition are described in the

been utilised for this edition are described in the
Descriptive Catalogue of the Library prepared by

Dr. F. O. Schrader. As this edition has no pretence to

being a "&quot;critical edition,"&quot; I do not enter into any
minute discussion about the manuscripts and other

minute discussion about the manuscripts and other
details. I must confess that some of the Upanisads that
 
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