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Preface
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On the day when S.A.S. Sarma submitted his thesis at the University of
Calicut, his professor and guide, Prof. N.V.P. Unithiri, gave him a foolscap
notebook in which he had copied the commentary of Pūrṇasarasvati on the
Viṣṇupādādikeśastotra of Sankara and proposed to S.A.S. Sarma that he
might work on it to bring out a critical edition of the commentary. Prof.
Unithiri was not satisfied with the edition of this commentary published from
Vani Vilas Press, Srirangam (1911). He was sure that the edition could be
improved upon by collating the available manuscripts of the commentary,
and for him, this was yet another out-of-print work of the great Keralan
commentator Pūrṇasarasvatī which was still crying out for an improved edi-
tion. Pūrṇasarasvatī, who holds a distinguished place in the galaxy of Kerala
authors, was the topic which Prof. Unithiri selected for his doctorate and
his thesis has recently been published by the University of Calicut (2004).
The notebook with the above-mentioned commentary became a useful
tool for S.A.S. Sarma to start working with the TEX typesetting programme
when Dominic Goodall introduced it to the EFEO, Pondicherry. S.A.S.
Sarma entered the whole text using Oxedit and prepared a proof with the
help of Velthuis transcription scheme, using TEX and Edmac. But the col-
lection and collation of manuscripts was long delayed. When Prof. Unithiri
sent a copy of his newly published 'Pūrṇasarasvatī, S.A.S. Sarma wrote back
saying that he had not forgotten the edition of the Purnasarasvatī's com-
mentary Bhaktimandākinī on the Viṣṇupādādikeśastotra and also informed
him that the whole text was being entered and made ready for collation.
By that time, Prof. Unithiri had collected manuscript copies and started to
collate them with the help of his students. He therefore encouraged S.A.S.
Sarma to continue the collation and complete the edition. When S.A.S.
Sarma discussed this project with Dr. H.N. Bhat, who also did his doctoral
studies under the aegis of Prof. Unithiri, he became interested in the com-
mentary and was keen to join the project. Thus it happened that this trio,
a teacher and two former students, came together to work on this edition.
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paking
On the day when S.A.S. Sarma submitted his thesis at the University of
Calicut, his professor and guide, Prof. N.V.P. Unithiri, gave him a foolscap
notebook in which he had copied the commentary of Pūrṇasarasvati on the
Viṣṇupādādikeśastotra of Sankara and proposed to S.A.S. Sarma that he
might work on it to bring out a critical edition of the commentary. Prof.
Unithiri was not satisfied with the edition of this commentary published from
Vani Vilas Press, Srirangam (1911). He was sure that the edition could be
improved upon by collating the available manuscripts of the commentary,
and for him, this was yet another out-of-print work of the great Keralan
commentator Pūrṇasarasvatī which was still crying out for an improved edi-
tion. Pūrṇasarasvatī, who holds a distinguished place in the galaxy of Kerala
authors, was the topic which Prof. Unithiri selected for his doctorate and
his thesis has recently been published by the University of Calicut (2004).
The notebook with the above-mentioned commentary became a useful
tool for S.A.S. Sarma to start working with the TEX typesetting programme
when Dominic Goodall introduced it to the EFEO, Pondicherry. S.A.S.
Sarma entered the whole text using Oxedit and prepared a proof with the
help of Velthuis transcription scheme, using TEX and Edmac. But the col-
lection and collation of manuscripts was long delayed. When Prof. Unithiri
sent a copy of his newly published 'Pūrṇasarasvatī, S.A.S. Sarma wrote back
saying that he had not forgotten the edition of the Purnasarasvatī's com-
mentary Bhaktimandākinī on the Viṣṇupādādikeśastotra and also informed
him that the whole text was being entered and made ready for collation.
By that time, Prof. Unithiri had collected manuscript copies and started to
collate them with the help of his students. He therefore encouraged S.A.S.
Sarma to continue the collation and complete the edition. When S.A.S.
Sarma discussed this project with Dr. H.N. Bhat, who also did his doctoral
studies under the aegis of Prof. Unithiri, he became interested in the com-
mentary and was keen to join the project. Thus it happened that this trio,
a teacher and two former students, came together to work on this edition.
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