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On a group trip to the monastic library at the Tiruvāvaṭuturai Ādhīnam,
a general discussion about the transmission of Sanskrit commentaries arose
among the members of the Saiva reading group of the EFEO. On that oc-
casion Dr. Dominic Goodall firmly encouraged S.A.S. Sarma to press ahead
with the work on Pūrṇasarasvatī's Bhaktimandādinī, suggesting that the
finished book might be proposed for publication in the Indological series of
the IFP/EFEO. From then onwards, H.N. Bhat and S.A.S. Sarma spent
one hour every day on this project and Prof. Unithiri regularly made ob-
servations. The editors of this book are grateful to Dr. Dominic Goodall,
Head, EFEO, Pondicherry for going through the whole text and giving his
suggestions regarding the constitution of the text and also for helping us to
settle several technical issues with the page-making in TEX.
We would also like to express our gratitude to a number of other persons
who have helped us in this endeavour, in particular, Prof. V. Venkataraja
Sarma and Dr. F. Grimal (EFEO, Pondicherry) for their encouragement, Dr.
Anandakrishnan Kunholathillath (Project Assistant, Calicut University),
T.S. Ajitha, Asha S. Unni, Reeba Kathiran, O.K. Shijju, M.M. Dhanya,
and P. Saritha, the Research Scholars of the Department of Sanskrit, Uni-
versity of Calicut, who helped us to acquire copies of manuscripts and also
assisted in collating certain portions, and finally Claire Stewart and Prerana
Patel for their suggestions for improving the English.
We also wish to acknowledge the help of the following libraries and other
institutions, who allowed us access to the manuscripts we have used: Orien-
tal Research Institute and Manuscript Library, Trivandrum, Kerala; Depart-
ment of Sanskrit, Calicut University, Kerala and the Tripunithura Sanskrit
College, Tripunithura, Kerala.
Finally, our thanks are also due to Mr. N. Ravichandran, IFP for the
cover design and to the All India Press, Pondicherry for printing the book.
Pondicherry, March 2011
The editors
a general discussion about the transmission of Sanskrit commentaries arose
among the members of the Saiva reading group of the EFEO. On that oc-
casion Dr. Dominic Goodall firmly encouraged S.A.S. Sarma to press ahead
with the work on Pūrṇasarasvatī's Bhaktimandādinī, suggesting that the
finished book might be proposed for publication in the Indological series of
the IFP/EFEO. From then onwards, H.N. Bhat and S.A.S. Sarma spent
one hour every day on this project and Prof. Unithiri regularly made ob-
servations. The editors of this book are grateful to Dr. Dominic Goodall,
Head, EFEO, Pondicherry for going through the whole text and giving his
suggestions regarding the constitution of the text and also for helping us to
settle several technical issues with the page-making in TEX.
We would also like to express our gratitude to a number of other persons
who have helped us in this endeavour, in particular, Prof. V. Venkataraja
Sarma and Dr. F. Grimal (EFEO, Pondicherry) for their encouragement, Dr.
Anandakrishnan Kunholathillath (Project Assistant, Calicut University),
T.S. Ajitha, Asha S. Unni, Reeba Kathiran, O.K. Shijju, M.M. Dhanya,
and P. Saritha, the Research Scholars of the Department of Sanskrit, Uni-
versity of Calicut, who helped us to acquire copies of manuscripts and also
assisted in collating certain portions, and finally Claire Stewart and Prerana
Patel for their suggestions for improving the English.
We also wish to acknowledge the help of the following libraries and other
institutions, who allowed us access to the manuscripts we have used: Orien-
tal Research Institute and Manuscript Library, Trivandrum, Kerala; Depart-
ment of Sanskrit, Calicut University, Kerala and the Tripunithura Sanskrit
College, Tripunithura, Kerala.
Finally, our thanks are also due to Mr. N. Ravichandran, IFP for the
cover design and to the All India Press, Pondicherry for printing the book.
Pondicherry, March 2011
The editors