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## Introduction
This text provides a detailed explanation of the *Gamki Karikas* and their individual verses and phrases. It also presents a detailed meaning and essence of each verse and phrase in the *Ashta Shatika*. The *Ashta Shatika* has been assimilated into the *Ashta Sahasri* in such a way that if both are not kept separate in distinct types, it is difficult for the reader to know which part belongs to the *Ashta Shatika* and which to the *Ashta Sahasri*. Vidyananda has interwoven the *Ashta Shatika* into the *Ashta Sahasri* using the *Mani-Praval* principle by adding necessary and meaningful contextual phrases before, after, and in the middle of the *Ashta Shatika*, showcasing his extraordinary brilliance. Indeed, if Vidyananda had not composed this *Devagamalankriti*, the profound secrets of the *Ashta Shatika* would have remained hidden within it, and it would have remained mysterious for the intelligent.
In addition to the commentaries on the *Devagam* and the *Ashta Shatika*, Vidyananda has also presented many new thought-provoking propositions and unprecedented discussions. The commentator, proclaiming the importance of his commentary, wrote: "Reading and listening to a thousand scriptures is one thing, and studying this single work is another; because by practicing this alone, one gains knowledge of both this time and the next." This declaration by the commentator is neither boastful nor exaggerated. The *Ashta Sahasri* itself is its judge.
Since there are ten chapters in the *Devagam*, there are also ten chapters in the *Ashta Sahasri* as its commentary. Each chapter begins and ends with a profound verse. *Lghusamantabhadra* (13th century) wrote a commentary called "Ashta Sahasri-Visham Padataatparyatokha" and the Svetambar scholar Yashovijay (17th century) wrote "Ashta Sahasri Taatparya Vivaran", which explain the unusual verses, phrases, and passages of the *Ashta Sahasri*. This *Devagamalankriti* was published once in 1915 by Seth Natharangji Gandhi, but it is now unavailable. Now, a second, corrected edition with modern editing should be published.