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## Preface
After refining the text based on a single ideal, the meaning and text were decided, and a press copy was prepared. This text includes excerpts from various scriptures. The original sources of these excerpts were found and corrected as much as possible.
Comparing all three interpretations, it can be definitively said that, "First, the text was created, and then, keeping it in mind, both commentaries were created." This becomes clear when considering the author's time period and the style of the work. Reverend Shri Bhuvanatunga Suri belonged to the Aanchalik Gachchha tradition and lived around the 13th century. While Reverend Shri Gunaratna Suri and Reverend Shri Somasundara Suri belonged to the Tapa Gachchha tradition and lived in the 15th century.
The style of the text, in terms of the intertwining of words and the clarity of the subject matter, is similar in both commentaries. However, there is a significant similarity in words and subject matter between the two commentaries. This similarity suggests that there may have been an error in the mention of the author in the intervening period. Many manuscripts have been found where the text and both commentaries are mixed.
Another possibility arises: are both commentaries separate works? Perhaps they are by the same author, and later, another person adopted the commentary with necessary changes for their own study and teaching. Without giving importance to this possibility, in this publication, all three interpretations are considered as separate works of different authors.
## Editing Style
Following the editing style adopted in Shri Chatusharana Prakirnak, this Prakirnak has been edited according to sections 1, 2, and 3. To make it easier for the reader to conduct comparative studies and provide special clarifications, section 1 includes the above-mentioned text and both commentaries. Section 2 includes over a hundred stories related to the 33 Durga, compiled from other texts, which are part of this Prakirnak. These stories help to understand the subject of Durga very well.
Section 3 includes appendices. These appendices mainly include the unknown author's Balavobodh, Bhavanuvad, the unknown author's short Atur Pratyakhyan 1 and 2, the unknown author's 13 Durbaan Katha Prakirnak, the original Prakirnak's verse in alphabetical order, etc. In addition, many verses of Shri Atur Pratyakhyan Prakirnak, along with commentary, are found in the Mulaacharagranth written by Digambariya Shri Vattakaraacharya, so it has also been included at the end.
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