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PREFACE
It is really a matter of great pleasure to place before lovers of Sanskrit Kavya literature the present edition of Jinabhadrasūri's (c. 12th Century V. S.) Campū Kavya Madanarekha-Ākhyāyika' which is now being published for the first time.
We are very thankful to Pt. Bechardas J. Doshi for undertaking the editing of the work. He has written profuse Sanskrit explanatory notes which will serve as an aid to the reader. He has also edited two unpublished Gujarati Kavyas on the theme of Madanarekhā. They form appendices no. I and 2. We thank very gratefully Prof. (Dr.) N. M. Kansara for writing an elaborate introduction which attempts almost a full study of the Kāvya. Again, it is he who has prepared some of the appendices.
We hope the readers will enjoy the Kavya.
L. D. Iastitute of Indology, Ahmedabad-380009 15th December, 1973.
Dalsukh Malvania
Director.
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