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PRÉFACE The:L.D. Institute of Indology has great pleasure in publishing, in book-form, Lakşmaņa's Sūktiratnakoşa which was first printed in our Research Journal SAMBODHI Volume VIII (1980), Dr. Mrs. Nilanjanaben S: Shah has critically edited the text on the basis of two palm-leaf manuscripts, one belonging to the Hemacandrācārya Jñāna Mandir, Patan and another to the Sāntinātha Bhaņdāra, Cambay. She has prepared a verseindex; there in foot-notes it is pointed out as to which verse is ascribed to which author in different anthologies. Her introduction, specially written for this book, is interesting. Therein she describes manuscripts used, presents some information about the author, discusses sources of verses, gives a brief account of other Jaina Subhāşita Sangrahas and finally evaluates the Sūktiratnakosa. We are thankful to Dr. Mrs. N. S. Shah for undertaking the editing of this work.
It is hoped that students and scholars of Sanskrit literature will find this Sūktiratnakoşa interesting.
L. D. Institute of Indology
Ahmedabad-380 009 2nd October 1982
Nagin J. Shah
Director
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