________________ (6) ing, and, on the other, rescues from undeserved oblivion many an authentic archaism which had been gradually ousted in the course of its transmission. The Institute feels justifiably gratified that, through the publication of these volumes of the critically edited text of the Mahabharata, it will be possible for it, at long last, to meet the persistent demand of the public. आचख्युः कवयः केचित्संप्रत्याचक्षते परे / आख्यास्यन्ति तथैवान्ये इतिहासमिमं भुवि // Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona-4 6th July, 1971 R. N. DANDEKAR
