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thesis. Thus, the reader gets a correct and comprehensive idca of the essence of the Bhavana in a nut-shell. The S'lokas are composed in easy and Howing Sanskrit. A variety of metres is employed. Rhatorical devices, figures of speech, apt words and phrases adorn and enrich each Sloka. The author's poeic genius is at its best and he has left nothing to be said and desired.
I had once an idea to publish the whole matter which I have translated into English. But I was right in surmising that no one would come forward to ge: a such a bulky book printed in view of the difficulties in securing sufficient quota of the newsprint and in view of the ever-soaring prices. The plan was eventually dropped and I was compromised by simply publishing the S’lokas with relevant English Translation done by me and appended thereto leaving aside other written material in English for the time being. Of course, I still cherish a hope that a publisher would come up in future who would undertake the burden and responsibility of meeting the heavy cost of printing and publishing the whole material translated into English by me, the copy of which is still with me.
My hearty thanks are due to Mahasatiji Dharmashilaji for finding out Sri Ramnikbhai Desai as a publisher for the present book and also to Sri Girishkumar who, along with Mahasatiji, edited it. BOMBAY-400 056.
Amrittlal Gopani. Dated : 12-10-1983.
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