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PREFACE
The present book is a collection from some parts of India, of unpublished manuscripts on Nāthism, which probably had little chance of being edited and published. I am now able to place these before erudite scholars who are interested in the subject. I have added an introduction in the hope of elucidating certain facts.
Dr. B. B. Dutt, M.A., Ph.D. of Calcutta University, has been very helpful in going through the manuscripts and their proofs. My special thanks are due to him.
My publishers, The Poona Oriental Book House and its Proprietor, Sree D. K. Gondhalekar, without whose help it would not have been possible for me to see the book in print, have my sincere gratitude. I hereby thank all those who have in any way encouraged or helped me in my work, specially Rao Bahadur P. C. Divanji, who has contributed the Foreword and made out the list of Corrections and Abbreviations and has taken great pains to help me in every possible way.
Any suggestions for improvement will be thankfully received.
KALYANI MALLIK
Calcutta. Dated 13th December, 1953.
