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ORIGINAL TEXTS :
The learned editress has at page 27 of her Introduction noted that the texts as printed are“ full of incorrect readings" and that “The language is not strictly grammatical.” Her explanation is that “this was apparently done on purpose, as it was easily understood by all. The Sant poets also followed this policy of preaching in the popular language, which was in their case the Hindi." In view of the fact that some of the texts of the Nātha cult edited in the Sarasvati Bhavan Texts Series of Banaras are also similar this explanation is plausible. At the same time it must be admitted that some of the errors and irregularities may have been due to the carelessness or incompetence of the scribes who may have transcribed the previous manuscripts and that some divergences of the print from the press-copy may have remained uncorrected till the end. Whatever the cause or causes, the following corrections are suggested for consideration by the class of learned readers, for whose benefit this edition can be deemed to have been undertaken, in order that the texts may be able to convey to them intelligible notions about the principles of the Nātha cult.
१. सिद्धसिद्धान्तपद्धतिः ॥
पृष्ठम् ३
पंक्तिः अशुद्धम् १२ निस्पन्द
४ शब्दवत्वमिति २१ क्लान्ति आलस्यमिति ८ निस्पृहत्वमिति
शुद्धम् निःस्पन्द शब्दवत्त्वमिति क्लान्तिरालस्यमिति निःस्पृहत्वमिति
एवं२४
.
२ (अन्या सर्वा ३ दशावयवः ४ -उच्छ्रास
६ पावकश्च , १०-११ धनञ्जयो नाद
, घोषक इति
(अन्याः सर्वा दश वायवः उच्छ्वासपाचकश्च धनञ्जयो नादो घोषकः । इति
