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Systems of Sanskrit Grammar, which was my first serious publication bearing on Oriental Research. I wrote in the Preface to that brochure as follows:
"As the title indicates it is an essay - a mere tentative
attempt - and not a profound treatise; and I have thought it worth while printing it merely because, as far as I know, no work of the kind, covering exactly the field of the essay, has so far appeared. In the 'Grundriss der Indoarischen Philologie' there was to appear a work which
would have made the writing of this essay superfluous, 1. but apparently nothing has come out of it so far." Written in the hope that it would soon be superseded by better works from abler hands, that booklet of 1915 has still remained the only independent work of its kind covering the specific field covered by it; nor has the Grundriss as yet published its promised volume on the subject. Contributions to elucidate various aspects of the history and evolution of Sanskrit grammatical systems have, however, been made by more than a dozen workers both in India and outside India ; and above all there have been discoveries of large masses of Ms, material which would make many statements in my immature publication of a quarter of a century ago not only inadequate, but even inaccurate. A few of these I have found out for myself, while others have been pointed out by my obliging friends and inquiring readers, who have been all these years persistently urging me to undertake a second edition of the book now out of the market for some time. But I have so many unfinished undertakings on hand already, that I dare not promise that I shall undertake the revision after seeing the second part of this Volume through the Press.
I have to offer thanks to the Manager of the Aryabhushan Press, Poona, for his kind and patient co-operation while the work was in Press, and to Mr. G. N. Shrigondekar of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute for looking up for me original Mss. and other works of reference to clear up small points of doubt while correcting the proofs at a distance from the Press.
Benares Hindu University,)
Benares : April, 1938. S.
S, K. BELVALKAR
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| SR No. | 018127 |
| Book Title | Descriptive Catalogue Of Manuscripts Vol 02 Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shripad Krishna Belvalkar |
| Publisher | Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |
| Publication Year | 1938 |
| Total Pages | 370 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Catalogue & Catalogue |
| File Size | 20 MB |