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I undertook the present edition of Rayapasenaijjam (Rajaprašnīyam) part I, at the suggestion of my publisher; Mr. R. P. Kothari. There was no edition available in the market, the Agamodaya Samiti edition being out of print. For the Second part there is already an excellent edition by Dr. P. L. Vaidya.
I have mainly followed the text as given in the Agamodaya Samiti edition, correcting the obvious misprints and removing '' & other such bad writings. I have given the Commentary in full (even for the Second part), as the text is very terse, and I thought the commentary would be of great use to the students. the translation is, as far as possible, literal and the notes leave nothing unexplained. The introduction deals only with points relevant to the first part. I hope the edition will be of use for the Intermediate students, for whom it is meant.
N. B. Mr. Tripathi's book is independent of mine, and I am in no way conncted with it.
Fergusson College,
POONA 4. 12-6-38
N. V. Vaidya.
