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of this great work. I must therefore express my gratitude to them both on my account and on account of Brahmarshi Daivarăta also.
Even with all these arrangements, if Sri Arvind Mafatlal, Bombay, who is a genuine lover of our culture, had not extended his generous and timely financial help, it would have been difficult to bear the heavy burden of printing a Sanskrit volume of about five hundred pages, which cannot in the very nature of things be a quick seller.
Last but not the least, the Samyukta Karnatak Press, Hubli, deserves my thanks for the meticulous care with which the very difficult work of printing Vedic Mantras has been carried out.
Equally important is the role played by Shri H. R. Purohit, Shri P. V. Acharya, Shri V. Y. Jathar and Shri G. L. Kulkarni who studiously went through the proofs and attended to the general get-up of the Volume.
I must also thank in anticipation all those who would treasure the book and appreciate as well as realise the fact that the day of Rshis is not yet gone and would never go.
Hubli 15 - 9 - 1968
R. R. DIWAKAR
