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FOREWORD
We are glad to be able to bring out Part II of Volume II of the Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts (Grammar, Non-Pāṇinian Schools ), after a lapse of forty-five years since the publication of Part I in 1938. The manuscript of this part also was long ready, but it could not be sent to the press chiefly because of the financial difficulties. However, the Ministry of Education, Government of India, has now promised financial help towards the uninterrupted publication of the remaining volumes of the Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts, and has sanctioned an annual grant of three fourths of the actual expenses to be incurred by the Institute on this account. This Part represents the first publication under this new arrangement.
The late Dr. S. K. Belvalkar had written out the manuscript of this part quite a long time ago. It was, therefore, thoroughly rechecked, amended, and added to wherever necessary, before it was given over to the press. We are glad that, through this publication, we have been able to requite, though partially, the debt which we have long owed to Dr. Belvalkar.
Our sincere thanks are due to Prof. G. B. Palsule, Director of the Post-Graduate and Research Department of the Institute, for having edited this Part and seen it through the press.
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona-4. December 1, 1983
R. N. DANDEKAR
