Devta Murtiprakaranam tatha Rupmandanam

Author(s): Upendramohan Sankhyatirtha
Publisher: Metropolitan Printing and Publishing House Limited

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( 2 ) Cat. no. I. G. 89, belonging to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta. The editor could not do more than what he did for want of adequate manuscript materials. But though the texts have been edited from a single manuscript, the editor may be said to have done his work fairly well and the learned and lucid commentary of the Deva tā mūrtipra ka r a n a m, which he added for the first time, to explain the text, will, it is hoped, be considered, a useful production.
Most cordial thanks are due to Mr. Haridas Mitra, M. A., of the Visvabharati, Santiniketan, who has kindly written an Introduction to these works. He has discussed in it the various aspects of the history of literature on Indian Architecture and Sculpture as well as other relevant matters.
This introduction has added to the value of the volume. An index of important words has also been appended at the end.
We have the pleasure to express our thanks to the Secretary, Asiatic Society of Bengal, for kindly lending us the manuscript. But for this generous co-operation in the matter it would have been quite impossible for us to bring out these texts.
We shall be failing in our duty if we do not express our heartiest thanks to Prof. Amareswar Thakur, M. A., Ph. D., Vedantashastri of the Calcutta University and formerly General Editor of the Series, who did much for the furtherance of the publication of these works.
Finally, we may hope that the readers will excuse us for any imperfection they may notice, especially misprints that have crept in.
Calcutta, January, 1936
Narendra Chandra Bhattach