________________ The compiler of the present volume Prof.(late) Badarinath Shukla was an outstanding scholar in Sanskrit Literature specialized in sastras. An authority in Indian Philosophy Prof. Shukla had presented quite a number of papers in seminars conducted by Indian Council for Philosophical Research and other institutions. He was the Vice-Chancellor of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi. Prof. Jayamanta Misra (b. 1925) the editor of the compilation is an eminent scholar in Sanskrit. Hindi and Maithili. The winner of President of India's Certificate of Honour (1986), Prof. Misra has a long tenure of teaching experience in various institutions and retired from service after serving the Kameshwara Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University as Vice-Chancellor (1980-85). He has authored quite a few publications which includes the Sahitya Akademi Award-winning book Kavita Kusumanjali in Maithili.
