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KATHAKOŚA 6. EDITOR'S SUBMISSION The text of this Kathākośa is presented here from a single Ms. There are some special reasons for doing so. First, it was the earnest desire of the late Pt. Nathuram Premi, who gave me the Ms., that this Kathākośa should be published. Second, this Ms. was used by a number of scholars in their studies; and its importance, therefore, was quite obvious. Third, besides the scholars to whom Pt. Premi suggested to edit this work, I too approached some in this regard, because my hands were too full otherwise; but the Ms. came back to me without any progress. Fourth, I had got prepared a neat transcript of it by an expert copyist in Mysore as early as 1940 for my study of it as presented in my Introduction to the Bșhat-kathākośa (Bombay 1942 ). Fifth, our efforts to secure another Ms. were not fruitful. Sixth, my elder colleague, the late Dr. Hiralal, advised me to bring out an edition early so that this valuable Kathākośa is saved form oblivion. Lastly, the quiet campus of the University of Mysore almost induced me to complete some of my undertakings like the Gītavítarāga (already published in this Granthamālā ) and this Kathākośa. None is more aware than this editor about the tentative character of the text presented here.
The only Ms. on which this edition is based is now presented by me to the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona; and it is registered there under No. 1 of 1974-75.
My colleague Shri M. D. Vasantharaj, M. A. helped
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