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PREFACE.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
INDIAN tradition at the time of Shadgurusishya, who completed his commentary to the Sarvânukramawi, the Vedârthadîpikâ, about the year 11871, ascribed that index to Katyayana, and named Saunaka as the composer of five other works specially entitled Anukramaxis. These, as enumerated by Shadgurusishya in the introduction to his commentary,
are:
1. The Årshanukramani; 2. the Khando-nukramani; 3. the Devatânukramani; 4. the Anuvâkânukramani; 5. the Süktânukramani.
The first, quoted fifteen times by Shadgurusishya, is composed in verse, and contains about 320 slokas. The only MS. of it known to exist, is described by Rajendra Lâla Mitra in his Notices of Sanskrit MSS. for 1881-1882 (p. 176, no. 2112). The owner being unwilling to part with it, Rajendra Lala Mitra promised to have it copied for me. My hopes of receiving this MS. have, however, hitherto been disappointed.
The Khando nukramani is also composed in slokas. The only MS. of this index known to exist is in the possession of Rajendra Lala Mitra. To his kindness I am indebted for a copy of it, which he sent me from Calcutta. Unfortunately this copy (and presumably the original) omits the index of metres for the first mandala completely.
As the work in this fragmentary state comprises 238 verses, the whole work must have contained about 300, assuming the index to the first mandala to have been of about the same length as that to the tenth (viz. 65 slokas). At the end of each mandala there is here an enumeration in figures, of the number of verses in each metre, besides the total number of verses and of hymns in each mandala. I have found these data of considerable value in corroborating my calculations for the table given below, which shows the distribution of the various metres in each mandala. Unfortunately in addition to the absence of the first mandala, individual figures also are omitted here and there. Shadgurusishya
1 See conclusion, p. 168, verses 13-14, and Weber in Ind. Stud., vol. viii, p. 160, note. 2 See Max Müller, Ancient Sanskrit Literature, p. 234. This introduction is not printed in this edition for the reason stated below.
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