________________ xvi Introduction T, 3, 7, E and in the foot-notes, which mark the several differences of readings.The Benares printed edition is designated a. The manuscripts were very kindly lent to me by the managers of the Delha Upashraya Bhandar, the S'antisagara Bhandar, the Shree Jain Ananda Pustakalaya at Surat and the Anandji Kalyanji Jnana Bhandar at Limdi to whom I am much indebted. I am very grateful to Jeshingbhai Sutaria, Prof. Sankalchand Shah and some other friends of mine as also to my pupils Vadilal Chokshi, Vrajlal Shah and Hirabhai Jhaveri who not only procured the above-mentioned manuscripts for me but gave me every facility and help for bringing out the present edition. I am also thankful to the Vir Vijay Printing Press for doing the work of printing quickly and efficiently. Let me wish that students and scholars read, study and critically peruse the present work and store its golden lesson in their hearts; and by their doing this, the debt of gratitude which I hold to my friends will be a little bit lessened, I believe, K. V. Abhyankar, Gujarat College | Professor of Sanskrit and Ahmedabad. Ardha-Magadhi, Gujarat July 18, 1933 ) College, Ahmedabad.
