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Publisher's Note
We have great pleasure in publishing the Kūrmaśataka-dvayam composed in Prakrit. Both of these inscribed śatakas, having as their theme the Tortoise incarnation of Visnu, were first published in the Epigraphia Indica Vol. VIII in A.D. 1905-06. These were composed in c. A. D. 1000-55 and first were edited by the great German philologist and scholar of the Prakrit language, R. Pischel. However, for long years, these were not available and almost forgotten. So, its fresh edition was needed. Prof. V. M. Kulkarni, the renowned scholar on Prakrit literature, undertook the task of reëditing with an English translation and added to it a selected glossary. This Institute wishes to express its profound gratitute to him. The erudite scholar, Devangana Desai, has written the Introduction of this short monograph. We likewise feel grateful to her. We hope, the scholars of the medieval Prakrit will find this new edition of the two Kūrmaśatakas useful.
Jitendra B. Shah
Jain Education International
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