________________ Lxu another Vice-Chairman of the B. L. Institute, Delhi, and also the present Director Dr. K. K. Jain, for their kind cooperation in the form of prompt action pertaining to the implimentation of the agreement of the research project assigned to me. I thank, again, Dr. Jitendrabhai and his colleagues in the management of the B. L. Institute, Delhi, for accepting my humble suggestion to typeset the work in Ahmedabad to enable me to see it through press and introduce corrections, if necessary, upto the last moment. And, last but not the least, I express my utmost feeling of gratitude for the loving generosity and tolerance of my wife Smt. Niranjana Kansara, who let me work on this project for full two years and a half during which I was busy day and night on my dining table in the kitchen-cum study-room. REFERENCES : 1. Schlegel, Augustus - Wisdom of the Ancient Indians. . 2. Mahabharata (Mbh.), santi P. Vol. 15, 12, 224, 55 cd : Anadinidhana nitya vag utsrsta svayambhuva / 3. Manusnirti 1.21 : Sarvesam sa tu namani karmani ca prthak prthak / Veda sabdebhya evadau prthak samsthas ca nirmame // 4. RV. 9.95.2 cd : "Devo devanam guhyani nama" vinkrnoti barhisi pravace 11; 10.71.1 ab: Brhaspate prathamam vaco agram yat prairata namadheyam dadhanah; 8.100.11 ab : Devim vacam ajanayanta devas tam visvarupah pasavo vadanti / 5. Sabarabhasya on the Mim. Su. 1.3.13 : Ya eva laukikas ta eva vaidikah / Ta eva tesam arthah .. 6. Vyakarana-mahabhasyam (VMBH.), (Dec. Col., Puna, Edn, 1959, p. 2) Paspasa Ahnika : Atha sabdanusasanam / ... Kesam sabdanam ? Laukikanam vaidikanam ca / 7 ibid., p. 31 : 'Sarve khaly apy ete sabda desantare prayujyante / Na, caita upalabhyante / Upalabdhau yatnah kriyatam mahan hi sabdasya prayoga-visayah / Saptadvipa vasumati trayo lokas catvaro vedah sangah sarahasya bahudha vibhinna ekasatam adhvaryusakhah sahasra-vartma samaveda eka-vimsatidha buhvrcyam navadha' atharvano vedo vakovakyam itihasah puranam vaidyakam ity etavan sabdasya prayoga-visayah / ibid., p. 33 : Bhuyamso 'pasabda alpiyamsah sabdah / Ekasya sabdasya bahavo pabhramsah / Tad yatha / Gaur ity asya gavi goni gota gopotaliketyevam adayo 'pabhramsah /
