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London. For his edition the editor had used a manuscript in Sinhalese character, preserved in the British Museum, Oriental No. 2248 and a very accurate edition in Sinhalese character with Sannaye by Batuwantudave Pandit, printed at the Šāstrādhāra Press, Morris writes that the differences between the Ms and the printed text are not very numerous or inportant. He had noted different readings at the end of the printed text. He had added Index of subjects and words and detailed 'notes and quer es' covering 93 pages in print.
The Saddhammopāyanam is presented here in Devanagari characters for the first time. Devanāgari version from the Roman edition has been prepared by Dr. Brabmadeo Narayan Sharma. So for no new manuscript of the text has come down in Devanāgari characters. Morris's edition too was out of print since long. Hence the importance of the text in including here is self evident and Dr. Sharma deserves thanks of scholars and studen:s of Pali for making it accessible. As Dr. Sharma has expressed in his Hindi introduction, a critical edition of Saddhammopāyanam, is yet to be prepared in which the notes of Richard Morris need to be utilised.
The Pascagati-ipanam, a small Pali text of 114 gāthās, was edited for the first time by Leon Feer, and was published in Roman script in the Journal of the Pali Text Society (pp. 152-161) 1884 A. D. Present Devapagari version has been prepared by Dr. K. C. Jain. Dr. Jain deserves our thanks for bringing it in Dev.Dāgari character for the first time. Many such small Pali texts have been published in the aforesaid Journal and deserve to be brought out in Devanāgari character.
The Hathavanagalla-vihāravanso by unknown writer is another Pali text being published here for the first time in Devanagari characters. It was published with commentary in Sinhalese characters in 1934 A. D. by Vidyodaya Parivena of Sri Lanka. The Devanāgari ersion is prepared by Bhadanta D. Somaratana Thero, a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka. The treatise eulogises the King Sri Sanghabodhi (307-307 A. D.) who was considered to be a Bodhisattva in Sri Lanka. The date is assigned to 12361271 A. D. It has been rightly illuminated in the Preface and Viññāp anań in Pali that the work is important not only as an eulogy of a noble character but also as a poem of the category of Campu-a poetical work mixed with verse and prose. The prose style is a kin to that of Kādambari of Banabhatta, a notable Sanskrit poet, and the author has been influenced
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