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PREFACE सर्वदृष्टिप्रहाणाय यः सद्धर्ममदेशयत् ।
अनुकम्पामुपादाय तं नमस्यामि गौतमम् ।। The first Volume of the edited text of Srāvakabhūmi, the XIII Chapter of the Yogācāra (-caryā) bhūmiśāstra of Asanga edited by the present author was published in 1973. This edition contained the edited text deciphered from the enlarged photo-prints of the microfilms brought from Tibet by the late Mahapandita Rahula Sankritayayana. The first Volume contained only the Sanskrit text (pp. 511) and 64 pages of the Introduction.
Unfortunately, the remaining portions of the Introduction and appendices could not be brought out earlier due to circumstances beyond our control.
Now, the remaining portions of the Introduction alongwith five appendices containing the reconstructed text of the lost portions of the Srāvakabhūmi (Appendix-I), Verses occurring in the Srāvakabhūmi (Appendix-II), Hetuvidyā of Asanga from Cintamayi Bhūmi (AppendixIII); Sanskrit text of Paramārthagātbā-vyavasthāna, Abhiprāyikīgăthāvyavasthāna and Sarīrārthagāthāvyavasthāna (Appendix-IV) and Analytical Contents of the Srāvakabhūmi (Appendix-V) and three Indices of quotations, verses and important Sanskrit words are being presented here.
The English Introduction contains a study of the Srāvakabhūmi in its various aspects along with a short survey of its contents. An introduction in Sanskrit containing a summary of the general study of the text along with a note on the Yoga-materials in the Srāvakabhumi has also been given for the benefit of readers.
The Introduction was written nearly twenty years back and is being presented here in its original form as an
