Studies In Sanskrit Sahitya Shastra

Author(s): V M Kulkarni
Publisher: B L Institute of Indology

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Acknowledgements
It is a pleasant duty to thank those who have helped me in one way or the other with my work. I have no words to express adequately my indebtedness to Prof. R. B. Athavale who has in the course of stimulating discussions over the past several years, given me the benefit of his profound knowledge of Alamkāra-śästra.
I cannot express in words what I owe to the late Pandit Balacharya Khuperkar Shastri of Kolhapur, a very eminent and erudite Pandit, gifted with rare critical insight. I am deeply indebted to the late Professor K. V. Abhyankar, who was my guide for the Doctorate thesis and to my Professors, the Jlate Dr. A. N. Upadhye, and Dr. A. M. Ghatage for initiating me into the Prakrit studies and providing stimulus for doing serious research work. I wish to thank my old friends, Prof. C. N. Patel, Prof. V. V. Yardi, Dr. G. S. Bedagkar and Prof. R. B. Patankar-all Professors of English-for reading through the original type-scripts of my papers and making numerous corrections in the English text. I am however, entirely responsible for any short-comings and imperfections that there might be in the book.
I am grateful to the authorities of the Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology for their keen and active interest in my work and their willingness to bring out the present book as their first publication. I am obliged to my friend, Prof. Suresh J. Dave, for reading the proofs. I express my thanks to Shri Ashwin Shah, Proprietor, Saraswati Pustak Bhandar, Ahmedabad for the beautiful printing and get up.
I tender thanks to the authorities of the Oriental Institute, Baroda, the Indological Research Institute, Dwarka, the Chunilal Gandhi Vidyabhavan, Surat, the Gujarat College, Ahmedabad, the Anantacharya Indological Research Institute. Bombay and the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona, who readily gave permission to include in the present book the papers first published in their Journals, etc...
I gratefully acknowledge that the two papers (1) The Problem of Patākāsthānaka and (2) Some Aspects of Prakrit Verses In Alamkāra Works, have been reprinted from the Journals of the University with the due permission of the University of Bombay and that the copyright of the papers Vests with the University.
V. M. Kulkarni B. L. Institute of Indology Kanasano Pado Patan (North Guiarat) 31st December 1982.