The present edition of the Sarasiddhantakaumudi is based on four MSS, two of which belong to the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute and one to the Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala, Poona, and I am obliged to the authorities of these Institutions for having made them avaible to me.
For this edition I have derived ample help from various works like MBh, Kas, Pbh, etc., and more particularly BM (an excellent commentary on Bh's SK), BALLANTYNE's edition of LSK, and also the commentary on LSK by Uddhavaji SHASTRI.
Besides these purva suris, I owe a deep debt of gratitude to my friend and colleague Dr. S. D. JOSHI for carefully going through the MS and making very valuable suggestions, which have considerably enhanced the value of the work. Thanks are also due to two other colleagues-to Shri S. N. BHAVASAR for voluntarily undertaking the arduous task of going through the proofs and to Dr. S. D. LADDU for the 'Select Bibliography' given at the end.
Nor can I forget here the Spicer College Press who have spared no pains to give the work a nice printing and get up. Finally, I have no words to express my indebtedness to our Director, Dr. R. N. DANDEKAR, whose sympathetic encouragement has been a constant source of inspiration to me.
I have however, to crave the indulgence of my readers for the errata, which could not be avoided, and at the same time to request them to make their valuable suggestions for improvement which will be gratefully received
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