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I would like to convey my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Dr. P. Narasimhan, Assistant Professor, Department of Samskrit, University of Madras, for his kind help and guidance and to my co-guide Dr. N. Ramanathan, Professor and Head (Retd.), Department of Indian Music, University of Madras, for his invaluable role in guiding me through my research studies. 

My sincere thanks to Dr. V. Premalatha, Assistant Professor, S.V.University, Tirupati, for being a great source of inspiration and motivating me through my research work. 

I am grateful to Dr. Siniruddha Dash, Professor and Head, Department of Sa峁僺krt and to Dr. S. Padmanabhan, Professor, Department of Sa峁僺krit, University of Madras, for their valuable encouragement in completing this work.

Thanks and gratitude are due to Dr. L. Kumaraswamy, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Sanskrit, D. G. Vaishnav College, Chennai, who with great zeal enlightened and helped me interpret some difficult texts, and Dr. S. Rajalakshmi, Sanskrit Pandit (Retd.), Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Chennai, and Ms V. Sirisha research scholar, S.V.University, Tirupati, who were of great help to me in manuscript studies.

I acknowledge with gratefulness, the tremendous help given by Dr. R. Sathyanarayana, Dr. Vasudevan, Deputy Director, KSRI, Smt. Girija Easwaran, Research Scholar, Department of Indian Music, University of Madras, Sri Piyaal Bhattacharya, Dr. Priyashri. V. Rao and Shri Purushottamachary, Vedic University, TTD, for their immense help by way of discussions and deliberations on various important aspects of my research.

Many thanks are due to the Authorities of Kuppuswamy Shastri Research Institute, Chennai, The Adyar Library And Research Centre, Adyar, Shri Sarada Education Society and Research Centre, Adyar, The Music Academy, Madras, Oriental Research Institute -University of Mardras, Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Chennai, Oriental Research Institute鈥擲VU, Tirupati, Oriental Research Institute, Mysore, for enabling me to access books, journals and manuscripts required for my research work.

Sincere thanks are offered to the Office Authorities of the University Of Madras for all the support and assistance provided by them for my research project. 

I am grateful to my parents-Smt. Kala Sugavanam (mother) and Late Sri. R. Sugavanam who have been a great source of support and encouragement in my journey in research. 

Heartfelt thanks to my Guru-bandhus of Balabrundam Sangita Gurukulam, Aarti Ananth Krishnan, Archana Shivkumar, Gayatri Krishnan, Swathy Krishnamoorthi, Sharada Krishnamoorthi, Mathangi Swaminathan and in particular Jyotsna Krishnamurthi, who all provided unstinting support during my research work.

I dedicate this work to my Guru and Mentor-Sangita Kala Acharya, Acharya Choodamani Smt. Seetha Rajan, who, from my childhood inculcated in me a penchant for research and taught me to pursue knowledge for its sake.