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PREFACE
It is with a feeling of much relief, though not without
some amount of diffidence, that I present before the scholarly
world the second volume of my 'Studies in the Upapur膩峁嘺s',
in which I have dealt with the 艢膩kta and the non-sectarian
Upapur膩峁嘺s now available in printed forms and also a number
of extinct ones of these two classes. As the S膩kta Upapur膩峁嘺s
still lying in Mss have been preserved at places beyond my
easy reach, they have been reserved for future treatment.
They are only a few in number, and most of them are of
minor importance and come from comparatively late dates.
Although it was my intention to make all the volumes
of my 'Studies in the Upapur膩峁嘺s' approximately equal in
length, the extent of the present volume has far exceeded
that of the first, and for this, I think, I should offer an
explanation.
When, about two years back, the manuscript copy
of the present volume was sent to the press, it contained
chapters on the 艢膩kta and the G膩峁嘺patya Upapur膩峁嘺s, but
a little before the beginning of its printing I was told by
our Publication Department that the matter, sent to the
press, might be too insufficient for a volume of 400 pages.
So, I felt extremely nervous. After much thought I recalled
my manuscript from the press, replaced the Chapter on the
G膩峁嘺patya Upapur膩峁嘺s with two more extensive ones on
the non-sectarian Upapur膩峁嘺s which were meant for the
third volume, and wrote in great hurry pp. 94-188 on the
linguistic study of the Devi-pur膩峁嘺, which I had kept off
for more detailed and elaborate treatment in a separate and
independent work. I do not know how my ideas put forth
in these pages will be received by scholars, but I crave their
indulgence for any slips that may, in their opinion, have
occurred in the arrangement of materials in these pages.
As a matter of fact, some of the grammatical forms occurring
in the Devi-pur膩峁嘺 were highly confusing to me.
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