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FOREWORD The present Volume embodies the text of the Dakşiņāmurti-samhitā, a work on the Srividyā section of the Āgama S'āstra. The importance of the work, as pointed out by its editor, lies in the detailed treatment of the Upāgana Vidhi of S'rividyā or the Supreme goddess in the form of Tripurā, with some special features which are peculiar to it and are not found in any other work on the subject. The authori- tativeness of the work is evident from the fact that it is often referred to by Bhaskara-rāya in his Saubhāgyabhāskara (a Bhaşya on the Lalitā-sahasra nama ) , ep. the commentary on words भुवनेश्वरो, परं. ज्योतिः, पञ्चमी etc, Though called a Samlità, the work dose not deal with its subject matter in such a comprehensive manner as we find in the Tripură -rahasya, the so-called Hāritāyana samhiitā. Unlike the latter, it confines itself only to one aspect of the subject, the Arcă aspect and does not attempt to explain the philosophical background of the S'rividyā cult. It is now being gradually realised that the modern Hinduism is an outcome of the fusion of the Nigama Dharma and Agama Dharma. The fact that both these Dharmas originally represented two independent currents of ideas was clearly realized by the old Indian scholars who often used to describe themselves as