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1 Introduction] OBLIGATIONS [xxxv I owe to Prof. Lanman, Prof. Kielhorn, C. I. E., D. Litt. (Oxon.), Prof. J. Eggeling, Prof. Aufrecht¹, Prof. Hanns Oertel, and Dr. E. Sieg. To my friend Prof. Ernst Kuhn I must express my gratitude for his kindness in placing at my disposal his eminent father's material, which considerably lightened my labours, especially in their initial stage. Prof. Leumann has placed not only myself, but all other Vedic scholars, under an obligation by lending me Dr. Wenzel's transcript of the Kashmir Khila collection. The information extracted from it will, I believe, render the present work more useful in furthering Vedic studies than anything else which it supplies. Mr. A. B. Keith has read proofs of the whole text and translation with great care and insight, and I have benefited by his many sagacious suggestions in regard to both parts of the work. This is the third book of mine in which he has rendered me these valuable services within the course of four years. Mr. J. C. Pembrey, Hon. M.A. (Oxon.), the Oriental Reader at the Clarendon Press, has as usual gone far beyond what his duty required in the care he has bestowed on correcting the final proofs of this book. The advantage accruing to the present work from the minute attention of a man who has fifty-seven years' experience in reading Sanskrit proofs behind him, can hardly be over-estimated. To Prof. Lanman's unrivalled skill in editorship I am indebted for many improvements in the arrangement of matter and details of typo- graphy, which will render this book more useful to scholars than it would otherwise have been. I must also thank him sincerely for having given me the opportunity of editing the Brhaddevata, a task from which I have derived more enjoyment than from any other work I have yet taken in hand. OXFORD, July 27, 1904. I am very glad that the extraordinarily extensive and valuable collectanea of this veteran scholar, consisting largely of indexes A. A. MACDONELL. and glossaries to Vedic and other works, have been acquired by the India Office Library and will soon be available for the use of scholars.