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]] grammar. The Sanskrit Honours course is at present under reconstruction and I have sent a suggestion for constituting a separate paper for vyakarana. I am not, however, sure that the suggestion would be accepted. A misconception regarding vyakarana is often found to be prevalent among scholars who have not studied the subject. They seem to think that the vyakarana Sastra is constituted by a number of rulesperhaps very elabora te, of declension and conjugation and syntax and such other matters and naively wonder why a sastra of this kind should traditionally be considered as requiring the study of twelve years and why sorne people should make it the study ¢f even their whole life. This view is based upon a serious misconception regarding the scope of the Vyakarana Sastra. A map is never called a Vaiyakarana if only he is able to decline a diffcult word ike krosto' or give off-hand the Aorist forms of even the most obscure roots, The Vyakarana Sastra, which forms the basis of Sanskrit scholarship, is not a matter of mere rules of this kind. Under it are treated some of the most important problems of the science of langsage and discussions of a highty philosophical kind, sometimes very suxle and abstruse, are carried on. It is this part of the vyakarana astra which is so useful in mental training and develop ment In conclusion I hope that this Brihaddhaturtpavali will serve the purpose for which it is intended and with pleasure I introduce it to the Sanskrit public. phinstons College, ) A, B GAJENDRAGADKAR, [, A., t. IE , A. R. A. B., 2nd July 192*. Pefe38 ७८ ८ 58 ।।$ «Fil. Bombs y.