एतत् पृष्ठम् अपरिष्कृतम् अस्ति
February 1912, Madras. PREFACE. willingness in allowing me thus to take advantage of his expert knowledge of mathematics. My thanks are, I have to say in conclusion, very particularly due to Mr. P. Varadacharyar, B.A., Librarian of the Govern- ment Oriental Manuscripts Library at Madras, but for whose zealous and steady co-operation with me through- out and careful and continued attention to details, it would indeed have been much harder for me to bring out this edition of the Ganita-sara-sangraha. } xvi M. RANGACHARYA.