रूपमण्डन एवं देवमूर्त्ति-प्रकरणम् (मण्डन सूत्रधार - प्राचीन मूर्तिकला एवं देव-प्रतिमा लक्षण सटीक)

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Cat. no. I. G. 89, belonging to the Asiatic Society of Bengal,
Calcutta. The editor could not do more than what he did for
want of adequate manuscript materials. But though the texts
have been edited from a single manuscript, the editor may be
said to have done his work fairly well and the learned and
lucid commentary of the Devatāmūrtiprakaraṇam,
which he added for the first time, to explain the text, will, it is
hoped, be considered, a useful production.
Most cordial thanks are due to Mr. Haridas Mitra, M. A., of
the Visvabharati, Santiniketan, who has kindly written an Introduc-
tion to these works. He has discussed in it the various aspects of
the history of literature on Indian Architecture and Sculpture
as well as other relevant matters.
This introduction has added to the value of the volume.
An index of important words has also been appended at the
end.
We have the pleasure to express our thanks to the Secretary,
Asiatic Society of Bengal, for kindly lending us the manuscript.
But for this generous co-operation in the matter it would have been
quite impossible for us to bring out these texts.
We shall be failing in our duty if we do not express our
heartiest thanks to Prof. Amareswar Thakur, M. A., Ph. D.,
Vedantashastri of the Calcutta University and formerly
General Editor of the Series, who did much for the furtherance
of the publication of these works.
Finally, we may hope that the readers will excuse us for
any imperfection they may notice, especially misprints that have
crept in.
Calcutta, }
January, 1936 } Narendra Chandra Bhattacharya