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 able to make (unfortunately a very imperfect one) of the important Māitrāyaṇī-Sanhitā.

Of the deficiencies of my work I am, I think, not less fully aware than any critic of it, even the severest, is likely to be. Should it be found to answer its intended purpose well enough to come to another edition, my endeavor will be to improve and complete it; and I shall be grateful for any corrections or suggestions which may aid me in making it a more efficient help to the study of the Sanskrit language and literature.

, July 1879.

W. D. W.

In preparing a new edition of this grammar, I have made use of the new material gathered by myself during the intervening years, and also of that gathered by others, so far as it was accessible to me and fitted into my plan; and I have had the benefit of kind suggestions from various quarters — for all of which I desire to return a grateful acknowledgment. By such help, I have been able not only to correct and repair certain errors in omissions of the first edition, but also to speak with more definiteness upon