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ihimutable reality from the mutable; 'worship of Shiva; ^sp^r, the way of life for an

Abadhuta, or a self-realised ascetic characterised by 'highest spiritual freedom.

With these few remarks of a prefatory nature,, 'we send forth this English translation of an

important poetical production of mediaeval India

into the world of modern readers. The transla- tions have been made rather too closely literal

specialty to suit the convenience of those reader's- .who want to follow the original Sanskrit with their

help, Owing to the circumstance of the whole book 'being practically published in monthly instalments 'through the columns of the Prabuddha Bharata y

we could not avoid prefixing a table of errata to

this first edition.

THE EDITORS,.

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