वेदों की प्राचीनता एवं काल-निर्णय / ओरायन (लोकमान्य बाल गंगाधर तिलक - खगोलीय वैदिक शोध)

PREFACE. IX chapter which was subsequently written, verified all references, pointed out a few inaccuracies, and made some valuable sug- gestions. I have also to acknowledge with thanks the ready assistance rendered to me by Dr. Râmkṛishṇa Gopâl Bhâṇḍâr- kar, C. I. E., and Khân Bahâdur Dr. Dastur Hoshang Jamâspji the High Priest of the Parsis in the Deccan, whenever I had an oc- casion to consult them. Indeed, it would have been impossible to criticise the Avestic passage so fully without the willing co-opera- tion of the learned High Priest and his obliging Deputy Dastur Kaikobâd. I am also indebted to Prof. M. Raṅgâchârya M. A., of Madras, with whom I had an opportunity of discussing the sub- ject, for some critical suggestions, to Mr. Shrinivâs Iyengar, B. A., B. L., of the Madras High Court Bar, for a translation of Lignana's Essay, to Mr. G. R. Gogte, B. A., LL. B., for pre- paring the manuscript for the press, and to my friend Mr. K. G. Oka, who helped me in reading the proof-sheets, and but for whose care many errors would have escaped my attention. My thanks are similarly due to the Managers of the Ânandâ- shrama and the Fergusson College for free access to their libra- ries and to the Manager of the Ârya-Bhûshaṇa Press for the care bestowed on the printing of this volume. It is needless to add that I am alone responsible for the views embodied in the book. When I published my Orion I little thought that I could bring to this stage my investigation into the antiquity of the Vedas; but it has pleased Providence to grant me strength amidst troubles and difficulties to do the work, and, with humble remembrance of the same, I conclude in the words of the well- known consecratory formula,— ॐ तत् सत् ब्रह्मार्पणमस्तु । POONA: March, 1903. B. G. TILAK.