बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

xii many authors in this field whose works are now lost. We are not pioneers in presenting an English translation of this great work. Before us, Dr. Kern and Chidam- bara Iyer have translated it. But those editions are not available now. Moreover, they are deficient in some respects. They do not also give the translation by the side of the text. We too might have nodded in certain places in spite of our care and scrutiny ; for, we are also human beings and this is a very big work whose publication has necessarily extended over a long period. We have given notes under the translation wherever necessary and not grouped the notes in an appendix to avoid the reader being put to inconvenience by referring to the concerned pages. The author says at the end of the work, the course of the work and the Slokas it contains. Here Sloka means a ग्रन्थ or 32 syllables. It may not be out of place here if we tell the readers that in spite of the heavy cost of printing and paper, the price of this book has been kept sufficiently low in order to enable all classes of readers to have easy access to it. We take this opportunity to record our heartfelt thank- fulness to Mr. V. B. Srikantaiya, Proprietor, Messrs. V. B. Soobiah & Sons, Printers, for printing this huge work promptly in a spirit of cordial co-operation and service to the Goddess of Learning, in spite of the scarcity of labour and consequent hardships. BANGALORE, } V. SUBRAHMANYA SASTRI. 27th December 1946. } M. RAMAKRISHNA BHAT.