काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

xv translation. First among these comes Pandit Jayadeva Mishra, Professor of Vyākaraṇa in the “Darbhanga Pāṭhashālā,” Benares, from whom I got my first lessons in Kāvya-Prakāsha, and then Rai Bahadur Pramadā Dāsa Mittra of Benares, already mentioned, who not only encouraged me in the work, but also took upon himself the trouble of correcting an important portion of it. My thanks are also due to my honoured tutor, late Mr. Arthur Venis, M. A., Principal of the Queen’s College, Benares, without whose encouraging words and example, I should probably have never ventured upon literary work, and to whose kind help is due the publication of the present trans- lation. The last person, but not the least, whom I cannot leave un- mentioned, is Babu Govinda-Dāsa of Benares, who has ever been the guiding spirit of literary life DARBHANGA $\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad$ GANGĀNĀTHA JHĀ. April, 1918