उत्तर गीता (आदि गौड़पादाचार्य दीपिका एवं सान्वय हिन्दी टीका)

PREFACE. THE text of the Uttara Gita is already published in different places and some of the editions contain an English translation also. Thus several of the readers may be familiar with the Text, though it is not to be found anywhere in the extant editions of the Mahabharata. This latter fact has led several scholars to even doubt its genuineness. They consider that it is a modern composition grafted on the ever expanding Epic. But some months ago I learnt that the great Sri Gaudapadacharya, the author of the world-renowned Mandukya Karikas and the grand- preceptor of the illustrious Sri Sankara-Bhagavatpada- charya had written a commentary on this Poem. Immediately I began a search for manuscript copies of this commentary, for if this was a fact, it would go a great way towards establishing the genuineness of the Poem And I am glad to say that my labours in this direction were soon crowned with success. I got an old palm- leaf Ms. copy from the library of the Mutt at Sringeri, another palm-leaf Ms. from Mr. Krishnaswamy Aiyar, B.A. B.L. of the Tanjore bar—the grandson of Brahmasri Mahalinga Sastrigal of Tiruvasanallore and copies of two other manuscripts from the Madras Government Oriental Manuscripts Library. And all these manuscripts which