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TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
It covers the entire field of Sanskrit
Literature from the Vedas down to the
latest writers of devotional poetry. No
sect has been ignored; no religious bias
has prejudiced the selection and the
differing needs of persons on various levels
of spiritual and religious development have
been kept in view. Effort has been taken
to avoid repetition of ideas and to present
to the scholars the richness of expression
possible in devotional poetry.
In the translation of the text of the
Vedic selections, Sayana and Sankara have
generally been followed. The Upanishads,
the Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavata have
been placed in separate sections in view of
their importance, though they form part of
the Vedas, the Mahabharata and the Puranas
respectively. This is followed by selections
from the Agamas and Tantras, the Kavyas,
and the works of the Acharyas and many
of the later writers of devotional literature.
Notes on the authors and the works
forming the sources of the selections are
given at the end of the book. In the
notes on the works, the available editions
It covers the entire field of Sanskrit
Literature from the Vedas down to the
latest writers of devotional poetry. No
sect has been ignored; no religious bias
has prejudiced the selection and the
differing needs of persons on various levels
of spiritual and religious development have
been kept in view. Effort has been taken
to avoid repetition of ideas and to present
to the scholars the richness of expression
possible in devotional poetry.
In the translation of the text of the
Vedic selections, Sayana and Sankara have
generally been followed. The Upanishads,
the Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavata have
been placed in separate sections in view of
their importance, though they form part of
the Vedas, the Mahabharata and the Puranas
respectively. This is followed by selections
from the Agamas and Tantras, the Kavyas,
and the works of the Acharyas and many
of the later writers of devotional literature.
Notes on the authors and the works
forming the sources of the selections are
given at the end of the book. In the
notes on the works, the available editions