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ted in square brackets. When different readings are found, they have been given in the foot-notes except in the case of a few books, in which the correct readings have been given in the foot-note or incorporated in the text itself.
The Government of Madras have to be thanked for financing the entire scheme of publication although there is a drive for economy in all the departments. My thanks are due to the members of the Expert Committee who spared no pains in selecting the manuscripts for publication. I have also to thank the various editors, who are experts in their own field, for readily consenting to edit the manuscripts and see them through the Press. The various Presses that co-operated in printing the manuscripts in the best manner possible also deserve my thanks for the patience exhibited by them in carrying out the corrections made in the proofs.
The present work Dhanurvidya Vilasamu in a treatise regarding the Science of Archery. There are nearly forty-four topics described in the work as follows:--
1. Gurusankīrtana (Salutation to Guru)
2. Siśyaraņa
3. Vidyāprabhāsuchena
4. Sakhandākhanda Kōdanḍadwaya-namōddēśa.
5. Dhanurnirmāṇa-pramāṇapramukuha- viśāśavinibhaga
6. Mārgaṇaparigaņaņa-préņana
7. Thadvīdhānamāna-praśamsa
8. Punyōpasankhyāna
9. Paksaparimanapraśamsa
10. Nishangaracaņapravacana
11. Mourvidhānakadhana
12. Anguļithrāņaprakīrtana
13, Jyārōpaņaprõkaraņa
14. Dhanururdvādhara-béāgavinibhāga
