The G. N. Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha has decided to celebrate the Centenary of Pt. Ganganatha Jha this year and amongst the items of the celebration, one is to issue a Volume. A life sketch of Pt. Ganganatha Jha is being included in this. The Pandit was a most distinguished teacher of Sanskrit in Northern India during the twentieth century and he excercised an ennobling, influence on all his puplls by his simple and unostentatious way of living and by his unique devotion to scholarship. He believed in the publication of the research and study. While he was a Professor at the Muir Central College, he brought out a research journal called the Indian Thought". As Vice Chancellor of the University of Allahabad, he brought out the "Allahabad University Studies" an annual publication which contains research articles of the teachers and research scholars of various departments of the University. As Principal of the Govt. Sanskrit College, Benaras, he brought out the Sarasvati Bhawan Studies". To keep this torch of publication burning, this Vidyapeetha has been publishing this Research Journal.

I am grateful to the contributors of the articles contained in this volume. I hope Indologists will appreciate the high quality of these articles.

I express my sincere appreciation and thanks to Dr. M. D. Balasubrahmanyam, Reader (now Principal, Sri Sadashiva Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Puri) and Dr. B. N. Misra, Librarian of the Vidyapeetha for their valuable help in collecting and editing the articles included in the Volume.

Our thanks are also due to Dr. Goparaju Rama, Research Officer, and Sri Chandra Sekhar Shukla, Research Asstt. of the Vidyapeetha for their help in the difficult task of proof correction and looking at the proper presentation of the material in the Volume. Above all, I record my appreciation of the help rendered by Dr. Mahabir Prasad Lakhera, Lecturer in Sanskrit, University of Allahabad in going through the proof corrections and scholarly advice in preparation of this Volume.

We appreciate the services of Messers Allahabad Block Works for their efficiency and nice printing.

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