INTRODUCTION
This volume completes the available text of Bṛhaddeśī up to the chapter
on prabandhas. It begins with the treatment of Jāti, goes on to grāma-rāgas and
their bhāṣās according to Yāṣṭika and Śārdūla, has a very fragmentary portion
on desi-rāgas and concludes with the chapter on prabandhas.6 The bulk of the
text is almost double of that included in the first volume.10 The salient features
of the treatment of these topics in our text have been pointed out here and
there in the Vimarśa, but these are only point-wise explanations.5 The
critique to form part of the third volume will present a review of the contents
of the total text. This will involve looking backward and forward through
anterior and posterior texts.
The Introduction to the first volume includes the scheme of the
presentation of textual material as well as the policy of translation. It is
needless to repeat all that here.
Acknowledgements:
I am deeply indebted to Dr.
Kapila Vatsyayan, Academic Director,
IGNCA, for her constant support, inspiration and encouragement. The
indebtedness to Dr. Anil Behari Beohar, Lecturer in Musicology, Indira Kala
Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh (M.P.) has been acknowledged in the
title page. Dr. Urmila Sharma, Research Officer, IGNCA has provided
valuable assistance in scrutinizing the reconstructed text and in reading the
proofs; I express my loving gratitude to her. My affectionate thanks are due
to Dr. N. Ramanathan, Reader, Department of Music, Madras University, my
former student, for going through the press-copy and some of the proofs.
His scrutiny helped in correcting many discrepancies. Dr. (Ms.) Niharika
Lal has provided assistance in checking the type-script and proofs of the
entire English portion; my hearty thanks go to her. I am deeply thankful to
Dr. Satkari Mukhopadhyaya, Co-ordinator, Kalākośa, IGNCA and Dr. Bettina
Bäumer, Hon. Co-ordinator, Kalātattvakośa, Varanasi Office, IGNCA for
their moral support.
I heartily thank Dr. C.B. Pandey, former Editor and Dr. (Smt.)
Advaitavadini Kaul, Asstt. Editor, for looking after the typesetting and
printing of the book.
Prem Lata Sharma
Kārtika Pūrņimā, Monday
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November 29, 1993
