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(3) Part I of Vol. XIX will furnish scholars with at least one new section out of (a) hymnology, (b) narratives and (c) rituals whereas Part II of Vol. XVIII will be a mere continuation of philosophy treated in Part I of it,
On my proposal being accepted the printing of Part 1 of Vol. XIX was commenced in the second week of December 1952. It has taken more than four years to be completed.
The present plan of publishing the remaining parts of this Volume (XIX) and those of Vols. XVIII and XX is as under :--
As soon as the printing of this part of Vol. XIX gets completed, that of its part II will be commenced, and it will be carried on singly till we come to Appendices I-X of this volume. Then Part I of Vol. XX and not Part II of Vol. XVIII will be taken up for being printed side by side with these Appendices; for Part I of Vol. XX deals with altogether a new section of the Jaina literature viz, “ narratives".
On Part 1 of Vol. XX being over, the remaining parts of Vol. XVIII will be printed one after another, and at the time of printing its last part consisting of its Appendices only, Part II of Vol. XX will be taken up for being simultaneously printed.
When Vol. XVIII is entirely finished, the printing of the remaining parts of Vol. XX will be undertaken in due order.
Vols. XIX and XX deal with all those manuscripts which are not included in Vols. XVII and XVIII. They have been grouped under the following heads :
( 1 ) Hymnology (Vol. XIX) (2) Narratives (3) Ritualistic works (Vol. XX ) (4) Miscellanea
Since the Mss, dealing with works on hymnology formed a smaller section as compared with the one of narrative literature, (there being 1266 sheets for hymnology and about 2800 sheets for narrative literature ) it is given the first place in Vol. XIX.
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