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11. *Thanks.*—To Dr. Brajendranath Seal, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore, I must express my most heartfelt thanks for the very kind trouble he took in reading through the typescript of this volume at his usual lightning speed, and in making important suggestions. To Prof. K. N. Dravid, M. A., of the Willingdon College, Sangli, I am most indebted for reading the whole volume with me before it was sent to the Press, as well as for suggesting improvements. Dr. S. K. Belvalkar has laid me under deep obligations by allowing me to quote in this work a passage or two from our joint Volume on the Creative Period of Indian Philosophy, as well as for help in other respects. I am also indebted to my friend Prof. R. Zimmermann, S. J., of St. Xavier's College, Bombay, for having looked through this Preface, as well as in having checked the Bibliographical Note which occurs at the end of the volume. I must express my most heartfelt thanks to my nephew, Prof. N. G. Damle, M. A., of Fergusson College, Poona, who has helped me much by looking through a larger part of the proofs of this volume. I must also thank my young friend, Mr. R. D. Wadekar, B. A., for his very conscientious help in discussing the Upanishadic Bibliography with me, as well as in looking through certain proofs of the Volume. Also, I must express my obligations to my former pupils, and now Professors, V. S. Gogate, M. A., and K. V. Gajendragadkar, M. A., of the Arts College, Nasik, for having helped me in the General Index and the Upanishad Index respectively. The untiring efforts of my pupil and friend, Mr. G. K. Sane, M. A., in the preparation and final disposition of the General Index deserve all commendation. The constant, day-to-day, cheerful help which my stenographer Mr. S. K. Dharmadhikari has extended to me, as well as his indefatigable diligence and resolve to stick to his guns through thick and thin, can never be adequately praised. The zealous and constant interest which Dr. N. G. Sardesai, Manager of the Oriental Book Agency, Poona, has evinced in this work cannot be praised too highly. Mr. Nanasaheb Gondhalekar, the Proprietor of the Jagaddhitechu, Press, Poona, has not spared himself, his Press, and his men for turning out this Volume in the fashion in which it is offered to the public. There are also a few other persons to be thanked. But as their interest in this Volume is spiritual, it behoves me, in the manner of the Kenopanishad, to leave their names unmentioned. "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet.... Is wasteful and ridiculous excess".