PK 3791 327 E5 1886 3244985 ΤΟ EDWARD BYLES COWELL, ESQ., M.A., LL.D., PROFESSOR OF SANSKRIT IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. b PREFACE. Of the three Śatakas or centuries of couplets ascribed to Bhartrihari, the Nîti and Vairagya Satakas alone are included in the following pages. The Śringâra Sataka contains so many stanzas requiring modification, so many more wholly untranslatable into English, that on due consideration I have decided to omit this collection of stanzas from the volume now published. It only remains for me to convey my thanks to the friends who, in various ways, have so kindly and willingly contributed their aid in helping me to carry out this work. B. H. W. |