MAITHIY ieheeanfies sic near «ara go Tivaasa—aes (us eeofeion faagar Gere Feral afin) erate Mow é 89¢ BBa(Mox) vip~ Mis aamdiqnnns epee ftsietaer erret atcrere ren fier iQ fe i lubeane 23/4 Be Sanit afta anata Sfict aifea aftr aleale, careaTa-2 —WaT Published by rang wince aah ais WER “MLindia Maithili Sabitya Sau qirabhki”, | Alleaganj Rox, Allababad 2 Fa, & ears Oe, CaTEATE All Rights Reserved Copy {goa Muhilabda (L961 4.) First Edition adie 5810 ahas Ure (RERE gs) pa dao ae Price Ordinary Ealition : Rupees Seven Linrary Baition + Rupees Twentytive sopareag eRe | Oe ERT faba deel + RCE! ane Printed Tnsseuluction + The Dominion Press (Pt Tent: Hindustan Press, Abishabad ‘td, Allahabadala aA) aiyre grrr Great AR OS8 ET AB SPT NEBL S BneiR encanta Mork 23 emer AA EAA os ETE ERE AT stat g air der ameaeT a lg we GN A PATE AIDES BATA LTTE as aoe a S itn cafe ateliam ander Sve nese Far eee gone rt Trevor sess FEE eve onBE De TP ST Ere ianae, eh BRO IS? gar dir aw sitar rae aT aor wane ager alt 5 Panty ip SRR AG OS™ Attaes (go ES aig ea PREFACE, eis a walter of great pleasure that the present: series of publications bat at last seen the Jight of day, Ie has been plauned exclusively fer early and medieval Maithili tests The task of procuring okl manvicripts and of restoring thom to tei ctiginal texture as faithfully as. possible are Torenidable ir. themselves. ‘The more difficuls problem ts co find out where they exist. Daring the Inst fifteen years sve have been organising manuscript surveys throughout Mithila and Nepal and have been amply rewarded. Net only have wwe by naw collected & number of eave anel hitherto ueknown works but have come co know the existence of move than 500 such volumes scattered throughout Mithila anel Nepal. Thanks to our generous doners, particularly the Ministry of Scientific Research an: 4 Goltural Affairs in the Goyernier ‘af India, it has been possible C0 start the publication of ‘ol three inaseriess “We hope, woven, Hist mare foils 4 be forthcoming to snable us to continue it, 1 take thie opportunity to thank the indefatigable effart and fervent enthusiasm of the workers of the Sarit, especially fie Socretary, Shri Sueiiskanta Mishra, M.A. Research Scholar, Department of Feonomies, Allahabad University v ay acter Teale, |