The Muditamadalasanataka of MM. Gokulanatha of Mithila (An Old And Rare Book)

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The above eulogistic reference to Mithila by Kavi Karpapūra in his Pārijātaharanamahākāvya may appear to be an example of Hyperbole but it remains an indubitable fact that the land of Mithila, extending from Himalaya in the north to River Ganga in the south, from River Kosi in the east to River Gandaki in the west, has all along been a fan ous seat of Sanskrit warning. The song of the soil have kept the glow of intellectual luminosity undiminished through the ages and earned an undying fame for Mithila. To claim that the land has maintained its academic standard uniformly right from the age of Janaka and Yājñavalkya to Dharmadatta and Kaviśekhara Badarīnātha of the present century borders on absurdity. For, no country in the world has ever maintained its standards and values uniformly through thousands of centuries. There have always been ups and downs in every walk of life.

In 1962 the University Grants' Commission, New Delhi, awarded a Senior Research Fellowship to me and allowed me to work on 'The contribution of Mithilā to Sanskrit Kävya-Sahitya for three consecutive years. In the course of my researches I came across many hitherto unpublished and valuable manuscripts of works composed by litterateurs of Mithila. In January 1964 I contributed a paper on "Some forgotten litterateurs of Mithila" and edited the unpublished Alasamodini of Kavindra Gangānanda. In 1965 I published the Syngārasarini ani Viratarangini of MM. Citradhara of Mithila for the first time with the financial assistance from the Ministry of Education, Govt of India.