The work "Plays based on the Udayana legend" owes its inception to my obtaining an almost unobtainable edition of the play Tapasavatsaraja by Anangaharsa Matraraja, from Mysore. Subsequently. Dr. Mrs. Bijoya Goswami, at present Reader in Sanskrit, Jadavpur University, obtained an edition of the Vinavasavadatta from the National Library, Calcutta. I then suggested to her the feasibility of publishing these two valuable works along with translation, annotation and detailed intro- duction. When this project was mooted at a meeting of the DSA (Sanskrit) Committee, J.U., Prof. V. Venkatachalam, renowned scholar, suggested that all the available plays based on the Udayana legend be included in this project. The result of these discussions is the present work.
Dr. Mrs. Bijoya Goswami has done full justice to all the 6 plays published under this head. Her translations make easy reading, and her detailed analysis of each play is a necessary asset.
The University Grants Commission, New Delhi, is to be thanked for providing financial assistance towards publication of these 6 plays.
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