Naraya.na Sect__. Edited by Professor Monier Williams, C.I.E.,
D.C.L.


[THE text of the Siksha-Patri of the modern Vaish.nava Sect,
called Svami-Naraya.na, was lithographed in Samvat 1928 (A.D.
1872) by order of the Heads of the Sect. It has a Gujarati
Commentary by Nityananda-muni. So far as I know, this is the
only version of the text that has yet appeared. It was given to
me by the Wartal Maharaja on the occasion of my first visit to
Wartal in 1875. It is full of mistakes, and in preparing the
following edition of the text I have taken as my guide the far
more accurate manuscript and Sansk.rit commentary written by
Pa.n.dit Satananda-muni, and given to me by the Maharaja on the
same occasion.]



TRANSLATION OF THE FOREGOING SIKSHA-PATRI.

BY PROFESSOR MONIER WILLIAMS.


[In making the following translation I have been careful to study
the Sansk.rit commentary called Artha-dipika, written for me in
clear beautiful characters by Pa.n.dit Satananda-muni (one of the
disciples of Svami-Naraya.na), by order of the Wartal Maharaja,
after one of the formal visits to the Wartal Temple, which were
kindly arranged for me by Mr. Frederick Sheppard, C.S., late
Collector of Kaira, and now Commissioner. The translation is the