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It is with great pleasure that the Institute is bringing out the present edition of the text, Nandikesakasika ascribed to Nandi along with the commentary Tattvaprakasika of the legendary saint Upamanyu. The text provides mystical interpretation of the Mahesvarasutras of Panini’s Astadhyayi. While the text is quite brief and difficult to understand, the commentary is lucid and easy to comprehend. The text and the commentary have been published long ago with Telugu and Tamil translations. These are not available now. Also they have been published by the Government Oriental Manuscript Library, Chennai (1950) and by the Vidya Vinodini press, Tanjore (1924). The present edition by the Institute is mainly based on the GOML edition, in consultation with the Tanjore edition. This edition also carries both the Roman transliteration and English translation of the text and commentary, for the first time. The publication is made possible by the munificent donation given by Mr. S. Hariharan, in memory of his wife Dr. S. Jayashree. We are deeply indebted to him for the same. Dr. S. Jayashree, was a faculty member of our Institute, who was interested in different fields of Sanskrit Studies. She was the first to deviate from the beaten path and to enter into the field of Scientific in Sanskrit, in theInstitute. She wrote articles in the Journal of Oriental Research, Madras (published by the Institute), related to Earthquakes and Volcanoes and other natural phenomena. She also carried out the project on Eclipses in Hindu Life and Thought at the Institute. It was later brought out as a book by the Institute. She was also engaged in the project on “Women in the Epics”. The Institute dedicates this publication to Dr. S. Jayashree, who was a personal friend of the staff of the Institute. This book is the result of the joint efforts of my colleagues Dr. K. S. Balasubramanian and Dr. T. v. Vasudeva, both Deputy Directors of the Institute. They have been ably assisted by the academic staff of the Institute-Mrs. R. Subasri, Mr. V. Ramakrishnan and Mr. S. N. Krishna in proof reading the text. Our thanks are due to Mrs. M. Srividya of the Institute for type-setting the text and to Mr. B. Ganapathy Subramanian of the Madras Sanskrit College for the lay-out and wrapper designing. Sri Harish Printers are to be thanked for the neat printing and nice get-up.