Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

Punctually at 8-30 A. M. to the accompaniment of the sacred hymns of the Veda chanted by learned BrAhmanas Pricipal V. K. Rajvade who was one of the Vice-presidents of the first Working Committee of the Institute garlanded the bust of Sir R. G. Bhandarkar and then proceeded to the open grounds behind the main building of the Institute. [...] R. N. Dandekar the Editor of the Volumes while requesting Sir S. Radhakrishnan to formally announce the publcation read the following statement : About the end of the year 1941 the authorities of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute decided to issue the twenty-third Volume of the " Annals " ( for 1942 ) as a Special Jubilee Number on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of [...] D. who as the helmsman of the Institute's work of the Critical Edition of the Manbhärata has steered clear of the Scylla and Charybdis of the problem of Mahabharata text-criticism by the high standard of his scholarship thus initiating a new epoch in Oriental studies and bringing international recogntion and honour to the work of the Institute. [...] B. S. Kamat the senior Vice-President of the Institute to the President of the Jubilee function the Chief Guest the delgates the delegating bodies the scholars and patrons who had sent good wishes on the occation and the Public. [...] In the evening in the presence of a distinguished gathering the Rajasaheb and Yuvarajasaheb of Bhor among them the Aranyaka-Parvan of the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata was formally presented to the Rajasaheb of Aundh the first patron of the project.