Acknowledgments
The translators wish to thank the following people for their comments and insights during the translation process: Usha Jain, Mohammad Warsi, and Vasudha Dalmia at the University of California, Berkeley; Amrendra Tripathi at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; and Herman van Olphen and Martha Ann Selby at the University of Texas, Austin. The fellowship programmes of the American Institute for Indian Studies must also be acknowledged here, as their support has enabled many of us to receive language training and research fellowships in India, making projects like this possible.