Acknowledgement

At the completion of this thesis, I would like to take some time to thank all the people without whom this project would never have been possible. Although it is just my name on the cover, many people have contributed to the research in their own particular way and for that I want to give them special thanks.

First, my respected supervisor Prof. Snigdha Das Roy, for her constant and precious guidance, valuable suggestion and her trust and confidence in my enterprise during the course, constantly inspired and guided me in preparation of this work. So, my sincere gratitude goes for her.

I am enormously thank full to my respected teachers Prof. Swapna Devi, Prof. Bhagirati Biswas, Dr. Shanti Pokrel and Dr. Govind Sharma of the Department of Sanskrit, Assam University Silchar, for their guidance at every step for successful completion of this work.

I also remember and offer high gratitude to late Prof. Haripada Cakraborty, Department of Sanskrit, Assam University Silchar, for his valuable suggestions and motivations which I had received from him.

I must express sincere thanks to Dr. Ananda Mohan Mohanta, Department of Sanskrit, G.C. College Silchar and Dr. Sankar Bhattacarjee of Womens College Silchar for their inspiration and encouragement.

I express my thanks and gratitude to my parents Sri Chunilal Nath, Smt. Supoma Nath and my elder sister Subrata Nath for their great sacrifice, support, inspiration above all for their blessing which always been with me. Without which I could not have been able to complete this dissertation paper.

I do convey my thanks to Mr. Dipan kumar Acarjee, Non-teaching staff, Department of Sanskrit, Assam University, Silchar, for the help rendered by him during my research period.

I owe my thanks to the officers and staff members in charge of the libraries of Asiatic Society, Kolkata, National Library, Kolkata and Central Library of Assam University Silchar, for their active help.

I would be failing in duty not to express my thanks to all the staff member of Silchar Sungraphics, Silchar and special thanks to Sri Purnapriya Choudhury of Silchar Sungraphics, Silchar for printing and binding the thesis in time.

At last but not the least, I would like to express my gratitude to all those learned writers whose works I have consulted directly or indirectly.