I am new to the list.  I was referred by another very nice subscriber who cautioned me about the need for exactness, or face the consequences.  So here goes...

I am researching several issues in the history of monasticism (especially Dasanami Sannyasa).  Can anyone help with the following:

1) Sadananda Giri [Society and Sannyasin, First Edition, footnote on pg. 1] refers to a "Vedic text" abbreviated "TMB." What does TMB stand for?

2) An English translation of Madhava's Commentary on Parasara's Dharma Sastras (Paraasharamaadhaviiya) [I do not find Manmathanatha Dutt's edition (printed by H. C. Das, Elysium Press, Calcutta, 1906) listed in Library of Congress or Center for Research Libraries; I work regularly with Inter-Library Loan but this may be too obscure for them].

3) Devanagari OCR software.

4) an email address for Dr. Munuganti Kripacharyulu (I believe in Guntur, India).

Thomas Lowder
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Brahmachari Thomas
Self-Realization Fellowship
Los Angeles