Yudhishthir Mimamsak in his history of Sanskrit grammar mentions that he had seen a manuscript of a rare Pratishakhya work, namely the Maitrayani Pratishakhya, at the home of Late Pt. Annashastri Ware of Nasik.  After Pt. Ware passed away, his manuscript collection, along with his other estate, were contested by his sons, and the manuscripts have never been seen again.  Shri T. N. Dharmadhikari from Pune also visited Nasik some years ago, but had no success in accessing manuscripts of the Ware family. Since there is a Maitrayani community in Nasik, I myself went there some years ago and talked to some Maitrayani pandits, but they had never seen this work, and the Nasik Nagar Vachanalaya, which houses a fairly large collection of Sanskrit manuscripts, does not have a copy of this work.  I am just wondering if anyone on BVP has ever come across a manuscript of this work.  I communicated with the director of NAMAMI in Delhi, and they have not been able to trace this work.  Any help in tracing this work would be appreciated.  Besides Nasik, Gujarat may be another region where the Maitrayani community is found, and there is a chance that this work may exist somewhere in Gujarat. With best regards,

Madhav M. Deshpande