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About The Book : A Comprehensive Dictionary, English and Marathi; The first edition of the Compendium of the English and Marathi Dictionary has not only been successful in gaining a favourable reception from the public, but it has also been the means of giving an impulse to the preparation of works of a similar nature both for the Marathi and Gujarati-speaking sections of the community. This gratifying result and the rapid sale of the work, as well as the increasing demand for it, have induced the Editor to undertake the preparation of the present volume. The same tribute of gratitude is due to another benefactor, now in England, whose name, the writer regrets, cannot be given without his permission. This much the author presumes to say of his patron, that it was by his offer of a prize for a Marathi essay many years ago, that an impulse to the literary labours of the writer of these lines was first given. Had it not been for two liberal donations from that gentleman, and the regular contributions of the Glasgow Students' Association, this work would probably not have seen the light of day, at least not so soon. About The Author : Baba Padmanji Mule, better known as Baba Padmanji (1831-1906) was an Indian writer, novelist, religious preacher and Protestant Christian reformer in the 19th-century Bombay Presidency, who is known for contributing to Marathi literature. He is known for converting to Christianity from Hinduism in his early twenties and is considered the father of Christian literature in Marathi language. He has published over a hundred books. His novel Yamuna Paryatan is the first independent social novel in Marathi. He was born in May 1831 in Belgaum (now in Karnataka) to a Konkani-Marathi family. He attended a Christian missionary school in his hometown, where he developed his interest in Christianity. He went to complete his education at the Bombay Scottish Mission's Wilson School in 1849. Later, Baba worked as a teacher at the Free Church High School in Bombay, where he taught catechism and other Christianity related subjects. He was mentored by Murray Mitchell, John Wilson and Narayan Sheshadri. He was ordained Pastor at the Free Church in 1867, serving the Free Church of Pune till 1872.