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Volume 110 - April 1978

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Der Vajra: Eine vedische Waffe. By Tapan Kumar Das Gupta. (Alt- und Neu-Indische Studien 16.) pp. viii, 119. Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1975.

Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts (Yahuda section) in the Garrett Collection, Princeton University Library. By Rudolf Mach. Index By Robert D. McChesney. (Princeton Studies on the Near East.) pp. 515; Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1977.

Sanskrit: An introduction to the classical language. By Michael Coulson. (Teach Yourself Books.) pp. xxx, 493. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1976. £2.95.

Yūsuf-i Meddāḥ: Varqa ve Gülşāh. A Fourteenth century Anatolian Turkish mesnevī. Edited and translated by Grace Martin Smith, pp. x, 222, 29 pl. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1976. Fl. 64.

Indian riddles: A forgotten chapter in the history of Sanskrit literature. By Ludwik Sternbach. pp. 132. Hoshiarpur, Vishveshvaranand Vedic Research Institute, 1975.

Eine Digambara-Dogmatik: Das fünfte Kapitel von Vaṭṭakeras Mūlācāra. Herausgegeben übersetzt und kommentiert von Kiyoaki Okuda. (Altund Neu-Indische Studien 15). pp. 164. Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1975.

The Pādatāḍitaka of Śyāmilaka. Part 2. Translated by G. H. Schokker and P. J. Worsley. With a complete word-index on the four ancient Sanskrit bhāṇas by G. H. Schokker. pp. viii, 261. Dordrecht, D. Reidel, 1976.

Die Arier im vorderen Orient - Ein Mythos? Mit einem Bibliographischen Supplement. By Manfred Mayrhofer. (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte, 294/3.) pp. 93. Wien, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1974.

Glimpses of sexual life in Nanda-Maurya India. Edited and translated By Manomohan Ghosh. Parts I–II: pp. viii, 183; lviii, 144. Calcutta, Manisha Granthalaya Private Ltd., 1975. Rs. 50/-.

Le Dasavatthuppakaraṇa. Edité et traduit par Jacqueline Ver Eecke. (Publications de l'Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient, Tome CVIII.) pp. xvi, 138, 155. Paris, Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient, 1976.

The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical edition. Edited By U. P. Shah and G. H. Bhatt. Vol. VII: Uttarakāṇḍa, Fasc. 3. Edited By U. P. Shah. pp. 505–666, [v], 54, lvi, 7 pl. Baroda, Oriental Institute, 1975.

Ānandavardhana's Dhvanyāloka: A critical edition with introduction, English translation, and notes. By K. Krishnamoorthy. pp. xli, 407. Dharwar, Karnatak University, 1974. Rs. 25/-.

Le Mahābhāṣya de Patañjali, avec le pradīpa de Kaiyaṭa et l'Uddyota de Nāgeśa: Adhyāya 1, pāda 1, āhnika 1–4. Traduction par Pierre Filliozat. (Publications de l'Institut Français d'Indologie, No. 54, 1.) pp. vii, 659. Pondichéry, Institut Français d'Indologie, 1975.

Triads in the Veda. By J. Gonda. (Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afd. Letterkunde. Nieuwe Reeks, Vol. 91.) pp. 246. Amsterdam, North-Holland Publishing Company, 1976. Fl. 75.

Prajña-pāramitā-ratna-guṇa-saṃcaya-gāthā (Sanskrit recension A). Edited by Akira Yuyama. pp. lxxii, 214. Cambridge, University Press, 1976, £10.50.

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