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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
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Volume 72 - Issue 1 - January 1940

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Anahita, Grundlegendes zur Arischen Metrik. By Hermann Weller. Veröffentlichungen des Orientalischen Seminars der Universität Tübingen: neuntes heft. 9½ × 6½, pp. x + 154. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1938.

Herāt unter Ḥusein Baiqara dem Timuriden. By W. Barthold. Deutsche Bearbeitung vonW. Hinz. (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, xxii, 8.) 9½ × 6, pp. vii + 97, map 1. Leipzig: Kommissionsverlag F. A. Brockhaus, 1937.

Contribution à la Grammaire Comparée des Langues du Caucase. By Jacques van Ginneken. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen, afdeeling Letterkunde, new series, Part XLII. 10¼ × 7, pp. 138, pls. 5. Amsterdam: Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1938.

History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest. By R. S. Tripathi, Ph.D. 10 × 6½, pp. xx + 420. Indian Book Shop, Benares City, 1937. Rs. 7 or 15s.

Notas ao Llvro das Plantas de todas as Fortalezas do Estado da India Oriental. (Supplement to the new edition of the Arquivo Português Oriental, Tome IV, Vol. II.) Published in Bastorá, Portuguese India, 1938.

Dakan Mẽ Urdu. By Naṣīr ud Dīn Hashimi. Third Edition. 7 × 5, pp. 10 + 48 + 322 + vi. Hyderabad, Dn.: Ibrahimiya Press, 1936.

Stilistische Studie over Atharvaveda, I–VII. Door J. Gonda. 10 × 6½ pp. 96. Wageningen: H. Veenman and Zonen, 1938. Fl. 2.40.

Contributo allo Studio sulla Concezione e sullo sviluppo storico dell' Apsaras. By Giuseppina Borsani. Pubblicazioni della Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Serie dodicesima. Scienze Orientali. Vol. III. 10 × 6¾, pp. ix + 129. Milano: Società Editrice “Vita e Pensiero”, 1938.

The Minor Anthologies of the Pāli Canon. Part III: Buddhavaṃsa, the Lineage of the Buddhas, and Cariyāpiṭaka or the Collection of Ways of Conduct. Translated by B. C. Law. 9 × 6, pp. xiv + 130. London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1938. 10s.

Le Kumāratantra de Rāvaṇa, et les textes parallèles indiens, chinois, cambodgien et arabe. ParJean Filliozat. Cahiers de la Société Asiatique, IV. 8¾ × 5½, pp. v + 188. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1937. Frs. 50.

The Cultural Heritage of India. Vols. I, II, and III. Sri Ramakrishna Centenary Memorial. 10 × 7½. Vol. I: pp. xxx + 608, pls. 35. Vol. II: pp. ix + 617, pls. 65. Vol. III: pp. x + 692, pls. 27. Calcutta: Sri Ramakrishna Centenary Committee, Belur Math, 1936–1937.

The Eastern Cālukyas. By D. C. Ganguly. 7¼ × 5, pp. vi + 228. Benares: Published by the author, 1937.

La Somme du Grand Véhicule d'Asaṅga (Mahāyānasaṁgraha). ParÉtienne Lamotte. Tome I, Fasc. 1, and Tome II, Fasc. 1. Bibliothèque du Muséon, 7. 10½ × 7. Tome I, pp. viii + 47, pls. 11. Tome II, pp. viii + 152 + 24. Louvain: Bureaux du Muséon, 1938. Belgas 10 and 18.

Unsterblichkeit und Erlösung in den indischen Religionen. By H. v. Glasenapp. Schriften der Königsberger Gelehrten Gesellschaft. 14 Jahr. Geisteswissenschaftliche Klasse. Heft 1. 10 × 7, pp. x + 72. Halle (Saale): Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1938. R.M. 5·40.

A Grammar of the Sinhalese Language. By ProfessorWilhelm Geiger, Ph.D. 9¾ × 6, pp. xxiv + 200. Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch, 1938. Rs. 3/– or 2/50.

Hymnes et Prières du Veda. Traduit parLouis Renou. 9 × 5¾, pp. viii + 164. Paris: Adrien-Maisonneuve, 1938.

Das Indogermanische Neujahesopfer im Veda. By Johannes Hertel. Berichte über die Verhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig. Philologisch-historische Klasse, 90 Band, 1938, 1 Heft. pp. 190. M. 7.

Vimuttimagga and Visuddhimagga: A Comparative Study. By P. V. Bapat. 9½ × 6½. pp. lix + 171, pl. 1. Poona: P. V. Bapat, 1937. Rs. 10.

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