Pramāṇanayatattvālokālaṃkāra of Vādi Devasūri by Hari Satya BhattacharyaReview by: Wilhelm HalbfassJournal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 95, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1975), p. 150Published by: American Oriental SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/599294 .

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Journal of the American Oriental Society 95.1 (1975) Journal of the American Oriental Society 95.1 (1975) Journal of the American Oriental Society 95.1 (1975)

tion and it is hoped that these papers will be published in the near future. The major themes of concentration were concepts of culture, problems of regionalism and

"periodisation," chronology and structure and approaches of the proposed sourcebook. The contents vary very much in extent and quality; some are rather extensive and full of perception, others are little more than random jottings of perfunctory thoughts. The conclusions reached are

obvious, that there is a real and urgent need for an

adequate sourcebook on Indian civilization for use in India and prepared largely by Indian scholars, that such a work should have extensive items of source materials on the different parts that make up the totality of Indian civilization and that a consistent chronological schema must be followed. It is to be regretted that little or no

thought was given to Buddhistic sources and the volume

gives the impression that Buddhism was not a part of Indian civilization or that it contributed little to its

making. B. G. GOKHALE

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

La vie publique et privde dans l'Inde ancienne. Fascicule IX (Premibre partie): Les bijoux. By ANNE-MARIE LOTH. Pp. 92 + 73 plates. Paris: PUBLICATIONS DU MUSiE GUIMET. 1972. 60 F.

In the frame of Mile. Auboyer's illustrated compen- dium of the daily life in ancient India (ten fascicles are

planned) Mlle. Loth published the first of two parts on

jewelry and ornaments. The specimina belong to the

period between the 2nd century, B.C., to the 3rd century, A.D., and are taken mostly from Buddhist sanctuaries

(Bharhut, Sinici, Amaravati, Bodhgaya, Nagarjunakonda, etc.). From the Ajanta caves of this period only cave X is mentioned in six lines (p. 47). 73 annotated plates show the following ornaments in detail: earrings (1-14), necklaces

(15-29), waistbelts (30-44), colliers-ceintures, i.e. crossed

straps (45-48), bangles, bracelets etc. (49-73). With the 16 plates in the introduction which show ornaments "dans leur ensemble" we have here an excellent documen- tation of the "haute parure" between the period of the

Mauryas and Guptas. Mile. Loth shows that regional differences in style and

fashion of the ornaments were not relevant (not even between Begram and Amarbvati) as there was the tend-

ency to follow the general "mode" of the country. It is not clear, however, where the Paris of the ancient Indian mode has been. Only a few specimina of foreign in- fluences (Greek and Central Asian) can be verified (p. 77). For dating ornaments specific to a single period are the best criterion: le collier feminin a plusieurs rangs de perles

tion and it is hoped that these papers will be published in the near future. The major themes of concentration were concepts of culture, problems of regionalism and

"periodisation," chronology and structure and approaches of the proposed sourcebook. The contents vary very much in extent and quality; some are rather extensive and full of perception, others are little more than random jottings of perfunctory thoughts. The conclusions reached are

obvious, that there is a real and urgent need for an

adequate sourcebook on Indian civilization for use in India and prepared largely by Indian scholars, that such a work should have extensive items of source materials on the different parts that make up the totality of Indian civilization and that a consistent chronological schema must be followed. It is to be regretted that little or no

thought was given to Buddhistic sources and the volume

gives the impression that Buddhism was not a part of Indian civilization or that it contributed little to its

making. B. G. GOKHALE

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

La vie publique et privde dans l'Inde ancienne. Fascicule IX (Premibre partie): Les bijoux. By ANNE-MARIE LOTH. Pp. 92 + 73 plates. Paris: PUBLICATIONS DU MUSiE GUIMET. 1972. 60 F.

In the frame of Mile. Auboyer's illustrated compen- dium of the daily life in ancient India (ten fascicles are

planned) Mlle. Loth published the first of two parts on

jewelry and ornaments. The specimina belong to the

period between the 2nd century, B.C., to the 3rd century, A.D., and are taken mostly from Buddhist sanctuaries

(Bharhut, Sinici, Amaravati, Bodhgaya, Nagarjunakonda, etc.). From the Ajanta caves of this period only cave X is mentioned in six lines (p. 47). 73 annotated plates show the following ornaments in detail: earrings (1-14), necklaces

(15-29), waistbelts (30-44), colliers-ceintures, i.e. crossed

straps (45-48), bangles, bracelets etc. (49-73). With the 16 plates in the introduction which show ornaments "dans leur ensemble" we have here an excellent documen- tation of the "haute parure" between the period of the

Mauryas and Guptas. Mile. Loth shows that regional differences in style and

fashion of the ornaments were not relevant (not even between Begram and Amarbvati) as there was the tend-

ency to follow the general "mode" of the country. It is not clear, however, where the Paris of the ancient Indian mode has been. Only a few specimina of foreign in- fluences (Greek and Central Asian) can be verified (p. 77). For dating ornaments specific to a single period are the best criterion: le collier feminin a plusieurs rangs de perles

tion and it is hoped that these papers will be published in the near future. The major themes of concentration were concepts of culture, problems of regionalism and

"periodisation," chronology and structure and approaches of the proposed sourcebook. The contents vary very much in extent and quality; some are rather extensive and full of perception, others are little more than random jottings of perfunctory thoughts. The conclusions reached are

obvious, that there is a real and urgent need for an

adequate sourcebook on Indian civilization for use in India and prepared largely by Indian scholars, that such a work should have extensive items of source materials on the different parts that make up the totality of Indian civilization and that a consistent chronological schema must be followed. It is to be regretted that little or no

thought was given to Buddhistic sources and the volume

gives the impression that Buddhism was not a part of Indian civilization or that it contributed little to its

making. B. G. GOKHALE

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

La vie publique et privde dans l'Inde ancienne. Fascicule IX (Premibre partie): Les bijoux. By ANNE-MARIE LOTH. Pp. 92 + 73 plates. Paris: PUBLICATIONS DU MUSiE GUIMET. 1972. 60 F.

In the frame of Mile. Auboyer's illustrated compen- dium of the daily life in ancient India (ten fascicles are

planned) Mlle. Loth published the first of two parts on

jewelry and ornaments. The specimina belong to the

period between the 2nd century, B.C., to the 3rd century, A.D., and are taken mostly from Buddhist sanctuaries

(Bharhut, Sinici, Amaravati, Bodhgaya, Nagarjunakonda, etc.). From the Ajanta caves of this period only cave X is mentioned in six lines (p. 47). 73 annotated plates show the following ornaments in detail: earrings (1-14), necklaces

(15-29), waistbelts (30-44), colliers-ceintures, i.e. crossed

straps (45-48), bangles, bracelets etc. (49-73). With the 16 plates in the introduction which show ornaments "dans leur ensemble" we have here an excellent documen- tation of the "haute parure" between the period of the

Mauryas and Guptas. Mile. Loth shows that regional differences in style and

fashion of the ornaments were not relevant (not even between Begram and Amarbvati) as there was the tend-

ency to follow the general "mode" of the country. It is not clear, however, where the Paris of the ancient Indian mode has been. Only a few specimina of foreign in- fluences (Greek and Central Asian) can be verified (p. 77). For dating ornaments specific to a single period are the best criterion: le collier feminin a plusieurs rangs de perles

d6croissantes (2nd century, B.C.), "les colliers pendentifs magique a 'triratna'" (2nd century, B.C.), "la boucle d'oreille en grosse spirale" (lst century, B.C., and A.D.), "la boucle d'oreille recourbee dont une extr6mite res- semble A une griffe" (2nd and 3rd centuries)-see p. 76f.

In the first chapter (pp. 15-22) Mlle. Loth discusses

literary references to jewelry, e.g. in the ArthaSastra

(p. 16 et passim read KANGLE instead of KANDLE), the

Ratnapariksa and in Pliny. These remarks can be easily expanded: The NatyaSastra XXIII, 11 ff., gives a detailed list of ornaments with numerous Sanskrit terms. We see from this text only occasionally that regional differences are demonstrated by special ornaments which corroborates Mile. Loth's observation mentioned above. The MahasudarSanasftra 34,2 enumerates four precious materials (gold, silver, beryl and crystal), whereas the Pali version (Dighanikaya XVII, 1, 4) adds ruby and cat's eye). Kivya references are legion. Meghaduta 38 mentions girls "with waist-belts jingling at the setting of their feet." This shows the musical effect of ornaments which were worn not only to enjoy the eye but also the ear. The original function, however, seems to be a

magic one. Mile. Loth refers to Caraka (p. 20) but we find this aspect already in the Atharvaveda where amulets of different materials are described. "The bracelet that Aditi wore" is to ensure conception (VI, 81), and gold serves as an amulet for long life (XIX, 26).

FRIEDRICH WILHELM

UNIVERSITY OF ,UNICH

Pramananayatattvdlokalanmkdra of Vddi Devasari. Eng- lish translation and commentary by HIARI SATYA

BHATTACHARYA. Pp. viii, 30, viii, 684. Bombay: JAIN SAHITYA VIKAS MANDAL. 1967. Rs. 20, Sh. 19.

Hari Satya Bhattacharya's translation of the Pramd-

nanayatattvalokadlamkara, together with a commentary mainly based upon the Ratndkardvatdrikd by Ratnapra- bhasfiri, was first published in the Jaina Gazette during the period between 1921 (vol. 17) and 1926 (vol. 22). The present volume, published under the patronage of the Jaina Maecenas, Amritlal Kalidas Doshi, and his Jain

Sahitya Vikas Mandal, contains a revised version of this translation and commentary, together with the Sanskrit text of Vadidevasuri's Sitras. Everybody interested in Jaina philosophy will welcome the fact that this classical document of medieval Jaina logic and epistemology is now available in such a carefully presented and neatly printed edition and translation.

WILHELM HALBFASS

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

d6croissantes (2nd century, B.C.), "les colliers pendentifs magique a 'triratna'" (2nd century, B.C.), "la boucle d'oreille en grosse spirale" (lst century, B.C., and A.D.), "la boucle d'oreille recourbee dont une extr6mite res- semble A une griffe" (2nd and 3rd centuries)-see p. 76f.

In the first chapter (pp. 15-22) Mlle. Loth discusses

literary references to jewelry, e.g. in the ArthaSastra

(p. 16 et passim read KANGLE instead of KANDLE), the

Ratnapariksa and in Pliny. These remarks can be easily expanded: The NatyaSastra XXIII, 11 ff., gives a detailed list of ornaments with numerous Sanskrit terms. We see from this text only occasionally that regional differences are demonstrated by special ornaments which corroborates Mile. Loth's observation mentioned above. The MahasudarSanasftra 34,2 enumerates four precious materials (gold, silver, beryl and crystal), whereas the Pali version (Dighanikaya XVII, 1, 4) adds ruby and cat's eye). Kivya references are legion. Meghaduta 38 mentions girls "with waist-belts jingling at the setting of their feet." This shows the musical effect of ornaments which were worn not only to enjoy the eye but also the ear. The original function, however, seems to be a

magic one. Mile. Loth refers to Caraka (p. 20) but we find this aspect already in the Atharvaveda where amulets of different materials are described. "The bracelet that Aditi wore" is to ensure conception (VI, 81), and gold serves as an amulet for long life (XIX, 26).

FRIEDRICH WILHELM

UNIVERSITY OF ,UNICH

Pramananayatattvdlokalanmkdra of Vddi Devasari. Eng- lish translation and commentary by HIARI SATYA

BHATTACHARYA. Pp. viii, 30, viii, 684. Bombay: JAIN SAHITYA VIKAS MANDAL. 1967. Rs. 20, Sh. 19.

Hari Satya Bhattacharya's translation of the Pramd-

nanayatattvalokadlamkara, together with a commentary mainly based upon the Ratndkardvatdrikd by Ratnapra- bhasfiri, was first published in the Jaina Gazette during the period between 1921 (vol. 17) and 1926 (vol. 22). The present volume, published under the patronage of the Jaina Maecenas, Amritlal Kalidas Doshi, and his Jain

Sahitya Vikas Mandal, contains a revised version of this translation and commentary, together with the Sanskrit text of Vadidevasuri's Sitras. Everybody interested in Jaina philosophy will welcome the fact that this classical document of medieval Jaina logic and epistemology is now available in such a carefully presented and neatly printed edition and translation.

WILHELM HALBFASS

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

d6croissantes (2nd century, B.C.), "les colliers pendentifs magique a 'triratna'" (2nd century, B.C.), "la boucle d'oreille en grosse spirale" (lst century, B.C., and A.D.), "la boucle d'oreille recourbee dont une extr6mite res- semble A une griffe" (2nd and 3rd centuries)-see p. 76f.

In the first chapter (pp. 15-22) Mlle. Loth discusses

literary references to jewelry, e.g. in the ArthaSastra

(p. 16 et passim read KANGLE instead of KANDLE), the

Ratnapariksa and in Pliny. These remarks can be easily expanded: The NatyaSastra XXIII, 11 ff., gives a detailed list of ornaments with numerous Sanskrit terms. We see from this text only occasionally that regional differences are demonstrated by special ornaments which corroborates Mile. Loth's observation mentioned above. The MahasudarSanasftra 34,2 enumerates four precious materials (gold, silver, beryl and crystal), whereas the Pali version (Dighanikaya XVII, 1, 4) adds ruby and cat's eye). Kivya references are legion. Meghaduta 38 mentions girls "with waist-belts jingling at the setting of their feet." This shows the musical effect of ornaments which were worn not only to enjoy the eye but also the ear. The original function, however, seems to be a

magic one. Mile. Loth refers to Caraka (p. 20) but we find this aspect already in the Atharvaveda where amulets of different materials are described. "The bracelet that Aditi wore" is to ensure conception (VI, 81), and gold serves as an amulet for long life (XIX, 26).

FRIEDRICH WILHELM

UNIVERSITY OF ,UNICH

Pramananayatattvdlokalanmkdra of Vddi Devasari. Eng- lish translation and commentary by HIARI SATYA

BHATTACHARYA. Pp. viii, 30, viii, 684. Bombay: JAIN SAHITYA VIKAS MANDAL. 1967. Rs. 20, Sh. 19.

Hari Satya Bhattacharya's translation of the Pramd-

nanayatattvalokadlamkara, together with a commentary mainly based upon the Ratndkardvatdrikd by Ratnapra- bhasfiri, was first published in the Jaina Gazette during the period between 1921 (vol. 17) and 1926 (vol. 22). The present volume, published under the patronage of the Jaina Maecenas, Amritlal Kalidas Doshi, and his Jain

Sahitya Vikas Mandal, contains a revised version of this translation and commentary, together with the Sanskrit text of Vadidevasuri's Sitras. Everybody interested in Jaina philosophy will welcome the fact that this classical document of medieval Jaina logic and epistemology is now available in such a carefully presented and neatly printed edition and translation.

WILHELM HALBFASS

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

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