The Atharva-Prātiśākhyam or the Phonetico-Grammatical Aphorisms of the Atharva-Veda byVishva Bandhu Vidyārthī ŚāstrīJournal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 46 (1926), p. 96Published by: American Oriental SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/593790 .

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word, Professor Winternitz (under whose guidance the work was started) expresses his belief that the author has "proved his case and made [this theory] highly probable." With all deference to such high authority, the reviewer remains unconvinced. Especially as regards the gakuntala story, the proofs seem extremely weak. Only seven "verbal correspondences" (some none too close) are adduced; and it seems that all of them might easily be accidental. The author's negative conclusions that the Mahdbharata was not Kaliddsa's source, and that the Padma Purdna is not based on Kdli- ddisa, are more convincing. But it is not at all necessary to assume any direct connection between different versions of this ancient and wide-spread Indian story.

The Atharva-Prattsb'1khyam or the Phonetico-gramnmatical Aphor- isms of the Atharva-Vedd. Critically edited for the first time . . . by VISHVA BANDHU VIDYARTH! gdstrl. Part I. Lahore: PANJAB UNIVERSITY, 1923. 80 pp.

This is not the text edited years ago by Whitney in this JOURNAL, but another text which the editor believes is the true AV. Prdti- sakhya. A second part of the work will elucidate the text and discuss its relation to Whitney's text (the " Caturadhydyikh "), and the relations of both to the two recensions of the AV. Sarhhitd. A third part will give a new edition of the Caturadhydyika. What- ever these relations may prove to be, there is no doubt of the value of the text here presented, nor of the editor's learning and competence.

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