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OF PARISTAN, 1960. The manuscripts ( puthis ) of this collection have provided and will continue to provide valuable information for the study of Mid- dle Bengali Literature. The Muslim authors drew upon Arabic and Persian sources, as well as the oral and written literature of the Indo-Pakistani sub-continent, for their themes. Their products reflect the influence of the VaiCnava literature and the Mangala Kavya of that time. They represent a social documentation which must be fully exploited for a balanced understanding of the period and the people of the area. ( E. B. )

The SamkEya Rarika of Issarakrsna. By Radhanath Phukan. Pp. vii + 165. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. The author remarks in the Preface: ' Eere, as it were, I have framed an issue and am submitting it to a court of learned Pandits for a decision. The issue is: ( 1 ) VVhether the Samkhya Philosophy is atheistic and without clear meaning; or ( 2 ) whether it is precisely scientific on " Psycho-Physics for God-realization." '

(E. B.) Naikas and Naikdas. A Gxjarat Tribe. By P. G. Shah.

Pp. ii + 87. Bombay: THE GUJARAT RESEARCH SOCIETY, 1959. This study presents the author's results of a program of investigation ' to provide comprehensive Research Material for preparing schemes of amelioration for the tribes (in Gujarat); the plan . . . was dropped by the Government of Bombay, but has been independently followed by the Gujarat Research Society.' This is one in a series of studies on the tribes of Gujarat to which the author has devoted himself unsparingly. ( E. B. )

Indo-Aryan and Hindi. By S. K. Chatterji. Pp. viii + 329. Calcutta: FIR1W[A K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. A second edition, revised and enlarged, of the standard work on the subject by one of the fore- most scholars in the field. ( E. B. )

A Bibliography of Indology. Vol. I. Indian Anthro- pology. Compiled by J. M. KANITEAR. Edited, and enlarged by D. L. BANERJEE and A. K. OHDEDAR. Pp. ix + 290. Calcutta: NATIONAL LIBRARY, Gov- ERNMENT OF INDIA, 1960. The Srst volume of a basic bibliography covering all aspects of Indian culture. This takes a great step towards filling a long-felt need. The authors note that " except in a few important cases . . . journals have been spar- ingly drawn upon for analytic entries ' and refer to David C. Mandelbaum's Slaterials for a Bibli- ography of the Ethnology of India (mimeographed for limited circulation ) and Elizabeth von Furer- Haimendorf's An Anthropological Bibliography of South Asia. See JAOS, 79 ( 1959 ), 203-204 for Dorothy M. Spencer's review. ) ( E. B. )

Select Asokan Inscriptions. By Sachchidananda Bhat- tacharya. Pp. xvi + 114. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUKHOPADHYAY, 19 60. A Second edition with re- visions and additions. Appendix A contains trans- lations of fourteen edicts not included in the Srst edition and Appendix B the English translation of

OF PARISTAN, 1960. The manuscripts ( puthis ) of this collection have provided and will continue to provide valuable information for the study of Mid- dle Bengali Literature. The Muslim authors drew upon Arabic and Persian sources, as well as the oral and written literature of the Indo-Pakistani sub-continent, for their themes. Their products reflect the influence of the VaiCnava literature and the Mangala Kavya of that time. They represent a social documentation which must be fully exploited for a balanced understanding of the period and the people of the area. ( E. B. )

The SamkEya Rarika of Issarakrsna. By Radhanath Phukan. Pp. vii + 165. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. The author remarks in the Preface: ' Eere, as it were, I have framed an issue and am submitting it to a court of learned Pandits for a decision. The issue is: ( 1 ) VVhether the Samkhya Philosophy is atheistic and without clear meaning; or ( 2 ) whether it is precisely scientific on " Psycho-Physics for God-realization." '

(E. B.) Naikas and Naikdas. A Gxjarat Tribe. By P. G. Shah.

Pp. ii + 87. Bombay: THE GUJARAT RESEARCH SOCIETY, 1959. This study presents the author's results of a program of investigation ' to provide comprehensive Research Material for preparing schemes of amelioration for the tribes (in Gujarat); the plan . . . was dropped by the Government of Bombay, but has been independently followed by the Gujarat Research Society.' This is one in a series of studies on the tribes of Gujarat to which the author has devoted himself unsparingly. ( E. B. )

Indo-Aryan and Hindi. By S. K. Chatterji. Pp. viii + 329. Calcutta: FIR1W[A K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. A second edition, revised and enlarged, of the standard work on the subject by one of the fore- most scholars in the field. ( E. B. )

A Bibliography of Indology. Vol. I. Indian Anthro- pology. Compiled by J. M. KANITEAR. Edited, and enlarged by D. L. BANERJEE and A. K. OHDEDAR. Pp. ix + 290. Calcutta: NATIONAL LIBRARY, Gov- ERNMENT OF INDIA, 1960. The Srst volume of a basic bibliography covering all aspects of Indian culture. This takes a great step towards filling a long-felt need. The authors note that " except in a few important cases . . . journals have been spar- ingly drawn upon for analytic entries ' and refer to David C. Mandelbaum's Slaterials for a Bibli- ography of the Ethnology of India (mimeographed for limited circulation ) and Elizabeth von Furer- Haimendorf's An Anthropological Bibliography of South Asia. See JAOS, 79 ( 1959 ), 203-204 for Dorothy M. Spencer's review. ) ( E. B. )

Select Asokan Inscriptions. By Sachchidananda Bhat- tacharya. Pp. xvi + 114. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUKHOPADHYAY, 19 60. A Second edition with re- visions and additions. Appendix A contains trans- lations of fourteen edicts not included in the Srst edition and Appendix B the English translation of

OF PARISTAN, 1960. The manuscripts ( puthis ) of this collection have provided and will continue to provide valuable information for the study of Mid- dle Bengali Literature. The Muslim authors drew upon Arabic and Persian sources, as well as the oral and written literature of the Indo-Pakistani sub-continent, for their themes. Their products reflect the influence of the VaiCnava literature and the Mangala Kavya of that time. They represent a social documentation which must be fully exploited for a balanced understanding of the period and the people of the area. ( E. B. )

The SamkEya Rarika of Issarakrsna. By Radhanath Phukan. Pp. vii + 165. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. The author remarks in the Preface: ' Eere, as it were, I have framed an issue and am submitting it to a court of learned Pandits for a decision. The issue is: ( 1 ) VVhether the Samkhya Philosophy is atheistic and without clear meaning; or ( 2 ) whether it is precisely scientific on " Psycho-Physics for God-realization." '

(E. B.) Naikas and Naikdas. A Gxjarat Tribe. By P. G. Shah.

Pp. ii + 87. Bombay: THE GUJARAT RESEARCH SOCIETY, 1959. This study presents the author's results of a program of investigation ' to provide comprehensive Research Material for preparing schemes of amelioration for the tribes (in Gujarat); the plan . . . was dropped by the Government of Bombay, but has been independently followed by the Gujarat Research Society.' This is one in a series of studies on the tribes of Gujarat to which the author has devoted himself unsparingly. ( E. B. )

Indo-Aryan and Hindi. By S. K. Chatterji. Pp. viii + 329. Calcutta: FIR1W[A K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. A second edition, revised and enlarged, of the standard work on the subject by one of the fore- most scholars in the field. ( E. B. )

A Bibliography of Indology. Vol. I. Indian Anthro- pology. Compiled by J. M. KANITEAR. Edited, and enlarged by D. L. BANERJEE and A. K. OHDEDAR. Pp. ix + 290. Calcutta: NATIONAL LIBRARY, Gov- ERNMENT OF INDIA, 1960. The Srst volume of a basic bibliography covering all aspects of Indian culture. This takes a great step towards filling a long-felt need. The authors note that " except in a few important cases . . . journals have been spar- ingly drawn upon for analytic entries ' and refer to David C. Mandelbaum's Slaterials for a Bibli- ography of the Ethnology of India (mimeographed for limited circulation ) and Elizabeth von Furer- Haimendorf's An Anthropological Bibliography of South Asia. See JAOS, 79 ( 1959 ), 203-204 for Dorothy M. Spencer's review. ) ( E. B. )

Select Asokan Inscriptions. By Sachchidananda Bhat- tacharya. Pp. xvi + 114. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUKHOPADHYAY, 19 60. A Second edition with re- visions and additions. Appendix A contains trans- lations of fourteen edicts not included in the Srst edition and Appendix B the English translation of

OF PARISTAN, 1960. The manuscripts ( puthis ) of this collection have provided and will continue to provide valuable information for the study of Mid- dle Bengali Literature. The Muslim authors drew upon Arabic and Persian sources, as well as the oral and written literature of the Indo-Pakistani sub-continent, for their themes. Their products reflect the influence of the VaiCnava literature and the Mangala Kavya of that time. They represent a social documentation which must be fully exploited for a balanced understanding of the period and the people of the area. ( E. B. )

The SamkEya Rarika of Issarakrsna. By Radhanath Phukan. Pp. vii + 165. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. The author remarks in the Preface: ' Eere, as it were, I have framed an issue and am submitting it to a court of learned Pandits for a decision. The issue is: ( 1 ) VVhether the Samkhya Philosophy is atheistic and without clear meaning; or ( 2 ) whether it is precisely scientific on " Psycho-Physics for God-realization." '

(E. B.) Naikas and Naikdas. A Gxjarat Tribe. By P. G. Shah.

Pp. ii + 87. Bombay: THE GUJARAT RESEARCH SOCIETY, 1959. This study presents the author's results of a program of investigation ' to provide comprehensive Research Material for preparing schemes of amelioration for the tribes (in Gujarat); the plan . . . was dropped by the Government of Bombay, but has been independently followed by the Gujarat Research Society.' This is one in a series of studies on the tribes of Gujarat to which the author has devoted himself unsparingly. ( E. B. )

Indo-Aryan and Hindi. By S. K. Chatterji. Pp. viii + 329. Calcutta: FIR1W[A K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. A second edition, revised and enlarged, of the standard work on the subject by one of the fore- most scholars in the field. ( E. B. )

A Bibliography of Indology. Vol. I. Indian Anthro- pology. Compiled by J. M. KANITEAR. Edited, and enlarged by D. L. BANERJEE and A. K. OHDEDAR. Pp. ix + 290. Calcutta: NATIONAL LIBRARY, Gov- ERNMENT OF INDIA, 1960. The Srst volume of a basic bibliography covering all aspects of Indian culture. This takes a great step towards filling a long-felt need. The authors note that " except in a few important cases . . . journals have been spar- ingly drawn upon for analytic entries ' and refer to David C. Mandelbaum's Slaterials for a Bibli- ography of the Ethnology of India (mimeographed for limited circulation ) and Elizabeth von Furer- Haimendorf's An Anthropological Bibliography of South Asia. See JAOS, 79 ( 1959 ), 203-204 for Dorothy M. Spencer's review. ) ( E. B. )

Select Asokan Inscriptions. By Sachchidananda Bhat- tacharya. Pp. xvi + 114. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUKHOPADHYAY, 19 60. A Second edition with re- visions and additions. Appendix A contains trans- lations of fourteen edicts not included in the Srst edition and Appendix B the English translation of

OF PARISTAN, 1960. The manuscripts ( puthis ) of this collection have provided and will continue to provide valuable information for the study of Mid- dle Bengali Literature. The Muslim authors drew upon Arabic and Persian sources, as well as the oral and written literature of the Indo-Pakistani sub-continent, for their themes. Their products reflect the influence of the VaiCnava literature and the Mangala Kavya of that time. They represent a social documentation which must be fully exploited for a balanced understanding of the period and the people of the area. ( E. B. )

The SamkEya Rarika of Issarakrsna. By Radhanath Phukan. Pp. vii + 165. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. The author remarks in the Preface: ' Eere, as it were, I have framed an issue and am submitting it to a court of learned Pandits for a decision. The issue is: ( 1 ) VVhether the Samkhya Philosophy is atheistic and without clear meaning; or ( 2 ) whether it is precisely scientific on " Psycho-Physics for God-realization." '

(E. B.) Naikas and Naikdas. A Gxjarat Tribe. By P. G. Shah.

Pp. ii + 87. Bombay: THE GUJARAT RESEARCH SOCIETY, 1959. This study presents the author's results of a program of investigation ' to provide comprehensive Research Material for preparing schemes of amelioration for the tribes (in Gujarat); the plan . . . was dropped by the Government of Bombay, but has been independently followed by the Gujarat Research Society.' This is one in a series of studies on the tribes of Gujarat to which the author has devoted himself unsparingly. ( E. B. )

Indo-Aryan and Hindi. By S. K. Chatterji. Pp. viii + 329. Calcutta: FIR1W[A K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. A second edition, revised and enlarged, of the standard work on the subject by one of the fore- most scholars in the field. ( E. B. )

A Bibliography of Indology. Vol. I. Indian Anthro- pology. Compiled by J. M. KANITEAR. Edited, and enlarged by D. L. BANERJEE and A. K. OHDEDAR. Pp. ix + 290. Calcutta: NATIONAL LIBRARY, Gov- ERNMENT OF INDIA, 1960. The Srst volume of a basic bibliography covering all aspects of Indian culture. This takes a great step towards filling a long-felt need. The authors note that " except in a few important cases . . . journals have been spar- ingly drawn upon for analytic entries ' and refer to David C. Mandelbaum's Slaterials for a Bibli- ography of the Ethnology of India (mimeographed for limited circulation ) and Elizabeth von Furer- Haimendorf's An Anthropological Bibliography of South Asia. See JAOS, 79 ( 1959 ), 203-204 for Dorothy M. Spencer's review. ) ( E. B. )

Select Asokan Inscriptions. By Sachchidananda Bhat- tacharya. Pp. xvi + 114. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUKHOPADHYAY, 19 60. A Second edition with re- visions and additions. Appendix A contains trans- lations of fourteen edicts not included in the Srst edition and Appendix B the English translation of

OF PARISTAN, 1960. The manuscripts ( puthis ) of this collection have provided and will continue to provide valuable information for the study of Mid- dle Bengali Literature. The Muslim authors drew upon Arabic and Persian sources, as well as the oral and written literature of the Indo-Pakistani sub-continent, for their themes. Their products reflect the influence of the VaiCnava literature and the Mangala Kavya of that time. They represent a social documentation which must be fully exploited for a balanced understanding of the period and the people of the area. ( E. B. )

The SamkEya Rarika of Issarakrsna. By Radhanath Phukan. Pp. vii + 165. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. The author remarks in the Preface: ' Eere, as it were, I have framed an issue and am submitting it to a court of learned Pandits for a decision. The issue is: ( 1 ) VVhether the Samkhya Philosophy is atheistic and without clear meaning; or ( 2 ) whether it is precisely scientific on " Psycho-Physics for God-realization." '

(E. B.) Naikas and Naikdas. A Gxjarat Tribe. By P. G. Shah.

Pp. ii + 87. Bombay: THE GUJARAT RESEARCH SOCIETY, 1959. This study presents the author's results of a program of investigation ' to provide comprehensive Research Material for preparing schemes of amelioration for the tribes (in Gujarat); the plan . . . was dropped by the Government of Bombay, but has been independently followed by the Gujarat Research Society.' This is one in a series of studies on the tribes of Gujarat to which the author has devoted himself unsparingly. ( E. B. )

Indo-Aryan and Hindi. By S. K. Chatterji. Pp. viii + 329. Calcutta: FIR1W[A K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. A second edition, revised and enlarged, of the standard work on the subject by one of the fore- most scholars in the field. ( E. B. )

A Bibliography of Indology. Vol. I. Indian Anthro- pology. Compiled by J. M. KANITEAR. Edited, and enlarged by D. L. BANERJEE and A. K. OHDEDAR. Pp. ix + 290. Calcutta: NATIONAL LIBRARY, Gov- ERNMENT OF INDIA, 1960. The Srst volume of a basic bibliography covering all aspects of Indian culture. This takes a great step towards filling a long-felt need. The authors note that " except in a few important cases . . . journals have been spar- ingly drawn upon for analytic entries ' and refer to David C. Mandelbaum's Slaterials for a Bibli- ography of the Ethnology of India (mimeographed for limited circulation ) and Elizabeth von Furer- Haimendorf's An Anthropological Bibliography of South Asia. See JAOS, 79 ( 1959 ), 203-204 for Dorothy M. Spencer's review. ) ( E. B. )

Select Asokan Inscriptions. By Sachchidananda Bhat- tacharya. Pp. xvi + 114. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUKHOPADHYAY, 19 60. A Second edition with re- visions and additions. Appendix A contains trans- lations of fourteen edicts not included in the Srst edition and Appendix B the English translation of

OF PARISTAN, 1960. The manuscripts ( puthis ) of this collection have provided and will continue to provide valuable information for the study of Mid- dle Bengali Literature. The Muslim authors drew upon Arabic and Persian sources, as well as the oral and written literature of the Indo-Pakistani sub-continent, for their themes. Their products reflect the influence of the VaiCnava literature and the Mangala Kavya of that time. They represent a social documentation which must be fully exploited for a balanced understanding of the period and the people of the area. ( E. B. )

The SamkEya Rarika of Issarakrsna. By Radhanath Phukan. Pp. vii + 165. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. The author remarks in the Preface: ' Eere, as it were, I have framed an issue and am submitting it to a court of learned Pandits for a decision. The issue is: ( 1 ) VVhether the Samkhya Philosophy is atheistic and without clear meaning; or ( 2 ) whether it is precisely scientific on " Psycho-Physics for God-realization." '

(E. B.) Naikas and Naikdas. A Gxjarat Tribe. By P. G. Shah.

Pp. ii + 87. Bombay: THE GUJARAT RESEARCH SOCIETY, 1959. This study presents the author's results of a program of investigation ' to provide comprehensive Research Material for preparing schemes of amelioration for the tribes (in Gujarat); the plan . . . was dropped by the Government of Bombay, but has been independently followed by the Gujarat Research Society.' This is one in a series of studies on the tribes of Gujarat to which the author has devoted himself unsparingly. ( E. B. )

Indo-Aryan and Hindi. By S. K. Chatterji. Pp. viii + 329. Calcutta: FIR1W[A K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. A second edition, revised and enlarged, of the standard work on the subject by one of the fore- most scholars in the field. ( E. B. )

A Bibliography of Indology. Vol. I. Indian Anthro- pology. Compiled by J. M. KANITEAR. Edited, and enlarged by D. L. BANERJEE and A. K. OHDEDAR. Pp. ix + 290. Calcutta: NATIONAL LIBRARY, Gov- ERNMENT OF INDIA, 1960. The Srst volume of a basic bibliography covering all aspects of Indian culture. This takes a great step towards filling a long-felt need. The authors note that " except in a few important cases . . . journals have been spar- ingly drawn upon for analytic entries ' and refer to David C. Mandelbaum's Slaterials for a Bibli- ography of the Ethnology of India (mimeographed for limited circulation ) and Elizabeth von Furer- Haimendorf's An Anthropological Bibliography of South Asia. See JAOS, 79 ( 1959 ), 203-204 for Dorothy M. Spencer's review. ) ( E. B. )

Select Asokan Inscriptions. By Sachchidananda Bhat- tacharya. Pp. xvi + 114. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUKHOPADHYAY, 19 60. A Second edition with re- visions and additions. Appendix A contains trans- lations of fourteen edicts not included in the Srst edition and Appendix B the English translation of

OF PARISTAN, 1960. The manuscripts ( puthis ) of this collection have provided and will continue to provide valuable information for the study of Mid- dle Bengali Literature. The Muslim authors drew upon Arabic and Persian sources, as well as the oral and written literature of the Indo-Pakistani sub-continent, for their themes. Their products reflect the influence of the VaiCnava literature and the Mangala Kavya of that time. They represent a social documentation which must be fully exploited for a balanced understanding of the period and the people of the area. ( E. B. )

The SamkEya Rarika of Issarakrsna. By Radhanath Phukan. Pp. vii + 165. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. The author remarks in the Preface: ' Eere, as it were, I have framed an issue and am submitting it to a court of learned Pandits for a decision. The issue is: ( 1 ) VVhether the Samkhya Philosophy is atheistic and without clear meaning; or ( 2 ) whether it is precisely scientific on " Psycho-Physics for God-realization." '

(E. B.) Naikas and Naikdas. A Gxjarat Tribe. By P. G. Shah.

Pp. ii + 87. Bombay: THE GUJARAT RESEARCH SOCIETY, 1959. This study presents the author's results of a program of investigation ' to provide comprehensive Research Material for preparing schemes of amelioration for the tribes (in Gujarat); the plan . . . was dropped by the Government of Bombay, but has been independently followed by the Gujarat Research Society.' This is one in a series of studies on the tribes of Gujarat to which the author has devoted himself unsparingly. ( E. B. )

Indo-Aryan and Hindi. By S. K. Chatterji. Pp. viii + 329. Calcutta: FIR1W[A K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. A second edition, revised and enlarged, of the standard work on the subject by one of the fore- most scholars in the field. ( E. B. )

A Bibliography of Indology. Vol. I. Indian Anthro- pology. Compiled by J. M. KANITEAR. Edited, and enlarged by D. L. BANERJEE and A. K. OHDEDAR. Pp. ix + 290. Calcutta: NATIONAL LIBRARY, Gov- ERNMENT OF INDIA, 1960. The Srst volume of a basic bibliography covering all aspects of Indian culture. This takes a great step towards filling a long-felt need. The authors note that " except in a few important cases . . . journals have been spar- ingly drawn upon for analytic entries ' and refer to David C. Mandelbaum's Slaterials for a Bibli- ography of the Ethnology of India (mimeographed for limited circulation ) and Elizabeth von Furer- Haimendorf's An Anthropological Bibliography of South Asia. See JAOS, 79 ( 1959 ), 203-204 for Dorothy M. Spencer's review. ) ( E. B. )

Select Asokan Inscriptions. By Sachchidananda Bhat- tacharya. Pp. xvi + 114. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUKHOPADHYAY, 19 60. A Second edition with re- visions and additions. Appendix A contains trans- lations of fourteen edicts not included in the Srst edition and Appendix B the English translation of

OF PARISTAN, 1960. The manuscripts ( puthis ) of this collection have provided and will continue to provide valuable information for the study of Mid- dle Bengali Literature. The Muslim authors drew upon Arabic and Persian sources, as well as the oral and written literature of the Indo-Pakistani sub-continent, for their themes. Their products reflect the influence of the VaiCnava literature and the Mangala Kavya of that time. They represent a social documentation which must be fully exploited for a balanced understanding of the period and the people of the area. ( E. B. )

The SamkEya Rarika of Issarakrsna. By Radhanath Phukan. Pp. vii + 165. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. The author remarks in the Preface: ' Eere, as it were, I have framed an issue and am submitting it to a court of learned Pandits for a decision. The issue is: ( 1 ) VVhether the Samkhya Philosophy is atheistic and without clear meaning; or ( 2 ) whether it is precisely scientific on " Psycho-Physics for God-realization." '

(E. B.) Naikas and Naikdas. A Gxjarat Tribe. By P. G. Shah.

Pp. ii + 87. Bombay: THE GUJARAT RESEARCH SOCIETY, 1959. This study presents the author's results of a program of investigation ' to provide comprehensive Research Material for preparing schemes of amelioration for the tribes (in Gujarat); the plan . . . was dropped by the Government of Bombay, but has been independently followed by the Gujarat Research Society.' This is one in a series of studies on the tribes of Gujarat to which the author has devoted himself unsparingly. ( E. B. )

Indo-Aryan and Hindi. By S. K. Chatterji. Pp. viii + 329. Calcutta: FIR1W[A K. L. MUSHOPADHYAY, 1960. A second edition, revised and enlarged, of the standard work on the subject by one of the fore- most scholars in the field. ( E. B. )

A Bibliography of Indology. Vol. I. Indian Anthro- pology. Compiled by J. M. KANITEAR. Edited, and enlarged by D. L. BANERJEE and A. K. OHDEDAR. Pp. ix + 290. Calcutta: NATIONAL LIBRARY, Gov- ERNMENT OF INDIA, 1960. The Srst volume of a basic bibliography covering all aspects of Indian culture. This takes a great step towards filling a long-felt need. The authors note that " except in a few important cases . . . journals have been spar- ingly drawn upon for analytic entries ' and refer to David C. Mandelbaum's Slaterials for a Bibli- ography of the Ethnology of India (mimeographed for limited circulation ) and Elizabeth von Furer- Haimendorf's An Anthropological Bibliography of South Asia. See JAOS, 79 ( 1959 ), 203-204 for Dorothy M. Spencer's review. ) ( E. B. )

Select Asokan Inscriptions. By Sachchidananda Bhat- tacharya. Pp. xvi + 114. Calcutta: FIRMA K. L. MUKHOPADHYAY, 19 60. A Second edition with re- visions and additions. Appendix A contains trans- lations of fourteen edicts not included in the Srst edition and Appendix B the English translation of

studied or taught those languages with the aid of existing Dictionaries.' Eis work proved an indis- pensable tool over the years. The Oxford Un*er- sity Press is to be commended for making its con- tinued availability possible. ( E. B. )

Ring Jfongkqzt of Siam. By A. B. GRIswoLD. Pp. 60. New York: THE ASIA SOCIETY, 1961. The author's aim is to place in its true perspective the life and works of the monarch 'hardly known in the west except in a series of grotesque caricatures presented under such names as Anna and the King and The Rsng and I.' This is an expansion of the author's article, "Ring Mongkut in Perspective," which ap- peared in the Joqzrnal of the Siarn Socrety, Bangkok, Vol. XLV, No. 1, April, 1957. (E. B.)

Gems from Sanskrit Literattzre. ( Stzktimaldi ) By Aryendra Sharma and E. V. Vira Raghavacharya. Pp. 83. ( Sanskrit Academy Series No. 5. ) EY- derabad-Deccan: THE SANSKBIT ACADEMY, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, 1959. A selection from Sanskrit (and, in one instance, Prakrit) literature of maxims and aphorisms the range of which touches upon all aspects of life. E. g., 'An ignorant person is easy to please; still easier to please is a learned person. But the Creator himself cannot please one who is foolishly puffed up with his little knowledge ' (p. 3). Even a strong person is looked down upon unless he makes his strength felt; fire latent in wood can be stamped under foot, but not if it is ablaze ' (p. 7). 'A piece of glass, if set in gold, acquires the lustre of emerald; so does a fool acquire skill by associating with the wise ' ( p. 19 ) . ' A mean fellow knows how to ruin others' interests, but not in how to help furthering them. The wind is competent only in felling a tree, not in raising it ' (P. 25). 'Fire burns all the more brightly when the fuel is stirred; and a serpent expands its hood when irritated. Generally, all beings rise to their full height when provoked ' (p. 29). ' One should not make friends with or have affection for a wicked man. A charcoal, if live, scorches; if cold, it blackens the hand' (p. 31). 'The wise should accept right words even from a child. In the absence of the sun, does not a small lamps give light? ' (p. 41 ) . ' Where there are no scholars, even a person of little knowledge is honored. In a country without trees even a castor plant is ac- claimed as a tree ' (p. 47) . ' A lion roars in reply to the thunder of clouds, not to the howl of a jackal. It is not wise to have straight dealings with the crooked' (p. 69). 'The reader can, if he cares to, learn a great deal from them which would be of use in life. But even if reading for pleasure, he will not be disappointed.' (Introduction, p. 1).

(E. B.)

A Descriptive Catalogt4e of Bengali Mantzscripts. By MUN SHI ABDUL KARIM and AHMAD SHARIF. Eng- lish edition with Introduction by SYED SAJJAD EUSAIN. ( Asiatic Society of Pakistan Publications No. 3. ) Pp. xxviii + 589. Dacca: ASIATIC SOCIETY

studied or taught those languages with the aid of existing Dictionaries.' Eis work proved an indis- pensable tool over the years. The Oxford Un*er- sity Press is to be commended for making its con- tinued availability possible. ( E. B. )

Ring Jfongkqzt of Siam. By A. B. GRIswoLD. Pp. 60. New York: THE ASIA SOCIETY, 1961. The author's aim is to place in its true perspective the life and works of the monarch 'hardly known in the west except in a series of grotesque caricatures presented under such names as Anna and the King and The Rsng and I.' This is an expansion of the author's article, "Ring Mongkut in Perspective," which ap- peared in the Joqzrnal of the Siarn Socrety, Bangkok, Vol. XLV, No. 1, April, 1957. (E. B.)

Gems from Sanskrit Literattzre. ( Stzktimaldi ) By Aryendra Sharma and E. V. Vira Raghavacharya. Pp. 83. ( Sanskrit Academy Series No. 5. ) EY- derabad-Deccan: THE SANSKBIT ACADEMY, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, 1959. A selection from Sanskrit (and, in one instance, Prakrit) literature of maxims and aphorisms the range of which touches upon all aspects of life. E. g., 'An ignorant person is easy to please; still easier to please is a learned person. But the Creator himself cannot please one who is foolishly puffed up with his little knowledge ' (p. 3). Even a strong person is looked down upon unless he makes his strength felt; fire latent in wood can be stamped under foot, but not if it is ablaze ' (p. 7). 'A piece of glass, if set in gold, acquires the lustre of emerald; so does a fool acquire skill by associating with the wise ' ( p. 19 ) . ' A mean fellow knows how to ruin others' interests, but not in how to help furthering them. The wind is competent only in felling a tree, not in raising it ' (P. 25). 'Fire burns all the more brightly when the fuel is stirred; and a serpent expands its hood when irritated. Generally, all beings rise to their full height when provoked ' (p. 29). ' One should not make friends with or have affection for a wicked man. A charcoal, if live, scorches; if cold, it blackens the hand' (p. 31). 'The wise should accept right words even from a child. In the absence of the sun, does not a small lamps give light? ' (p. 41 ) . ' Where there are no scholars, even a person of little knowledge is honored. In a country without trees even a castor plant is ac- claimed as a tree ' (p. 47) . ' A lion roars in reply to the thunder of clouds, not to the howl of a jackal. It is not wise to have straight dealings with the crooked' (p. 69). 'The reader can, if he cares to, learn a great deal from them which would be of use in life. But even if reading for pleasure, he will not be disappointed.' (Introduction, p. 1).

(E. B.)

A Descriptive Catalogt4e of Bengali Mantzscripts. By MUN SHI ABDUL KARIM and AHMAD SHARIF. Eng- lish edition with Introduction by SYED SAJJAD EUSAIN. ( Asiatic Society of Pakistan Publications No. 3. ) Pp. xxviii + 589. Dacca: ASIATIC SOCIETY

studied or taught those languages with the aid of existing Dictionaries.' Eis work proved an indis- pensable tool over the years. The Oxford Un*er- sity Press is to be commended for making its con- tinued availability possible. ( E. B. )

Ring Jfongkqzt of Siam. By A. B. GRIswoLD. Pp. 60. New York: THE ASIA SOCIETY, 1961. The author's aim is to place in its true perspective the life and works of the monarch 'hardly known in the west except in a series of grotesque caricatures presented under such names as Anna and the King and The Rsng and I.' This is an expansion of the author's article, "Ring Mongkut in Perspective," which ap- peared in the Joqzrnal of the Siarn Socrety, Bangkok, Vol. XLV, No. 1, April, 1957. (E. B.)

Gems from Sanskrit Literattzre. ( Stzktimaldi ) By Aryendra Sharma and E. V. Vira Raghavacharya. Pp. 83. ( Sanskrit Academy Series No. 5. ) EY- derabad-Deccan: THE SANSKBIT ACADEMY, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, 1959. A selection from Sanskrit (and, in one instance, Prakrit) literature of maxims and aphorisms the range of which touches upon all aspects of life. E. g., 'An ignorant person is easy to please; still easier to please is a learned person. But the Creator himself cannot please one who is foolishly puffed up with his little knowledge ' (p. 3). Even a strong person is looked down upon unless he makes his strength felt; fire latent in wood can be stamped under foot, but not if it is ablaze ' (p. 7). 'A piece of glass, if set in gold, acquires the lustre of emerald; so does a fool acquire skill by associating with the wise ' ( p. 19 ) . ' A mean fellow knows how to ruin others' interests, but not in how to help furthering them. The wind is competent only in felling a tree, not in raising it ' (P. 25). 'Fire burns all the more brightly when the fuel is stirred; and a serpent expands its hood when irritated. Generally, all beings rise to their full height when provoked ' (p. 29). ' One should not make friends with or have affection for a wicked man. A charcoal, if live, scorches; if cold, it blackens the hand' (p. 31). 'The wise should accept right words even from a child. In the absence of the sun, does not a small lamps give light? ' (p. 41 ) . ' Where there are no scholars, even a person of little knowledge is honored. In a country without trees even a castor plant is ac- claimed as a tree ' (p. 47) . ' A lion roars in reply to the thunder of clouds, not to the howl of a jackal. It is not wise to have straight dealings with the crooked' (p. 69). 'The reader can, if he cares to, learn a great deal from them which would be of use in life. But even if reading for pleasure, he will not be disappointed.' (Introduction, p. 1).

(E. B.)

A Descriptive Catalogt4e of Bengali Mantzscripts. By MUN SHI ABDUL KARIM and AHMAD SHARIF. Eng- lish edition with Introduction by SYED SAJJAD EUSAIN. ( Asiatic Society of Pakistan Publications No. 3. ) Pp. xxviii + 589. Dacca: ASIATIC SOCIETY

studied or taught those languages with the aid of existing Dictionaries.' Eis work proved an indis- pensable tool over the years. The Oxford Un*er- sity Press is to be commended for making its con- tinued availability possible. ( E. B. )

Ring Jfongkqzt of Siam. By A. B. GRIswoLD. Pp. 60. New York: THE ASIA SOCIETY, 1961. The author's aim is to place in its true perspective the life and works of the monarch 'hardly known in the west except in a series of grotesque caricatures presented under such names as Anna and the King and The Rsng and I.' This is an expansion of the author's article, "Ring Mongkut in Perspective," which ap- peared in the Joqzrnal of the Siarn Socrety, Bangkok, Vol. XLV, No. 1, April, 1957. (E. B.)

Gems from Sanskrit Literattzre. ( Stzktimaldi ) By Aryendra Sharma and E. V. Vira Raghavacharya. Pp. 83. ( Sanskrit Academy Series No. 5. ) EY- derabad-Deccan: THE SANSKBIT ACADEMY, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, 1959. A selection from Sanskrit (and, in one instance, Prakrit) literature of maxims and aphorisms the range of which touches upon all aspects of life. E. g., 'An ignorant person is easy to please; still easier to please is a learned person. But the Creator himself cannot please one who is foolishly puffed up with his little knowledge ' (p. 3). Even a strong person is looked down upon unless he makes his strength felt; fire latent in wood can be stamped under foot, but not if it is ablaze ' (p. 7). 'A piece of glass, if set in gold, acquires the lustre of emerald; so does a fool acquire skill by associating with the wise ' ( p. 19 ) . ' A mean fellow knows how to ruin others' interests, but not in how to help furthering them. The wind is competent only in felling a tree, not in raising it ' (P. 25). 'Fire burns all the more brightly when the fuel is stirred; and a serpent expands its hood when irritated. Generally, all beings rise to their full height when provoked ' (p. 29). ' One should not make friends with or have affection for a wicked man. A charcoal, if live, scorches; if cold, it blackens the hand' (p. 31). 'The wise should accept right words even from a child. In the absence of the sun, does not a small lamps give light? ' (p. 41 ) . ' Where there are no scholars, even a person of little knowledge is honored. In a country without trees even a castor plant is ac- claimed as a tree ' (p. 47) . ' A lion roars in reply to the thunder of clouds, not to the howl of a jackal. It is not wise to have straight dealings with the crooked' (p. 69). 'The reader can, if he cares to, learn a great deal from them which would be of use in life. But even if reading for pleasure, he will not be disappointed.' (Introduction, p. 1).

(E. B.)

A Descriptive Catalogt4e of Bengali Mantzscripts. By MUN SHI ABDUL KARIM and AHMAD SHARIF. Eng- lish edition with Introduction by SYED SAJJAD EUSAIN. ( Asiatic Society of Pakistan Publications No. 3. ) Pp. xxviii + 589. Dacca: ASIATIC SOCIETY

studied or taught those languages with the aid of existing Dictionaries.' Eis work proved an indis- pensable tool over the years. The Oxford Un*er- sity Press is to be commended for making its con- tinued availability possible. ( E. B. )

Ring Jfongkqzt of Siam. By A. B. GRIswoLD. Pp. 60. New York: THE ASIA SOCIETY, 1961. The author's aim is to place in its true perspective the life and works of the monarch 'hardly known in the west except in a series of grotesque caricatures presented under such names as Anna and the King and The Rsng and I.' This is an expansion of the author's article, "Ring Mongkut in Perspective," which ap- peared in the Joqzrnal of the Siarn Socrety, Bangkok, Vol. XLV, No. 1, April, 1957. (E. B.)

Gems from Sanskrit Literattzre. ( Stzktimaldi ) By Aryendra Sharma and E. V. Vira Raghavacharya. Pp. 83. ( Sanskrit Academy Series No. 5. ) EY- derabad-Deccan: THE SANSKBIT ACADEMY, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, 1959. A selection from Sanskrit (and, in one instance, Prakrit) literature of maxims and aphorisms the range of which touches upon all aspects of life. E. g., 'An ignorant person is easy to please; still easier to please is a learned person. But the Creator himself cannot please one who is foolishly puffed up with his little knowledge ' (p. 3). Even a strong person is looked down upon unless he makes his strength felt; fire latent in wood can be stamped under foot, but not if it is ablaze ' (p. 7). 'A piece of glass, if set in gold, acquires the lustre of emerald; so does a fool acquire skill by associating with the wise ' ( p. 19 ) . ' A mean fellow knows how to ruin others' interests, but not in how to help furthering them. The wind is competent only in felling a tree, not in raising it ' (P. 25). 'Fire burns all the more brightly when the fuel is stirred; and a serpent expands its hood when irritated. Generally, all beings rise to their full height when provoked ' (p. 29). ' One should not make friends with or have affection for a wicked man. A charcoal, if live, scorches; if cold, it blackens the hand' (p. 31). 'The wise should accept right words even from a child. In the absence of the sun, does not a small lamps give light? ' (p. 41 ) . ' Where there are no scholars, even a person of little knowledge is honored. In a country without trees even a castor plant is ac- claimed as a tree ' (p. 47) . ' A lion roars in reply to the thunder of clouds, not to the howl of a jackal. It is not wise to have straight dealings with the crooked' (p. 69). 'The reader can, if he cares to, learn a great deal from them which would be of use in life. But even if reading for pleasure, he will not be disappointed.' (Introduction, p. 1).

(E. B.)

A Descriptive Catalogt4e of Bengali Mantzscripts. By MUN SHI ABDUL KARIM and AHMAD SHARIF. Eng- lish edition with Introduction by SYED SAJJAD EUSAIN. ( Asiatic Society of Pakistan Publications No. 3. ) Pp. xxviii + 589. Dacca: ASIATIC SOCIETY

studied or taught those languages with the aid of existing Dictionaries.' Eis work proved an indis- pensable tool over the years. The Oxford Un*er- sity Press is to be commended for making its con- tinued availability possible. ( E. B. )

Ring Jfongkqzt of Siam. By A. B. GRIswoLD. Pp. 60. New York: THE ASIA SOCIETY, 1961. The author's aim is to place in its true perspective the life and works of the monarch 'hardly known in the west except in a series of grotesque caricatures presented under such names as Anna and the King and The Rsng and I.' This is an expansion of the author's article, "Ring Mongkut in Perspective," which ap- peared in the Joqzrnal of the Siarn Socrety, Bangkok, Vol. XLV, No. 1, April, 1957. (E. B.)

Gems from Sanskrit Literattzre. ( Stzktimaldi ) By Aryendra Sharma and E. V. Vira Raghavacharya. Pp. 83. ( Sanskrit Academy Series No. 5. ) EY- derabad-Deccan: THE SANSKBIT ACADEMY, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, 1959. A selection from Sanskrit (and, in one instance, Prakrit) literature of maxims and aphorisms the range of which touches upon all aspects of life. E. g., 'An ignorant person is easy to please; still easier to please is a learned person. But the Creator himself cannot please one who is foolishly puffed up with his little knowledge ' (p. 3). Even a strong person is looked down upon unless he makes his strength felt; fire latent in wood can be stamped under foot, but not if it is ablaze ' (p. 7). 'A piece of glass, if set in gold, acquires the lustre of emerald; so does a fool acquire skill by associating with the wise ' ( p. 19 ) . ' A mean fellow knows how to ruin others' interests, but not in how to help furthering them. The wind is competent only in felling a tree, not in raising it ' (P. 25). 'Fire burns all the more brightly when the fuel is stirred; and a serpent expands its hood when irritated. Generally, all beings rise to their full height when provoked ' (p. 29). ' One should not make friends with or have affection for a wicked man. A charcoal, if live, scorches; if cold, it blackens the hand' (p. 31). 'The wise should accept right words even from a child. In the absence of the sun, does not a small lamps give light? ' (p. 41 ) . ' Where there are no scholars, even a person of little knowledge is honored. In a country without trees even a castor plant is ac- claimed as a tree ' (p. 47) . ' A lion roars in reply to the thunder of clouds, not to the howl of a jackal. It is not wise to have straight dealings with the crooked' (p. 69). 'The reader can, if he cares to, learn a great deal from them which would be of use in life. But even if reading for pleasure, he will not be disappointed.' (Introduction, p. 1).

(E. B.)

A Descriptive Catalogt4e of Bengali Mantzscripts. By MUN SHI ABDUL KARIM and AHMAD SHARIF. Eng- lish edition with Introduction by SYED SAJJAD EUSAIN. ( Asiatic Society of Pakistan Publications No. 3. ) Pp. xxviii + 589. Dacca: ASIATIC SOCIETY

studied or taught those languages with the aid of existing Dictionaries.' Eis work proved an indis- pensable tool over the years. The Oxford Un*er- sity Press is to be commended for making its con- tinued availability possible. ( E. B. )

Ring Jfongkqzt of Siam. By A. B. GRIswoLD. Pp. 60. New York: THE ASIA SOCIETY, 1961. The author's aim is to place in its true perspective the life and works of the monarch 'hardly known in the west except in a series of grotesque caricatures presented under such names as Anna and the King and The Rsng and I.' This is an expansion of the author's article, "Ring Mongkut in Perspective," which ap- peared in the Joqzrnal of the Siarn Socrety, Bangkok, Vol. XLV, No. 1, April, 1957. (E. B.)

Gems from Sanskrit Literattzre. ( Stzktimaldi ) By Aryendra Sharma and E. V. Vira Raghavacharya. Pp. 83. ( Sanskrit Academy Series No. 5. ) EY- derabad-Deccan: THE SANSKBIT ACADEMY, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, 1959. A selection from Sanskrit (and, in one instance, Prakrit) literature of maxims and aphorisms the range of which touches upon all aspects of life. E. g., 'An ignorant person is easy to please; still easier to please is a learned person. But the Creator himself cannot please one who is foolishly puffed up with his little knowledge ' (p. 3). Even a strong person is looked down upon unless he makes his strength felt; fire latent in wood can be stamped under foot, but not if it is ablaze ' (p. 7). 'A piece of glass, if set in gold, acquires the lustre of emerald; so does a fool acquire skill by associating with the wise ' ( p. 19 ) . ' A mean fellow knows how to ruin others' interests, but not in how to help furthering them. The wind is competent only in felling a tree, not in raising it ' (P. 25). 'Fire burns all the more brightly when the fuel is stirred; and a serpent expands its hood when irritated. Generally, all beings rise to their full height when provoked ' (p. 29). ' One should not make friends with or have affection for a wicked man. A charcoal, if live, scorches; if cold, it blackens the hand' (p. 31). 'The wise should accept right words even from a child. In the absence of the sun, does not a small lamps give light? ' (p. 41 ) . ' Where there are no scholars, even a person of little knowledge is honored. In a country without trees even a castor plant is ac- claimed as a tree ' (p. 47) . ' A lion roars in reply to the thunder of clouds, not to the howl of a jackal. It is not wise to have straight dealings with the crooked' (p. 69). 'The reader can, if he cares to, learn a great deal from them which would be of use in life. But even if reading for pleasure, he will not be disappointed.' (Introduction, p. 1).

(E. B.)

A Descriptive Catalogt4e of Bengali Mantzscripts. By MUN SHI ABDUL KARIM and AHMAD SHARIF. Eng- lish edition with Introduction by SYED SAJJAD EUSAIN. ( Asiatic Society of Pakistan Publications No. 3. ) Pp. xxviii + 589. Dacca: ASIATIC SOCIETY

studied or taught those languages with the aid of existing Dictionaries.' Eis work proved an indis- pensable tool over the years. The Oxford Un*er- sity Press is to be commended for making its con- tinued availability possible. ( E. B. )

Ring Jfongkqzt of Siam. By A. B. GRIswoLD. Pp. 60. New York: THE ASIA SOCIETY, 1961. The author's aim is to place in its true perspective the life and works of the monarch 'hardly known in the west except in a series of grotesque caricatures presented under such names as Anna and the King and The Rsng and I.' This is an expansion of the author's article, "Ring Mongkut in Perspective," which ap- peared in the Joqzrnal of the Siarn Socrety, Bangkok, Vol. XLV, No. 1, April, 1957. (E. B.)

Gems from Sanskrit Literattzre. ( Stzktimaldi ) By Aryendra Sharma and E. V. Vira Raghavacharya. Pp. 83. ( Sanskrit Academy Series No. 5. ) EY- derabad-Deccan: THE SANSKBIT ACADEMY, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, 1959. A selection from Sanskrit (and, in one instance, Prakrit) literature of maxims and aphorisms the range of which touches upon all aspects of life. E. g., 'An ignorant person is easy to please; still easier to please is a learned person. But the Creator himself cannot please one who is foolishly puffed up with his little knowledge ' (p. 3). Even a strong person is looked down upon unless he makes his strength felt; fire latent in wood can be stamped under foot, but not if it is ablaze ' (p. 7). 'A piece of glass, if set in gold, acquires the lustre of emerald; so does a fool acquire skill by associating with the wise ' ( p. 19 ) . ' A mean fellow knows how to ruin others' interests, but not in how to help furthering them. The wind is competent only in felling a tree, not in raising it ' (P. 25). 'Fire burns all the more brightly when the fuel is stirred; and a serpent expands its hood when irritated. Generally, all beings rise to their full height when provoked ' (p. 29). ' One should not make friends with or have affection for a wicked man. A charcoal, if live, scorches; if cold, it blackens the hand' (p. 31). 'The wise should accept right words even from a child. In the absence of the sun, does not a small lamps give light? ' (p. 41 ) . ' Where there are no scholars, even a person of little knowledge is honored. In a country without trees even a castor plant is ac- claimed as a tree ' (p. 47) . ' A lion roars in reply to the thunder of clouds, not to the howl of a jackal. It is not wise to have straight dealings with the crooked' (p. 69). 'The reader can, if he cares to, learn a great deal from them which would be of use in life. But even if reading for pleasure, he will not be disappointed.' (Introduction, p. 1).

(E. B.)

A Descriptive Catalogt4e of Bengali Mantzscripts. By MUN SHI ABDUL KARIM and AHMAD SHARIF. Eng- lish edition with Introduction by SYED SAJJAD EUSAIN. ( Asiatic Society of Pakistan Publications No. 3. ) Pp. xxviii + 589. Dacca: ASIATIC SOCIETY

studied or taught those languages with the aid of existing Dictionaries.' Eis work proved an indis- pensable tool over the years. The Oxford Un*er- sity Press is to be commended for making its con- tinued availability possible. ( E. B. )

Ring Jfongkqzt of Siam. By A. B. GRIswoLD. Pp. 60. New York: THE ASIA SOCIETY, 1961. The author's aim is to place in its true perspective the life and works of the monarch 'hardly known in the west except in a series of grotesque caricatures presented under such names as Anna and the King and The Rsng and I.' This is an expansion of the author's article, "Ring Mongkut in Perspective," which ap- peared in the Joqzrnal of the Siarn Socrety, Bangkok, Vol. XLV, No. 1, April, 1957. (E. B.)

Gems from Sanskrit Literattzre. ( Stzktimaldi ) By Aryendra Sharma and E. V. Vira Raghavacharya. Pp. 83. ( Sanskrit Academy Series No. 5. ) EY- derabad-Deccan: THE SANSKBIT ACADEMY, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, 1959. A selection from Sanskrit (and, in one instance, Prakrit) literature of maxims and aphorisms the range of which touches upon all aspects of life. E. g., 'An ignorant person is easy to please; still easier to please is a learned person. But the Creator himself cannot please one who is foolishly puffed up with his little knowledge ' (p. 3). Even a strong person is looked down upon unless he makes his strength felt; fire latent in wood can be stamped under foot, but not if it is ablaze ' (p. 7). 'A piece of glass, if set in gold, acquires the lustre of emerald; so does a fool acquire skill by associating with the wise ' ( p. 19 ) . ' A mean fellow knows how to ruin others' interests, but not in how to help furthering them. The wind is competent only in felling a tree, not in raising it ' (P. 25). 'Fire burns all the more brightly when the fuel is stirred; and a serpent expands its hood when irritated. Generally, all beings rise to their full height when provoked ' (p. 29). ' One should not make friends with or have affection for a wicked man. A charcoal, if live, scorches; if cold, it blackens the hand' (p. 31). 'The wise should accept right words even from a child. In the absence of the sun, does not a small lamps give light? ' (p. 41 ) . ' Where there are no scholars, even a person of little knowledge is honored. In a country without trees even a castor plant is ac- claimed as a tree ' (p. 47) . ' A lion roars in reply to the thunder of clouds, not to the howl of a jackal. It is not wise to have straight dealings with the crooked' (p. 69). 'The reader can, if he cares to, learn a great deal from them which would be of use in life. But even if reading for pleasure, he will not be disappointed.' (Introduction, p. 1).

(E. B.)

A Descriptive Catalogt4e of Bengali Mantzscripts. By MUN SHI ABDUL KARIM and AHMAD SHARIF. Eng- lish edition with Introduction by SYED SAJJAD EUSAIN. ( Asiatic Society of Pakistan Publications No. 3. ) Pp. xxviii + 589. Dacca: ASIATIC SOCIETY

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