Volume 119 - April 1987
Reviews of Books
Nāgārjuna: the philosophy of the Middle Way. Mūlamadhyamakakārikā. Introduction, Sanskrit text, English translation and annotation. By David J. Kalupahana. (SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies.) pp. xv, 412. Albany, New York, State University of New York Press, 1986. US$49.50 (cloth), US$16.95 (paper).
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The Dutch East India Company and the economy of Bengal. 1630–1720. By Om Prakash. pp. xii, 291, map. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1985. £27.70.
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A History of Christianity in India. 1707–1858. By Stephen Neill. pp. xvii, 578. Cambridge etc., Cambridge University Press, 1985. £45.00.
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The heart of Buddhist wisdom: a translation of the Heart Sūtra with historical introduction and commentary. By Douglas A. Fox. (Studies in Asian Thought and Religion, Volume 3.) pp. 183. Lewiston/Queenstown, The Edwin Mellen press, 1985. US$39.95.
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Ein Glossar zu Aśvaghoṣas Buddhacarita. Von Wilhelm Siegling mit einer biographischen Einleitung von Ernst Waldschmidt. Hrsg. von Heinz Bechert, Jens-Uwe Hartmann, Klaus Wille und Champa T. Zongtse. (Veröffentlichungen des Seminars für Indologie und Buddhismuskunde der Universität Göttingen, Nr. 3). pp. xiv, 89. Göttingen, Seminar für Indologie und Buddhismuskunde der Universität Göttingen, 1985.
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Legitimacy and symbols: the South Asian writings of F. W. Buckler. Edited by M. N. Pearson. (Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia, No. 26.) pp. 193. Ann Arbor, Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies, The University of Michigan, 1985. US$ 18.95 (cloth). US$ 8.95 (paper).
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Ayodhyā. By Hans Bakker. Part I: The history of Ayodhyā from the 7th Century BC to the middle of the 18th century, its development into a sacred centre with special reference to the Ayodhyāmāhātmya and to the worship of Rāma according to the Agastyasaṃhitā. pp. xviii, 181, 1 fig., 1 map. Part II:Ayodhyāmātmya, introduction, edition, and annotation. pp. xliii, 471, 18 pl., 6 maps (5 separately enclosed). Part III: appendices, concordances, bibliography, indexes and maps. pp. 114. (Groniengen Oriental Studies, Vol. 1.) Groningen, Egbert Forsten, 1986. Dfl. 215.
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Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru, second series. Vols. 1 and 2 Edited by S. Gopal. pp. xxx, 653, front, 26 pl.: xxx 660, front, 14 pl. Published by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund and distributed by Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1984. Rs.150 or £18.00 each volume. - Jawaharlal Nehru. By the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund. pp. 407, 641 pl. Published by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund and distributed by Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1983. £28.00. - Calendar of the “Qquit India” movement in the Bombay Presidency. Edited by Sanjiv P. Desai. General Editor Bhaskar Dhatavkar. (Maharashtra Archives Bulletin No. 15 & 16. Indian National Congress Centenary Commemmoration Volume.) pp. iii, 383. Bombay, Department of Archives, Government of Maharashtra, 1985.
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Buddhist studies in honour of Hammalava Saddhātissa. Edited by Gatare Dhammapala, Richard Gombrich and K. R. Norman. pp. xviii, 262, front. Nugegoda, Sri Lanka, Hammalava Saddhatissa Felicitation Volume Committee, University of Sri Jayawardenpura, 1984.
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The Indianness of Rudyard Kipling: a study in stylistics. By S. A. Azfar Husain. (Asian Impact on Europe Series.) pp. 223, London, Cosmic Press. 1983. £15.00.
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Karma and creativity. By Christopher Chapple (SUNY Series in Religion) pp. xii, 144. Albany, New York, State University of New York Press, 1986.US$29.50 (cloth), US$9.95 (paper).
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Brick temples of Bengal from the archives of David McCutchion. Edited by George Michell. pp. xviii, 254. [12]maps, 178 pl. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press. [1983]. £75.00.
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The two traditions of meditation in ancient India. By Johannes Bronkhorst. (Alt-und Neu-Indische Studien, hrsg. vom Seminar für Kultur und Geschichte Indiens an der Universität Hamburg, Bd. 28.) pp. xii, 145. Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH, 1986. DM 36.
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Art of Nepal: a catalogue of the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art collection. By Pratapaditya Pal. pp. 258, illus. in colour and black and white. 2 maps. Los Angeles, Calif., Los Angeles Country Museum of Art in association with University of California Press, Los Angeles and London, 1985. £18.95.
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Mṛgenrāgama, section des rites et section du comportement. avec la Vṛtti de Bhaṭṭanāyaṇakaṇṭha. Traduction, introdution et notes par Héléne Brunner-Lachaux. (Publications de l'Institut Français d'Indologie No.69.) pp. xlvii, 496. Pondichéry, Institut Français d'Indologie, 1985.
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Splendours of the Raj: British Architecture in India 1660–1947. By Philip Davies. pp. 257, 201 illus. London, John Murray. 1985. £25.00.
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Das Kāṭhaka-Gṛhya-Sūtra Mit Vivaraṇa des Ādityadarśana, Bhāṣya des Devapāla, Gṛhyapancikā des Brāhmaṇabala. Kritische Edition mit Anmerkungen, Teil I: I. Kaṇḍikā und Sandhyopāsanamantrabhāsya des Devapāla. Von Caren Dreyer. (Alt-und Neu-Indische Studien hrsg. vom Seminar für Kultur und Geschichte Indiens an der Universität Hamburg. 30.) pp. xxxv, 185. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH, 1986. DM 48.
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Max Weber in Asian studies. Edited by Andreas E. Buss. (International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology Vol. 42.) pp. [vi], 252. Leiden, E. J. Brill. 1985. Guilders 42.
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Peasant history in South India. By David Ludden. pp. xix, 310, 18 maps, 10 figures, 10 tables. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1985. (published March 1986). £32.20.
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Cultural relations between India and Southeast Asian countries. By H. B. Sarkar. pp. xxii, 355. 56 illus. 6 maps. New Delhi, Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Motilal Banarsidass. 1985. Rs.400.
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