From deonard at transit.nyser.net  Mon Aug  1 18:29:09 1994
From: deonard at transit.nyser.net (Dayan Deonarine)
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 94 14:29:09 -0400
Subject: USA ARYA SAMAJ SAMMELAN
Message-ID: <161227016995.23782.17850183509300508566.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>



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                      Presents
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                  August 19-21   1994
                           at
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CONTACT:     Rajinder P Gandhi
             7 Algonquin  Trail
             Saddle River NJ 07458
               (201) 818-0969
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From samuels at ucsu.Colorado.EDU  Mon Aug  1 21:39:07 1994
From: samuels at ucsu.Colorado.EDU (SAMUELS JEFFREY)
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 94 15:39:07 -0600
Subject: Mandukya Upanisad and Commentary
Message-ID: <161227016996.23782.17420566890489673226.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

	I am trying to find a copy of the Mandukya Upanisad with
Sankara's commentary, both of which printed in Devanagari.  So far, I
have only been able to locate a Devanagari copy of the Upanisad with
the commentary printed in English.  Any suggestions?

Thanks,

	Jeff Samuels
	samuels at ucsu.colorado.edu
 





From breusch at students.wisc.edu  Tue Aug  2 00:14:20 1994
From: breusch at students.wisc.edu (breusch at students.wisc.edu)
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 94 19:14:20 -0500
Subject: Mandukya Upanisad and Commentary
Message-ID: <161227017000.23782.6994745073100393772.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

I would check the OCLC catalog and request a copy through interlibrary loan
from Harvard, Berkeley, Chicago (the university or the research libraries
center), Madison, Seattle, etc.

 

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Hello Mr. Samuels, did you try Interlibrary loan through your local
University?
 

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Please try Interlibrary loan through your University library.
Also South Asia Books, Columbus, Missouri may have a copy.
Of course, Motilal Banarsidass in Delhi will for sure carry
one of the standard editions from Chowkhamba in Benares.
 

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Dear Colleagues,
I am trying to find a means of writing diacritics for Sanskrit
transcription using Microsoft Word for Windows on a PC.
Has anybody any suggestions? Or can somebody point me to where
I can look?
Specifically I need to be able to write:
  = a dot under 'n', 'm', 'h', 'th', and 's'
  = a circle under 'r' (or a dot will do)
  = matra over vowels (and 'r')
  = acute accent over 's'
Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Edeltraud (eclear at bronze.ucs.indiana.edu)

 





From lnelson at teetot.acusd.edu  Tue Aug  2 17:22:13 1994
From: lnelson at teetot.acusd.edu (Lance Nelson)
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 94 10:22:13 -0700
Subject: Diacritics fonts for Word for Windows? Please.
Message-ID: <161227017002.23782.8092879374710849051.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Contact Linguist's Software, P.O. Box 580, Edmonds, WA 98020-0580,
206/775-1130.  They have a font for about $100.

==============================================================================
Lance E. Nelson                                    Phone: 619/260-4600, x4407
Religious Studies                                           FAX: 619/260-2260
University of San Diego                        San Diego, CA 92110-2492 U.S.A. 
==============================================================================


On Tue, 2 Aug 1994, edeltraud harzer clear wrote:

> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> I am trying to find a means of writing diacritics for Sanskrit
> transcription using Microsoft Word for Windows on a PC.
> Has anybody any suggestions? Or can somebody point me to where
> I can look?
> Specifically I need to be able to write:
>   = a dot under 'n', 'm', 'h', 'th', and 's'
>   = a circle under 'r' (or a dot will do)
>   = matra over vowels (and 'r')
>   = acute accent over 's'
> Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> Edeltraud (eclear at bronze.ucs.indiana.edu)
> 
>  


 





From A.Raman at massey.ac.nz  Mon Aug  1 22:39:17 1994
From: A.Raman at massey.ac.nz (A.Raman at massey.ac.nz)
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 94 10:39:17 +1200
Subject: Mandukya Upanisad and Commentary
Message-ID: <161227016998.23782.18098920066965163002.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

>        I am trying to find a copy of the Mandukya Upanisad with
>Sankara's commentary, both of which printed in Devanagari.  So far, I
>have only been able to locate a Devanagari copy of the Upanisad with
>the commentary printed in English.  Any suggestions?

I have one with the Sanskrit verses in Devanagari and English
transcriptions and translations together with Gaudapada's Karika plus
Sankara's commentary is published by the advaita ashrama, Mayavati,
Himalayas. I can post further pointers tomorrow if you like. I think I
bought mine at the Ramakrishna Mutt in Mylapore, Madras some years ago.

- & (anand)

 





From ridgeway at blackbox.hacc.washington.edu  Tue Aug  2 20:40:07 1994
From: ridgeway at blackbox.hacc.washington.edu (Thomas B. Ridgeway)
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 94 13:40:07 -0700
Subject: Diacritics fonts for Windows
Message-ID: <161227017004.23782.8847486147395724248.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Edeltraud Clear writes,
> I am trying to find a means of writing diacritics for Sanskrit
> transcription using Microsoft Word for Windows on a PC.
> Has anybody any suggestions? Or can somebody point me to where
> I can look?
> Specifically I need to be able to write:
>   = a dot under 'n', 'm', 'h', 'th', and 's'
   etc.

This is what the HACC Indic series of fonts is intended to handle.
You may evaluate for yourself whether they succeed in this aspiration by
fetching via ftp (binary mode please) the files
/pub/indic/outlines/haccindc.ttf
/pub/indic/outlines/haccndcb.ttf
/pub/indic/outlines/haccndci.ttf
/pub/indic/outlines/haccndcx.ttf
These are then installed via the Windows control panel, a process described
in the windows manuals.  Those needing help with how to conduct an ftp 
session should seek assistance locally as this is a generic computing
procedure which does not require Indic expertise.

cheers,
Tom
 





From lnelson at teetot.acusd.edu  Wed Aug  3 04:43:52 1994
From: lnelson at teetot.acusd.edu (Lance Nelson)
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 94 21:43:52 -0700
Subject: HACC Indic Fonts
Message-ID: <161227017006.23782.4720755729193831257.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

I learned today from Thomas B. Ridgeway's posting of the HACC Indic series of
fonts.  Using the information he provided, I ftp'd the True Type fonts he
suggested, and got them onto my hard disk.  Upon installing them in Windows
3.1, using the Control Panel, I get only squares, no letters, when typing
using the fonts.  Suspecting an error in transmission, I ftp'd them again. 
Same result.  Any guesses anyone?  Thanks.

Lance
==============================================================================
Lance E. Nelson                                    Phone: 619/260-4600, x4407
Religious Studies                                           FAX: 619/260-2260
University of San Diego                        San Diego, CA 92110-2492 U.S.A. 
==============================================================================


 





From ECL6TAM at lucs-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk  Wed Aug  3 09:44:47 1994
From: ECL6TAM at lucs-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk (T.A.MCALLISTER)
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 94 09:44:47 +0000
Subject: Diacritics fonts for Word for Windows? Please.
Message-ID: <161227017008.23782.15270656408640693459.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

> Date:          Tue, 2 Aug 1994 18:05:40 BST
> Reply-to:      indology at liverpool.ac.uk
> From:          edeltraud harzer clear <eclear at bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
> To:            Members of the list <indology at liverpool.ac.uk>
> Subject:       Diacritics fonts for Word for Windows? Please.

> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> I am trying to find a means of writing diacritics for Sanskrit
> transcription using Microsoft Word for Windows on a PC.
> Has anybody any suggestions? Or can somebody point me to where
> I can look?
> Specifically I need to be able to write:
>   = a dot under 'n', 'm', 'h', 'th', and 's'
>   = a circle under 'r' (or a dot will do)
>   = matra over vowels (and 'r')
>   = acute accent over 's'
> Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> Edeltraud (eclear at bronze.ucs.indiana.edu)

I have created a set of TrueType fonts and WinWord macros which can 
handle the accented letters of over 60 languages, including transliterated 
Sanskrit, Prakrit etc. The diacritics are handled by macros which are run 
with a single keystroke each, e.g. you type the letter "s", then you press 
the "/" key, which runs the acute accent macro and gives you s-acute. 
Typing the accented characters is therefore as quick and intuitive as 
typing ordinary characters.

The package is shareware, but there is no set price: pay what you think it 
is worth (if anything) ... or don't pay, and use the software just the same, 
with my best wishes. 

I will be attempting to upload the package (called LeedsBit) to the CICA 
(Indiana) and SRC (London) archives in the next few hours, but I've 
never uploaded anything before, so if it isn't there in the next day or two, 
please feel free to contact me directly.

There will be a second version in a few month's time, with more 
languages and smaller, better-designed macros, but the present version is 
to allow people to work in the meantime.

I'm currently working on a similar package to cover Cyrillic languages, 
after which will come Mongolian (traditional alphabet, running vertically 
in WinWord) and, if I get the chance, a Devanagari package. How much 
time (if any) I can dedicate to these projects depends on whether I can 
convince my boss that there is a demand for such things, so if you would 
be interested, please let me know.

Alec.

..

Alec McAllister
Arts Computing Development Officer
Computing Service
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
tel 0532 335399
 





From Ramesh.Kushwaha at um.cc.umich.edu  Wed Aug  3 15:23:26 1994
From: Ramesh.Kushwaha at um.cc.umich.edu (Ramesh.Kushwaha at um.cc.umich.edu)
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 94 11:23:26 -0400
Subject: Affordable HINDI FONT for IBM PC/MAC
Message-ID: <161227017010.23782.9050571745865781471.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Hi,
 Based on feedbacks, need, and demand for a low price Hindi FONT, I
decided to develop such a FONT so that Hindi can be promoted
among Indians living abroad. The prices for such fonts available
in the market range from $99 to $300 which is very high.
 
I have developed a Hindi Font for IBM PC or MAC computer and would like
to sell it at $25.00 only. I would like to see more Indian especially
children born abroad, using Hindi and computer is a great tool fo it.
 
I can provide font in either True Type Font(TTF) or postscript Type 1,
or Post Script type3. Windows can use True Type font without any
problem and same is true for Macinstosh operating system. One
will need ATM(Adobe Type Manager) to use Type1 or Type3 Fonts.
A BITMAP font can also be generated if anyone needs it for DOS 
applications (wordprocessors). It can be generated for only  one 
fixed size as desired by the user. The TTF and Type1/Type3 fonts can
be used with any applications that can be run under Windows 3.1 or
higher version or Macintosh operating system. The TrueType font
is scaleable, outline font and can be printed in any sizes.
All necessary, required Hindi (devanagari) characters and conjuncts
are available. The characters are input phonetically from the English
keyboard. The mapping of Hindi characters to English keyboard
is very easy to remember.
 
If you have further questions, please feel free to send me 
E-Mail or call at 313-434-1970. To order or info, please
send a CHECK of $25 + $3 for Shipping and Handling to :
 
   MEDCOM
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Thanks,
 
Ramesh Kushwaha
 

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It looks like that you already subscribed, I suppose that is the 
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From msweet at facstaff.wisc.edu  Thu Aug  4 02:17:59 1994
From: msweet at facstaff.wisc.edu (Michael J. Sweet)
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 94 20:17:59 -0600
Subject: Skt. Grammar Query
Message-ID: <161227017019.23782.1356036982709047472.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Is there a vyakarana-walla out there who could help with the following
perplexity?:  In the Siddhanta-Kaumadi on Pa. VI.3.75 (#759 om Vasu, vol.
1.448), there is a list of words in which the negative particle remains
unchanged, among which is *napumsaka*.  The author explains this as: "na
stripumsayoh pumsakabhavo nipatanat"  Vasu does not translate this!  Any
suggestions as to the meaning of this line?  Many thanks in advance. 

                                                  Michael Sweet
 





From ridgeway at blackbox.hacc.washington.edu  Thu Aug  4 14:25:09 1994
From: ridgeway at blackbox.hacc.washington.edu (Thomas B. Ridgeway)
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 94 07:25:09 -0700
Subject: HACC Indic Fonts
Message-ID: <161227017013.23782.10973714699332125800.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Good day to you all,

Lance Nelson writes,
> I learned today from Thomas B. Ridgeway's posting of the HACC Indic series of
> fonts.  Using the information he provided, I ftp'd the True Type fonts he
> suggested, and got them onto my hard disk.  Upon installing them in Windows
> 3.1, using the Control Panel, I get only squares, no letters, when typing
> using the fonts.  Suspecting an error in transmission, I ftp'd them again. 
> Same result.  Any guesses anyone?  Thanks.

  Whoops!  This is an easy to make and easy to rectify mistake having to
do with the declared character set.

Sorry.  I'll have the corrected version posted later today, local time 
being Pacific Daylight.

Tom
 





From hsa01dk at goldsmiths.ac.uk  Thu Aug  4 14:48:16 1994
From: hsa01dk at goldsmiths.ac.uk (hsa01dk at goldsmiths.ac.uk)
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 94 15:48:16 +0100
Subject: Diacritics fonts for Word for Windows? Please.
Message-ID: <161227017015.23782.13747448057485143181.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear Alec,

>I have created a set of TrueType fonts and WinWord macros which can 
>handle the accented letters of over 60 languages, including transliterated 
>Sanskrit, Prakrit etc. 

I am interested in your fonts. Would they work with any Windows? I realise
the macros won't be the same, but I would like to use them with AmiPro if
possible.

>I will be attempting to upload the package (called LeedsBit) to the CICA 
>(Indiana) and SRC (London) archives in the next few hours, but I've 
>never uploaded anything before, so if it isn't there in the next day or two, 
>please feel free to contact me directly.

Can you give me the SRC site address, please?

Many thanks,
Damien
*************************************************
Damien Keown hsa01dk at gold.ac.uk
Department of Historical & Cultural Studies
University of London, Goldsmiths
London UK, SE14 6NW                                                    
Voice (+44)  071 692 7171 Ext.2153
Fax:   (+44)  071 694 8911
*************************************************

 





From KERNLIB at rullet.LeidenUniv.nl  Thu Aug  4 15:17:50 1994
From: KERNLIB at rullet.LeidenUniv.nl (KERNLIB at rullet.LeidenUniv.nl)
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 94 16:17:50 +0100
Subject: Diacritics for Word for Windows.
Message-ID: <161227017011.23782.14023825987117215567.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


Edeltraud,

There is a set of really good-looking fonts with all the CSX-standard
diacritics. The site is ftp.bcc.ac.uk and the directory is/pub/users/uc-
gadkw/indology.  Login as "anonymous" and give your email address as a
courtesy password.  At the time I downloaded them, the fonts were
stored in a zip-file called charter.zip. The fonts are adapted from the
Postscript Bitstream Charter font and print very good on inkjets or
other basic printers. The only thing is you have to have Adobe Type
Manager for Windows on your computer. 
     There are possibilites for converting the fonts to True Type or
even Mac, with very little loss of quality. I have made a TrueType
version of the Charter Font, but I don't know about copyrights and all
that. Perhaps Dominik Wujastyk or Peter Friedlander, who created the
fonts, can shed their light on this. 
     If anyone is interested in, or has good tips for adaptation of
existing fonts, f.i. adding diacritics to your favorite TrueType or whate-
ver font, please contact me.

Thomas de Bruijn
e-mail:
KERNLIB at rullet.LeidenUniv.nl

 





From GATUBB at vaxsar.vassar.edu  Fri Aug  5 04:56:44 1994
From: GATUBB at vaxsar.vassar.edu (Gary Tubb)
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 94 00:56:44 -0400
Subject: Skt. Grammar Query
Message-ID: <161227017020.23782.10956425093787938751.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

   Michael Sweet has asked about the meaning of a line in the
Siddhanta-Kaumudi (on Pa. 6.3.75) left untranslated by Vasu.  In
the query some words were inadvertently left out of the line as
quoted; the full version is "na stri puman napumsakam
stri-pumsayoh [the space after "stri" in Vasu is incorrect]
pumsakabhavo nipatanat."
   The first part of this, "na stri puman napumsakam," is a
gloss of the compound "na-pumsaka": neither feminine nor
masculine = neuter.  The rest answers the question of how
"na-pumsaka" can mean "neither feminine nor masculine" rather
than simply "not masculine," since "pumsaka" should mean only
"masculine."  To put it the other way around, why is the word
not "na-stri-pumsaka"?  The answer is "stri-pumsayoh
pumsakabhavo nipatanat": (in the word "napumsaka" both) feminine
and masculine are "pumsaka" because of nipatana (i.e., just
because Panini gives the word in the form "napumsaka").
   Or at least that's my guess.

               Gary Tubb.  
 





From cardona at unagi.cis.upenn.edu  Fri Aug  5 10:50:56 1994
From: cardona at unagi.cis.upenn.edu (cardona at unagi.cis.upenn.edu)
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 94 06:50:56 -0400
Subject: Grammar query
Message-ID: <161227017022.23782.11166007935206898037.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

A brief comment on Michael Sweet's question with Gary Tubb's answer.  In
the Siddhaantakaumudii edition by Giridhara Sarma Caturvedi and
Paramesvarananda Sarma (vol II.90), the text is: na strii pumaan .
striipuMsayoH puMsakabhaavo nipaatanaat.  However, the KaaSikaa on 6.3.75
has: na strii na pumaan napuMsakam . striipuMsayoH puMsakabhaavo
nipaatyate.  That is: the term 'napuMsaka' is equivalent to 'na strii na
pumaan' (neither male nor female); the derivate napuMsaka ('neuter') is
given as ready-made, assuming certain operations to occur (nipaatyate
[lit.'is made to fall']).  In this case, this is that striipuMsa becomes
puMsaka.  In brief, the compound napuMsaka is assumed to be a ready-made
derivate in which puMsaka represents a combination of strii and pums.George
Cardona 

 





From A.Raman at massey.ac.nz  Fri Aug  5 01:00:17 1994
From: A.Raman at massey.ac.nz (A.Raman at massey.ac.nz)
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 94 13:00:17 +1200
Subject: PIE etymology of song
Message-ID: <161227017017.23782.11234840866035712471.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Is Sanskrit "Sangita" (music) a cognate of English "Song"? I get the
impression from Voyles (Early Gmc Grammar, p.36) that this is likely. But I
thought Skt sangita was a compound - sam+gita meaning refined+song where
"gita" = song.

Could someone shed some light on this pls?

Thanks.

- &

 





From srice at cruzio.com  Mon Aug  8 04:07:03 1994
From: srice at cruzio.com (Stanley Rice)
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 94 21:07:03 -0700
Subject: Happiness is inborn in the true Self...
Message-ID: <161227017024.23782.7781051802197784634.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Good Friend,
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From magier at columbia.edu  Mon Aug  8 13:15:19 1994
From: magier at columbia.edu (David Magier)
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 94 09:15:19 -0400
Subject: Documentary Films and Videos on South Asian Religion
Message-ID: <161227017030.23782.12964396322679288725.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Forgive me if this is a foolish question: The listing of documentary
films and videos on S.A. religion looks very interesting and valuable,
but the text of the posting appears to be in some kind of
markup-language (or to have embedded control codes or something). Is
there an ASCII-clean version of this nice document?  Many thanks.
David Magier

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From micsik at ilabx3.ilab.sztaki.hu  Mon Aug  8 08:21:29 1994
From: micsik at ilabx3.ilab.sztaki.hu (Andras Micsik)
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 94 09:21:29 +0100
Subject: Astadhyayi.zip -- what is it and how to read?
Message-ID: <161227017028.23782.11889150086372973048.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

I would like your help in the following: I have downloaded the  
astadhyayi.zip file from ftp.bcc.ac.uk. Inside there is one TeX file,  
stating to be Panini's Sutrapatha. I have tried to TeX it, but there  
were strange results. The text contained letters like T,C,K,  
French-like accents, and other unknown characters, e.g. two short  
horizontal parallel lines. I am beginner with Sanskrit, but this text  
seems to be corrupted. So could you tell me:

1. What is Sutrapatha? I know only Astadhyayi from Panini. And why are  
the names different outside and inside?

2. How can I reproduce the text? Do I need some special font or utility  
to replace uppercase characters and other strange effects?

					Andras Micsik
 





From ssa at violet.berkeley.edu  Mon Aug  8 21:10:08 1994
From: ssa at violet.berkeley.edu (ssa at violet.berkeley.edu)
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 94 14:10:08 -0700
Subject: Hindi-Urdu Position at University of California at Berkeley
Message-ID: <161227017034.23782.518645629402569062.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


POSITION AVAILABLE IN HINDI-URDU LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY. 

The Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies announces a full-time,
tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Hindi-Urdu Language and
Literature beginning AY 1995-96.  Qualifications include  the Ph.D. in
Hindi and/or Urdu, native or near-native proficiency in the spoken and
written forms of these languages and  significant training in Sanskrit
and/or Persian. Knowledge of at least one additional modern Indian language
a distinct advantage. Period of specialization is open but applicants
should demonstrate knowledge of contemporary and early forms of the
languages. Applicants must demonstrate significant engagement with the
theoretical and methodological concerns of contemporary literary, social,
historical and cultural scholarship on South Asia and familiarity with
contemporary developments in language pedagogy. Teaching responsibilities
include advanced courses in Hindi-Urdu language, upper division and
graduate lectures and seminars in Hindi and Urdu literature and lower
division courses on the cultures, religions, literatures and civilizations
of traditional and contemporary South Asia. Applicants' letters should
discuss current and projected research and teaching interests. Include
copies of relevant publications, names of three referees, and, where
available, evaluations of teaching .

Applications Deadline:  Monday, January 16, 1995.

Direct applications and inquiries to:

The Chair,
Hindi-Urdu Search Committee
Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-2540

The University of California is and Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
Employer.

 





From CXEV at MUSICA.MCGILL.CA  Mon Aug  8 18:24:07 1994
From: CXEV at MUSICA.MCGILL.CA (R. P. Hayes)
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 94 14:24:07 -0400
Subject: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Message-ID: <161227017032.23782.16618359601631490276.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

As many of you know, work has been underway for some time on the new
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosopy. This encyclopedia, due for
publication in 1999, will have considerably more on Indian
philosophy than the Encyclopedia of Philosophy edited by Paul
Edwards and published by Macmillan in 1967. It will also contain
substantially more on the philosophies of East Asia and on Islamic
and Jewish philosophers.

Most of the articles for the Indian and Tibetan philosophy section
have been contracted, but no authors have yet been found for several
important entries, which are listed below. In order to keep
production on schedule, any entries for which no contracts are
issued within the next month or six weeks will have to be dropped.
In order to avoid the regrettable loss of entries, I am asking all
of you to help me quickly find people who might be interested in
writing on any of the subjects listed below.

Obviously, the more information you can provide on how to contact
potential authors by telephone or e-mail, the better my chances of
contacting them in time to meet the deadline.

Please note that the intended readership of the REP is to be
philosophers and students of philosophy, so the ideal author will be
someone capable of writing with authority on Indian philosophy for
people who are not specialists in Indology (or indeed in Indian
philosophy) but who do have a general familiarity with philosophical
issues. A list of people who have already been contracted to write
articles follows the list of articles for which we still seek
authors.

Please do not hesitate to suggest yourself, if you have a special
interest and expertise in one of the listed topics. Alternatively,
you may wish to suggest a particularly promising graduate student
whose work you know and recommend. The final deadline for the
completed entries is July 15, 1995. Routledge is paying 40 pounds
sterling per 1000 words.

Please contact me directly rather than replying to this list. My
address is at the end of this message.


                    Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
                 Indian and Tibetan philosophy section

[The index numbers before each entry are those that will be used in
legal contracts between Routledge and authors; since wording of
titles may change slightly, please refer to all subjects by this
index number.]


A. Overviews                                                      words
F002   Hindu Philosophy, Issues in                                5750

B. Schools
F006   Madhyamika Buddhism in India and Tibet                     3250

C. Individual thinkers
F013   Abhinavagupta                                              2000
F019   Gadadhara                                                  1000
F023   Kautilya                                                   1000
F026   Madhava                                                    1500
F029   Nagarjuna                                                  2000
F032   Sakya Pandita (Sa skya pandita)                            1000
F038   Vallabhacarya                                              1000

D. Epistemology, Logic and Language
F046   Interpretation, Indian theories of                         3000
F050   Nominalism, Buddhist doctrine of                           3000
F052   Meaning, Indian theories of                                3000

E. Metaphysics
F055   Causation, Theories of in Indian thought                   5000
F056   Cosmology and cosmogeny, Indian theories of                3000
F059   Heaven, Indian conception of                               3000
F060   Matter, Indian conceptions of                              3000
F063   Ontological categories in Indian philosophy                7500

F. Anthropology, Ethics and Human Conduct
F068   Fatalism, Indian                                           2500

G. Modern Indian Philosophy
F074   Ambedkar, B. R                                             1000
F075   Arya-samaj                                                 1500
F077   Brahmo-samaj                                               1500
F078   Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand                                1000
F079   Radhakrishna, Sarvepalli                                   1500
F080   Ramakrishna movement                                       1500
F081   Tagore, Robindranath                                       1000
F083   Political thought in India                                 2500


                    Contributors signed to contracts

Prof. Sibajiban Bhattacharyya, Prof. Johannes Bronkhorst, Dr. Jan
Brzezinski, Prof. Collett Cox, Dr. Lance Cousins, Prof. Andrew O.
Fort, Prof. Eli Franco, Prof. Brendan S. Gillon, Prof. Wilhelm
Halbfass, Prof. Richard P. Hayes, Prof. Joy Laine, Prof. Dan
Lusthaus, Dr. Merek Mejor, Prof. Klaus Oetke, Prof. Stephen
Phillips, Prof. Karin Preisendanz, Dr. Alexander von Rospatt, Dr.
Jayandra Soni, Ms. Valeri Stoker, Prof. John Taber, Prof Tom T.F.
Tillemans, Prof. Dr. Ernst Steinkellner, Prof. Paul C. Williams

Richard P. Hayes                                <cxev at musica.mcgill.ca>
Faculty of Religious Studies              Associate, Dept of Philosophy
McGill University                                      Montreal, Quebec
 





From SOGBS at cc.newcastle.edu.au  Mon Aug  8 04:57:31 1994
From: SOGBS at cc.newcastle.edu.au (SOGBS at cc.newcastle.edu.au)
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 94 14:57:31 +1000
Subject: Documentary Films and Videos on South Asian Religion
Message-ID: <161227017026.23782.6790986196750520538.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

This began as a response to Jonathan Silk's request on the
INDOLOGY list last June. I am posting it to the list as it may be
of use more generally.

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DOCUMENTARY FILMS AND VIDEOS ON SOUTH ASIAN RELIGION

compiled by Geoffrey Samuel

August 1994

(address until 12/94)
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Newcastle
NSW 2308
Australia
fax +61 49 216902
email (until 12/94): sogbs at cc.newcastle.edu.au

(address from 1/95)
Department of Religious Studies
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YG
UK
fax +44 524 847039
email (from 2/195): [probably] G.Samuel at lancs.ac.uk

This list is work-in-progress, and does not claim to be in any way
complete. It has been assembled from a variety of sources, but I have
undoubtedly omitted many useful and worthwhile films and videos. Please
feel free to send me additions, corrections and comments.

I have included films on South Asian performing arts with religious
themes, on non-Indian religions in South Asia (Zoroastrianism, Islam) and
on Hinduism (but not Buddhism) outside South Asia.

I have not distinguished between films and videos in the listings since
most of the film material is probably now available on video. Generally
speaking, the older items were initially released on 16mm film. Note that
videos from the USA are normally in the NTSC system, those from UK and
Australia in PAL.

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ABBREVIATIONS

AA = reference to review in _American Anthropologist_

H6 = Karl G. Heider, _Films for Anthropological Teaching_. 6th edn.
American Anthropological Association, 1977

R-xxx; ref to Rolf Husmann et al. _A Bibliography of Ethnographic Film_,
G?ttingen 1992

* I have seen this item

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SOURCE LIST

N.B. Some of these addresses are probably out of date. I have given the
most recent information available to me. - G.S.

Apsara Media for Intercultural Education, 13659 Victory Boulevard, Suite
577, Van Nuys, CA 91401. Attn: Distribution. (818) 785-1498

Arthur Cantor Films, 2112 Broadway, Suite 400, New York, NY 10023, USA.
Tel.: (212) 496 5710

BBC Productions (in UK): BBC Enterprises, Sales Department, Woodlands,
Wood Lane, London W12 0TT, UK. Tel. (?071) 743 5588
(in Australia): BBC Education and Training, 11th Floor, 50 Berry Street,
North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia. Tel. +61 2 957 6933. Fax +61 2 957 6448

BhakTV Productions Ltd, 3941 Madison Ave, PO Box 1015, Culver City, 90232,
USA

Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University Press, 136 South
Broadway, Irvington, NY 10533, USA [1974 address!]

Center Productions, 1800 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80301, USA. Tel. (800)
824 1166

Cinetel Productions Pty Ltd, 15 Fifth Avenue, Cremorne, NSW 2090,
Australia. Attn.: Frank Heimans. Tel.: (02) 953 8071. Fax: +61 2 953 7122

Colorado State University Instructional Service, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. Attn.: James Boyd. Tel (303) 491
1325. Fax (303) 491 6989

Deakin University Video Publications, Deakin University Press, Deakin
University, Geelong, VIC 3217, Australia. Tel.: (052) 27 2633, 27 2194.
Fax: +61 52 27 2020

Direct Cinema, Ltd., Box 69799, Los Angeles, CA 90069, USA. Tel. (213) 652
8000

Disappearing World Series (UK) Granada Television, 36 Golden Square,
London W1R 4AH, UK. Tel.: (071) 734 8080. Fax: +44 71 494 6280
(USA) PMI, 5547 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60640-1199, USA..
Tel. (312) 878 7300, or Pennsylvania State University Audio-Visual
Services (see below)

Documentary Educational Resources, 101 Morse St., Watertown, MA 02172,
USA. Tel. (617) 926 0491

Film Australia, PO Box 46, Lindfield. NSW 2070, Australia. Tel.: (02) 413
8777. Fax: +61 2 416 5672. British and US enquiries through Australian
Government Film Representatives: Canberra House, 10-16 Maltravers Street,
The Strand, London WC2R 3EH, UK; Australian Information Service, 636 Fifth
Avenue, New York, NY 10020, USA.

Films Incorporated, 5547 Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60640, USA. Tel..
(800) 323 4222

First Run Icarus, 153 Waverly Place, 6th floor, New York, NY 10014. Attn:
Liz Fries. Tel (800) 876 1710; Fax (212) 989 7649

Malinis's Dances of India Troupe, 1355 Wynnstone Drive, Ann Arbor, MI
48105

Media Services, University of Texas Library, Box 830643, University of
Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083-0643, USA. Tel: (214) 690 2949

Michael Camerini, Inc., 327 West 21st Street, Apt 2W, New York, NY 10011,
USA. Tel.: (212) 242 2363. Fax: (212) 242 2363

Nataraj, 12 Bristol Lane, Hadley, MA 01035. Attn: David Watson. (413) 586
8974

Pennsylvania State University, Audio Visual Services, Special Services
Building, Universty Park, PA 16802, USA. Tel. (814) 865 6314 or (800) 826
0132

RAI International Video Sales: Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy
Street, London W1P 5HS, UK. Tel. (071) 387 0455. Fax: +44 71 383 4235..
Attn: Gail S. Baker, Film Officer. (Some RAI material appears to be
distributed in the USA by Documentary Educational Resources, qv.)

Rounder Records, Dept. SEM, 61 Prospect Sreet, Montpelier, Vermont 05602,
USA. Attn.: Stephen McArthur. Tel (802) 223 1294, Fax (802) 229 1834

Satyam Shivam Sundaram, 425 Alexander Street, Princeton NJ 08540, USA
[from 1974]

Singer-Sharrette Productions, 336 Main Street, PO Box 68, Rochester MI
48063, USA Tel (313) 731 5199 or 656 0030

Society of St Francis, Hermitage of St Bernadine, Stroud, NSW 2425,
Australia. Tel. (049) 94 5372

South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin, 1269 Van Hise Hall,
Madison, WI 53706. Attn.: Distribution. Tel (608) 262-9690; Fax (608) 262
3065

Syracuse University Film Rental Center, 1455 E. Colvin Street, Syracuse,
NY 13210, USA. (1977 address!)

Traditional Healing Films/Earth Research, P.O. Box 68, 336 Main St,
Rochester, MI 48063, USA. Tel. (313) 656 0030

Under the Sun, BBC Elstree, Clarendon Road, Borehamwood, Herts WD6 1JF, UK

University of California Extension Media Center, 2000 Center St, 4th
floor, Berkeley, CA 94704. Attn.: Daniel Bickley. Tel (510) 642 0460; Fax
(510) 643 8683

Visionova, 64 Royal Park Terrace, Hillsdale, NJ 07642, USA

Wombat Prductions, Inc., 250 West 57th Street, Suite 1319, New York, NY
10019, USA. Tel. (212) 315 2502

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FILM LIST


AHIMSA, NON-VIOLENCE
(Produced by Marion Hunt and directed by Michael Tobias, 1987, 58 min.)
Distributor: Direct Cinema
R-753 = AA 91,4 (1989): 1094-95
".. about modern followers of the Jain religion in India... Because of its
vivid and colorful subject matter, its seductive narration ... and its
unique depiction of an important religious community seldom studied even
in South Asian ethnography courses, this film will be tempting to plug in
as a remedial ethnographic profile of the Jains. However to do so without
additional background material would be a _big_ mistake. The film's made-
for-television slickness will encourage students to overlook its lack of
sociohistorical context and its consistently pro-Jain hyperbole... I would
certainly use this film in my courses, but only with additional materials
to ensure a critical viewing." (from AA review, which also makes several
suggestions for additional reading)


ALTAR OF FIRE
(Robert Gardner/Frits Staal, 1976, 45 min)
Distributor: University of California Extension Media Center (film and
video)
R-270 = AA 80,1 (1978), 197-9
"... consists largely of footage taken during the course of the
performance of the Vedic Agnicarana ritual by Nambudiri Brahmins in Kerala
Province in April of 1975." Robert Paul's AA review focusses on the
dubious nature of the film's claims to "authenticity," and its lack of
contextualizing the event depicted: the makers of the film "pretend to
give us an authentic glimpse into ancient Vedic times, rendered hollow and
ethically repugnant through the patronzing, rigid, antiquarian, and
neocolonialist attitudes it reveals."


BAKE RESTUDY 1984
(Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy and Amy Catlin, 60 min)
Distributor: Apsara Media for Intercultural Education
"This videotape explores the preservation and transformation of
performance in India's southern states of Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka.
It compares Arnold Adriaan Bake's unique 16mm films, photos and audio
recordings of music, dance and ritual, made in 1938, to the audio-visual
documentation collected on a revisit to the same sites by his students and
colleague, Nazir Jairazbhoy, in 1984." (details from _Asian Studies
Newsletter_ (Apr-May 1993), p.11)


BANARAS
(Michael Camerini, 22min)
Distributor: Michael Camerini, Inc. (Made in cooperation with Dept of
Indian Studies, Uni of Wisconsin, Madison)
"The feeling and mood of Banaras rather than a detailed description of any
given facet of the city. The film relies on visual images and the original
score to evoke the feeling of being in Banares. It shows the cycle of
daily activity, life on the ghats, ties the formal worship in temples to
the devotions of pilgrims and the people of the city at the river, and
explores the many different types of shrines found in the city. There are
many rhythms to the city: the pattern of daily life, the market places, 
the multiple uses of the river and of water in general, and all contribute
to the holiness of the city. In exploring these rhythms the film also
gives the viewer a feeling for the people of Banares; their faces, moods
and actvities." (details and description from H6: 30)


BEING MUSLIM IN INDIA
(1984, 30 min)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
No further details available


BENARES: STEPS TO HEAVEN
(Richard Riddiford, 1984, 30 min.)
Distributor: Wombat Productions
R625 = AA 89,1 (1987) 251-3
"Its 30 minutes are devoted to the city as a pilgrimage centre... leaves
this viewer with a sense of a guided tour, unattached to the actual lives
of people who live in the city and depend on its religious importance for
their livelihood... Yet its use in teaching about Hinduism, about Benares
as a pilgrimage center, about the antiquity of Hindu custom and the beauty
that can be allied with death and distress is certain..." (AA review)


CHANDALIKA: A DRAMA OF KARMA AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(video, 40 min)
Distributor: Nataraj
"From Rabindranath Tagore's book. At the lowest stratum of the Indian
caste system is the 'untouchable' or chandal. Within this caste, at one
time, were born Prakriti and her mother.  Prakriti was scorned by village
women and bewailed her birth until she met a Buddhist monk who offered her
a new point of view. There was hope, she thought, to change her karma, and
the struggle to do so and its outcome comprise the story." (Details from
_Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Spring 1990), p.5)


CHANT DES FOUS, LE
Distributor: Mot known
French film on the Bauls of Bengal made in 1978-79.


CHITTIRAI FESTIVAL
(Michael Camerini and Myra Binford,1976, 25 + 35 min)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
H6: 45
Filmed by  directed by Joseph Elder. On the temple festival at Madurai,
South India. Part I : Historical background; Part II : Events of the
festival. William Harman's book _The Sacred Marriage of a Hindu Goddess_,
1989, which is a description of this festival, refers to what seems to be
the same film under the title WEDDING OF THE GODDESS. This is perhaps a
longer version, since Harman gives the timings as 36 + 40 min.


THE CHRISTIAN YOGA EXPERIENCE
(1985, 32 min)
Distributor: Deakin University Video Productions
"Dr Peter Fenner from Deakin University discusses the Christian Yoga
experience with Brother Amaldas, who accompanied the Monk-Mystic, Dom Bede
Griffiths, on his visit to Australia. Order No.129"


CIRCLES-CYCLES: KATHAK DANCE
(Robert S. Gottlieb, 1989)
Distributor: University of California Extension Media Center
"The kathak tradition combines influences from both Hindu and Islamic
cultures and was cultivated in the royal courts of north India under the
nawabs and Maharajas. The themes range from simple village life to the
experiences of Hindu deities." (Details from _Asian Studies Newsletter_ 
(Spring 1990), p.5)
".. provides a clear introduction to the history and performance of
kathak... with selections from the kathak repertoire as performed by
leading artists of North India... I recommend this film wholeheartedly for
teaching and research purposes" (AA review)
R-298 = AA 93,1 (1991), 252


CLASSROOM CONVERSATION WITH A ZOROASTRIAN PRIEST
(James W. Boyd and Ron G. Williams, 48 min.)
Distributor: Colorado State University Instructional Service
"Dastur Firoze Kotwal, a Zoroastrian high priest from Bombay, in residence
for a semester at Colorado State University, provided the interview
material for this discussion about beliefs and practices of Zoroastrians."
(details from _Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Jan-Feb 1994), p.7)


DARSHAN
(Filmed and edited by Florence Davey, 30 min)
Distributor: Satyam Shivam Sundaram
R-181 = AA 76,3 (1974), 704-6
"This useful film contains brief but illuminating vignettes of four
contemporary "holy men" of North India.." (AA review)


DEVI: THE FEMININE POWER IN INDIAN RELIGIOUS TRADITION
Distributor: Nataraj
"For centuries in India there has been an indigenous folk tradition of
goddess worship, especially in Eastern and Southern India. Mahadevi is
often presented as one who responds to the needs or cries of her devotees
to destroy evil. This film explores principal aspects of the goddess in
dramatized form." (details from _Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Spring 1990),
p.5)


DIVINE MADNESS: TRANCE, DANCE AND HEALING IN GUYANA
(Philip Singer, 1978, 60 min)
Distributor: Singer-Sharrette Productions
R-700 = AA 87,2 (1985), 480-1
"an intense and intimate look at a ritual healing sequence at a Kali Hindu
temple in Albion, Guyana. The participants, primarily East Indian sugar
plantation workers of the district... come as patients, healers, and
ritualists to a religious event that derives directly from the Shaivite
Great Tradition of South India. The film is a result of close cooperation
between the anthropologist/ ethnopsychiatrist Philip Singer and the Kali
Mai _pujari_ Jaimsee Naidoo. In their joint narrative the _pujari_'s
explanations of etiology and therapy in "Kali work" are presented side by
side with Singer's psychological framework for these processes." (excerpt
from generally favourable AA review)
This seems to be an abridged and improved version of a series of three 40
minute films by Philip Singer collectively entitled TRADITIONAL HEALING IN
GUYANA : THE DIVINE MADNESS OF KALI MAI FUNCTIONAL THERAPY which were
reviewed less positively in AA 81,2 (1979), 472-3. Criticisms there
focussed on the "rambling and inconsistent narration" with its
"condescending and patronizing tone" and on the failure to "make the
subject material generally comprehensible".


DOM BEDE GRIFFITHS: A CHRISTIAN SADHU
(1985, 33 min)
Distributor: Deakin University Video Productions
"Dom Bede Griffiths discusses East-West religious dialogue and his
experiences as a monk-mystic in the Benedictine Ashram in South India. He
talks with Professor Max Charlesworth and Dr Purusottama Bilimoria of
Deakin University. Order No.128."


DUST AND ASHES*
(Michael Yorke and Naresh Bedi, 1989, 50 min)
Distributor: Under the Sun
"Every twelve years, when the Sun enters Capricorn and Jupiter enters
Aries, devout Hindus go to the great Kumbh fair at Allahabad and this year
the government is expecting 37 million people. We follow the fortunes of
four pilgrims: an ascetic, who meditates in the ice cave from where the
Ganges flows; His Holiness Jagadguru Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal; a rural
peasant from central India and a wealthy industrialist." (Note from
programme of 2nd International Festival of Ethnographic Film,  Manchester,
1990)


EUNUCHS: INDIA'S THIRD GENDER*
(50 min.)
Distributor: BBC
AA 95 (1993), 517-8
On the _hijra_ (transvestite) community of India. "Well known to Indians
is the custom a groups of _hijras_ celebrating a birth in a prosperous
household by song and dance, and by blessing the newborn... Less well
known is the caste-like structure of the _hijra_ community and its
religious cult centering on a goddess who is pleased by the sacrifice
performed by an initiated _hijra_ of "her" male genitalia. Both the caste
and the cult are detailed by Nanda [Serena Nanda, _Neither Man nor Woman_,
Wadsworth 1990]... The film "centers on a cohabiting couple, Kiran and
Hiresh, a _hijra_ and her truck-driver mate.. We see two communities of
_hihjras_, one in Rajasthan, where there is a monastery occupied by
_hijras_... The second community is a house of prostitution in Bombay. We
witness here the welcoming of two new "girls" into the house, celebrated
by an elaborate wedding ceremony." (From a joint review with JAREENA:
PORTRAIT OF A HIJDA. "Both films are visually pleasing and nonsensational
in tone."


EYES OF STONE*
(Nilita Vachani, 1989, 90 min)
(Doordarshan 16mm film)
Distributor: Not known
"A film about women and the ritual of spirit possession and cure: a ritual
of faith, rebellion and individual expression that thrives within the
confines of a stringent patriarchal order. Shot in the Bhilwara district
of Rajasthan, India, the film documents one woman's participation in the
ritual and, through it, the strengths and sadnesses of her life.
     Shanta is 19 years old. Married at the age of 10, she is the mother
of two sons. Her husband, Nandlal, a truck driver, is away on long-
distance trips most of the time.
     Shanta has been ill for five years. It all began, she says, with the
evil gaze of a 'dakan' (witch). She suffers from headaches, bodyaches and
fevers, a sense of dissociation and disinterest in the world around her.
For the duration of her cure, Shanta lives with her parents and her
brother. They have taken her to doctors, tried different medicines, but
nothing has helped. Now, the family feels that this is no 'ordinary'
illness. They pin all their hopes on the goddess, Bhankya Mata.
     Every Saturday, for five weeks, Shanta appears before the goddess.
Like hundreds of other possessed women, she goes into trance, and 'plays'
(the Hindi 'khelna'). In trance, the goddess 'comes' to her, and engages
the troublesome spirit in a battle of words, of wit, repartee, performance
and physical duress, in which the spirit must ultimately accept defeat.
     The ritualised healing is a turning point in Shanta's life. After her
cure, she puts on her make-up and resumes her normal routine. She retunrs
with her husband to his village. True to the tradition, she covers up her
face and speaks in whispers. She is now the wife and mother - cooking,
cleaning, washing, sweeping.
     The film has an inherent narrative structure as we move from Shanta's
'abnormal' outbursts during possession to her socially defined behaviour
at her husband's home. The _cinema verite_ approach weaves a tapestry of
strongly defined characters, details of a rural, low-income Rajasthani
household, personal interactions that reveal the pathos of commonplace,
everyday problems; and midst it all, an unshakeable faith in the mother
goddess, 'who knows what is best, who knows all'." (from cover note to
video)

 
FLOATING IN THE AIR FOLLOWED BY THE WIND
(Ronald Simons, 1973)
Distributor: University of California Extension Media Center
H6: 65-6
"A film ...  about Thaipusam, a Tamil Hindu religious  festival in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. Worshippers pierce themselves with spears and hooks, and
carry highly decorated shoulder poles, called _kavadi_, to the place of
pilgrimage, a sacred cave. Preparations begin weeks before, and include
tutelage by a spiritual leader, a guru, who is skilled in inducing
entranced states. The trance state that occurs during the procession,
accompanied by rhythmic music and dance, prevents the worshippers from
experiencing pain." (description from LC)


FOREST OF BLISS*
(Produced by Robert Gardner and Akos Ostor and directed by Robert Gardner,
1987, 89 min)
Distributor: Arthur Cantor Films
Robert Gardner's notorious movie on Varanasi. An art film rather than an
ethnography, this is of limited use for teaching purposes, but it is
undoubtedly a fascinating case-study in creative film-making.
R-273 = _SVA Newsletter_ 4,2 (1988), 1-7 and 5,1 (1989), 2-3; _Film
Quarterly_ 41,1 (1987), 58-61; AA 91,1 (1989), 273-4; _Humanism Quarterly_
12,3/4 (1987), 97-98


FOUR HINDU SADHUS
also known as FOUR HOLY MEN: RENUNCIATION IN HINDU SOCIETY
(Mira Beym Binford and Michael Camerini, 37 min)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
"... examines several traditional ways in which a Hindu may renounce the
world and yet retain an integral role in society. The film focuses on four
different types of sadhus: a traditional guru who heads a monastery; a
scholar who is also the founder of a national political party; and a
recluse with no organizational ties [this makes three?]. Why did these
people choose the life of renunciation? Ho do they relate to the society
they have renounced." (details and description from H6: 67)
Also described in RAI Film Catalogue, p.19


GIVEN TO DANCE
(Produced and directed by Ron Hess, 1985, 57 min)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
R-332 = AA 88,4 (1986), 1040-42
On Odissi dance. Ex-temple dancers (_mahari_ or _devadasi_) speak about
their former lives to the modern Odissi dancer Madhavi Mudgal. Also
includes dances of the _gotipua_ (boy dancers) of Orissa, modern Odissi
dance performed by Madhavi Mudgal, and sequences from the chariot festival
of the Jagannath Temple at Puri. Would perhaps go well with Frederique
Marglin's _Wives of the God-King_.


HAIL MOTHER KALI: A TRIBUTE TO THE TRADITIONS AND HEALING ARTS BROUGHT TO
GUYANA BY INDENTURED MADRASI LABOURERS
(Produced and directed by Stephanos Stephanides, 1988, 60 minutes)
Distributor: Singer-Sharrette Productions
R-735 = AA 91,2 (1989), 531-33
"This video traces three days and nights of a Hindu _puja_ (healing
ceremony) in the canefields of Berbice, Guyana... The ceremony documented
is the anual Big Puja at the Blairmont Kali Temple... The goddess
incarnate seeing patients is more fully illustrated in the film DIVINE
MADNESS... While DIVINE MADNESS is appropriate for students of
ethnomedicine, clinical psychology, nursing, and related health fields,
HAIL MOTHER KALI will be more useful to students of religion, culture
history, expressive culture, and semiotics. It is not appropriate for use
with undergraduate students lacking prior introdction to Hinduism." (from
AA review)


HINDU LOAVES AND FISHES
(Produced and directed by Philip Singer, 1985, 20 min)
Distributor: Traditional Healing Films/Earth Research
R-701 = AA 88,4 (1986), 1042-43
"An ethnographic study of Hindu shamanism centred on trance-linked
materialization of objects, this film is a true workshop view of a Hindu
holy man-cum-magician... The scenario is set with a Hindu professor of
biochemistry who regards this particular yogi as his personal guru and
believes he has achieved siddhi (occult powers) through austere
meditational techniques... The actual entry of Siddha Baba... into trance
and his trance-generated comportment is exquisitely done, by far the best
segment of the film, complete with hyperventilation, groans, and sundry
other sounds..." [AA review] Agehananda Bharati's review is critical of
several aspects of the film, but it might be useful with appropriate
introduction.


THE HINDU RITUAL SANDHYA
(Produced by Doris Srinivasan, 19 min.)
Distributor: Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University Press
R-733 = 76,1 (1974), 218-9
"The film is a clear, straightforward presentation of a Smarta Brahmin
pandit performing his morning and evening prayers on the banks of a South
Indian river... The seeming multitude of gods mentioned during the prayers
are illustrated by cutaways to sculptures and paintings of them..." (from
AA review)


THE HO: PEOPLE OF THE RICE POT
(Michael and Valerie Yorke, 70 min.)
Distributor: (On hire from RAI Film Library)
"The Ho... are a secluded tribe of the Mundari-speaking group living in
the southern part of Bihar state in India. The film focusses on the life
ofe one man, his two wives and seven children in order to portray the
annual cycle of events and activities. They are shown engaged in
subsistence activities such as foraging in the forest and harvesting rice,
and in ritual and ceremonial observances... Shot over an eighteen-month
period, [the film] is able to recreate the atmosphere of everyday life for
the Ho, locating festival and ceremony firmly in the context of the
agricultural cycle..."
(Details and description from RAI Film Catalogue, p.25)


A HUMAN SEARCH: THE LIFE OF FATHER BEDE GRIFFITHS
(59 minutes)
Distributor (in Australia): Society of St Francis
"An intimate portrait of one of the greatest mystics and thinkers of this
century."


IMAGE INDIA: THE HINDU WAY
(Daniel H. Smith; series of 11 short films)
Distributor: Syracuse University Film Rental Center
R-707 = AA 74,6 (1972) 1585-87
H6: 79
"An eleven-film series on Hindu religious rites and celebrations...
photographed on location among the Tengalai Sri-vaisnava Brahmins of
Madras, Southern India... each film comes with a helpful Users' Guide" (AA
review quoted in H6)
The individual films are:

HOW A HINDU WORSHIPS: AT THE HOME SHRINE (18 min)
HINDU TEMPLE RITES: BATHING THE IMAGE OF GOD (13 min)
HINDU SACRAMENTS OF CHILDHOOD: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS (25 min)
MONTHLY ANCESTRAL OFFERINGS IN HINDUISM (8 min.)
RADHA'S DAY: HINDU FAMILY LIFE (17 min)
PILGRIMAGE TO A HINDU TEMPLE (14 min)
HINDU PROCESSION TO THE SEA (8 min)
THE HINDU SACRAMENT OF THREAD INVESTITURE (14 min)
HINDU DEVOTIONS AT DAWN (10 min)
THE HINDU SACRAMENT OF SURRENDER (8 min)
A HINDU FAMILY CELEBRATION: 60TH BIRTHDAY (9 min)


IN THE NAME OF GOD (_RAM KE NAM_)*
(Anand Patwardhan.  90 minutes)
Distributor: First Run Icarus.
"In recent years, religious fundamentalism has swept across the globe. In
India, state repression has added credibility to separatist demands, but
by far the biggest danger to the nation's secular fabric comes from groups
appealing to the 80% Hindu majority to redefine India as a Hindu nation
and to put aside Gandhi's non-violent methods. Ayodhya, city of the epic
poem Ramayana, and city of a famous 16th century mosque, provides a focus
for this tragic drama. The film documents stresses between violent
impulses and non-violent efforts to prevent the spread of religious
intolerance." (_Asian Studies Newsletter_ No.2 (1993), p.9)
Also _Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Jan-Feb 1993), p.4; (Jan-Feb 1994, p.7)


AN INDIAN PILGRIMAGE: KASHI
(Mira Reym Binford and Michael Camerini, 30 min.)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
 H6: 82
"The film begins with a detailed examination of an 1825 drawing of the
bathing steps of Kashi (Benares) ... and then abruptly shifts to shots of
the same bathing steps ... in the 1970s... The camera then leads us on a
tour of the pilgrimage centre... Halfway through the film, the film-makers
pick up two middle-class urban couples, natives of South India, who have
made the journey to Kashi. The two couples are asked their reasons for
coming... The film comes to life in the course of a long sequence on the
offerings to the ancestors when the narrator abandons his comments in
favour of subtitles which capture the dialogue between the priests and the
two couples... What is missing from the film is some explanation of the
sacred geography of the town and, indeed, of the cosmos... As it stands,
the film would make a suitable introduction to Indian pilgrimage for
students who are somewhat unfamiliar with the south Asian sub-continent."
(from description in RAI Film Catalogue, pp.26-27)


AN INDIAN PILGRIMAGE: RAMDEVRA
(Mira Reym Binford and Michael Camerini, 26 min.)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
H6: 82
R-076 = AA 78,4 (1976), 958
"Ramdev was a 15th-century warrior-saint of western India who effected
various miracles in his lifetime and whose miraculous power, according to
present-day devotees, continues to emanate from the grave where the saint
lies buried. The opening sequence of the film introduces the viewer to a
small group of Ramdev devotees living in Bombay who have decided to travel
together to the saint's shrine at Ramdevra on the occasion of the saint's
death-day... While worshipping at the shrine, one of the women in th
Bombay group becomes possessed by Ramdev. Other devotees escort the
possessed woman to a neighbouring shrine of a female disciple of Ramdev
and assist her in expressing ecstatically her devotion to Ramdev... during
the latter part of the film the camera focuses on the festival activities
of the pilgrims outside the shrine... This film touches on a number of
interesting topics in the study of Indian pilgrimage: the relationship
between the central shrine and the local organization of a cult, the
significance of women in organizing pilgrimage groups, the worship at the
same shrine of both Hindus and Muslims, and the overlay of Muslim ideas
(burial shrine of an historical personage) and Hindu ideas (Ramdev is an
incarnation of the eternal Krishna) at the same shrine. Unfortunately the
narrator does not pick up these points in sufficient detail..." There is a
good accompanying booklet; Mira Binford has also written an article on the
pilgrimage in Bardwell Smith (Ed) _Hinduism: New Essays in the History of
Religions_, Brill, Leiden 1976. (from description in RAI Film Catalogue,
pp.27-28)


IRAMUDUN (DISPELLING DEMONS)*
(Produced by Barrie Machin, 1985, 45 min.)
Distributor: Pennsylvania State Universty, Audio Visual Services
Sinhalese exorcistic dance-ritual. "This is an honest, competent, well-
made and instructive film. Together with Bruce Kapferer's book, _A
Celebration of Demons_,... it affords an excellent opportunity to study a
ritual process that has not been documented before... Questions about
meaning are (presumably) left for Kapferer's book to answer..." (from AA
review)
R-466 = AA 90,2 (1988), 493-4


THE JAINS: A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY OF INDIA
(Marcus Banks, Caroline Humphrey and James Laidlaw, 1985, 35 min.)
Distributor: Department of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University, U.K.
Mentioned in review of AHIMSA, NON-VIOLENCE in AA 91 (1989), p.1094.


JAREENA: PORTRAIT OF A HIJDA
(Prem Kalliat)
Distributor: Visionova
AA 95 (1993), 517-8
On the _hijra_ (transvestite) community of India. "Well known to Indians
is the custom a groups of _hijras_ celebrating a birth in a prosperous
household by song and dance, and by blessing the newborn... Less well
known is the caste-like structure of the _hijra_ community and its
religious cult centering on a goddess who is pleased by the sacrifice
performed by an initiated _hijra_ of "her" male genitalia. Both the caste
and the cult are detailed by Nanda [Serena Nanda, _Neither Man nor Woman_,
Wadsworth 1990]... The film centers on Jareena, a young man from Kerala
who works, dressed as a woman, in a massage parlor in Bangalore. Includes
a birth celebration; Jareena also gives a description of her ritual
castration. (From a joint review with JAREENA: PORTRAIT OF A HIJDA. "Both
films are visually pleasing and nonsensational in tone."


JVC ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD MUSIC AND DANCE*
Distributor: Rounder Records
This is a collection of thirty videocassettes, including five volumes (45-
55 min each) on South Asia. They include several items on religious
topics, listed below.

     11. SOUTH ASIA I (INDIA I)
     11-1 Bharata Natyam classical dance: devotional dance to Siva (8
     min)
     11-2 Kathakali: "Destruction of Duryodhana" from Mahabharata (10
     min)
     11-3 Manipuri dance: "Vasanta Ras" (Krishna and gopis) (12 min)
     11-4 Kathak dance: Rama and Sita in the forest from Ramayana (6
     min)

     12 SOUTH ASIA II (INDIA II)
     12-1 Chhau from Purulia: (a) "Killing of the demon Mahishasur";
     (b) "Death of Abhimanyu" from Mahabharata (19 min)
     12-2 Chhau from Seraikela: several short items (14 min)
     12-3 Yakshagana: "Death of Abhimanyu" from Mahabharata (14 min)
     12-4 Hindi devotional song (2 min)
     12-5 Sikh devotional song (3 min)

     13 SOUTH ASIA III (INDIA III)
     13-3 Epic of Pabuji (bhopa from Rajasthan) (2 min)
     13-7 to 9 Three Baul songs from Bengal (11 min)

     14 SOUTH ASIA IV (PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH)
     14-1 and 2 two Qawwali items by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (31 min)
     14-7 Trance ritual from Hunza (4 min)

     15 SOUTH ASIA V (SRI LANKA, NEPAL, BHUTAN)
     15-1 Excerpts from a _tovil_ (Sinhala exorcistic ritual) (8 min)
     15-10 Hindu devotional song (dapa khala) from Nepal (3 min)
     15-12 Traditional Newar dance-drama (Mahakali Pyakhan) from
     Nepal (6 min)

See critical review of the South Asian items in the anthology by Amy
Catlin and Nazir Jairazbhoy in _Asian Music_ 24,2 (Spring/Summer 1993),
159-181. The quality of these performances is very variable, as is the
mode of presentation. Some are stage performances from Japan originating
in the Asian Traditional Performing Arts festivals (e.g. 13-7 to 9, 14-
1,2); others are heavily edited for TV films. In many cases much better
material is available elsewhere (e.g. IRAMUDUN for Sinhala exorcistic
ritual; Pakistani commercial videotapes for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan). There
are nevertheless some useful items, and further documentation is available
in F. Koizumi et al. _Dance and Music in South Asian Drama_, Academia
Music, Tokyo 1983 and other publications from the Asian Traditional
Performing Arts festivals.


KATARAGAMA*
(Produced and directed by Charlie Nairn. Anthropologist, Gananath
Obeyesekere. around 55 min.)
Distributor: Disappearing World series
R-542 = _RAIN_ 3 (1974), 8-9; AA 82,2 (1980), 579-80
Cult of the Hindu deity of Kataragama (Skandha) in Sri Lanka. Scenes of
the annual temple festival, at which devotees make offerings, fire-walk
and in some cases hang suspended by skewers, are counterposed to the story
of a family who seek Kataragama's aid to find a lost child.


KHETURNI BAYA
(Sharon Wood, 1982, 19 min.)
Distributor: Pennsylvania State University, Audiovisual Services
R-793 = AA 86,1 (1984), 240-1
A film of women's life in a Gujarati village, including some ritual
sequences. "..although one would like a more informed commentary, the film
can provide useful visual exposure to north Indian family life,
particularly the life of women, for high school or introductory college
classes dealing for the first time with Indian society and culture. Its
somewhat stereotypic description can be rounded out by a teacher
knowledgeable about [the] society..." (from AA review)


LESSONS FROM GULAM
(Directed by John Baily, 53 min.)
Distributor: RAI (UK); Documentary Educational Resources (USA)
AA 91 (1989), 836-8
".. shows how South Asian Muslims living in a mill town in northern
England gather on Sundays to speak Urdu and perform traditional music
[_qawwali_ etc.] under the guidance of a teacher named Gulam..."


THE LIVING GODDESS*
(Frank Homans, 50 min.)
Distributor: Cinetel Productions, Sydney, Australia
Film about the Kumari cult in Nepal, made with the assistance of Michael
Allen of the Department of Anthropology, Sydney University, cf. his book
_The Cult of Kumari_.


THE LONG SEARCH 
(BBC series, 1977, 13 episodes, each lasts 48 min)
Distributor: BBC
This series contains two South Asian episodes, "330 Million Gods" on
Hinduism in India and "The Footprints of the Buddha" on Theravada Buddhism
in Sri Lanka

     EPISODE 1: 330 MILLION GODS*
     "Visits various sites in India and observes the performance of
     several types of religious ceremonies. Explores the Hindu approach to
     God and the complexity of the Hindu religious experience." Ronald
     Eyre's presence throughout as the naive outsider may be obtrusive,
     but there is some nice video material, particularly the sequences in
     a Bihar village showing Saraswati Puja, the village sadhu, etc.

     EPISODE 3: FOOTPRINT OF THE BUDDHA
     "Ronald Eyre tries to come to grips with a religion that has high
     moral standards, but does not believe in a god."


LOVING KRISHNA
(Produced and directed by Allen Moore and Akos Ostor, 1985, 40 min)
Distributor: Centre Productions
R-272 = AA 89,1 (1987), 259-62
Shot in Vishnupur, West Bengal. On the role of Krishna in the life of
Vishnupur. Its last half is devoted to an eight-day chariot festival
centred around Krishna. Akos Ostor's books _Play of the Gods_ (Chicago
1980) and _Culture and Power_ (Sage 1984) provide further background. The
AA's reviewer also recommends David Kinsley's _The Sword and the Flute_
"for students and instructors unfamiliar with Hinduism and Krishna
especially".


MAHARISHI MAHESH
(Conceived and narrated by Yavar Abbas, production manager Marion Abbas,
28 min.)
Distributor: Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University Press
AA 76 (1974) 707-9
Interviews the Maharishi at his Rishikesh centre. "Why are [all the
devotees] Westerners? Could the Maharishi possibly be catering to the
rich? The interviewer puts these and other hard questions to the
Maharishi, who offers evasive replies..." (AA review)


MANIFESTATIONS OF SHIVA
(Malcolm Leigh, 1980, 60 min)
Distributor: The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Asia Society, Inc.,
725 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
R-421 = AA 84,4 (1982), 988-9
"Filmed in SOuth India, [the film] shows varied forms of ritual attention
to the Hindu god Shiva, with a particular focus on the ways in which
Indian artistic expression is interwoven with Shiva worship. The film is
worth viewing for its technical perfection, the extraordinary close-up
shots of devotees' faces, and for all the splendid colours and sounds that
uniquely capture the sensuous beauty of Indian art and religious life...
suffers from the brevity of its narration... most viewers will be baffled
by what they see... The film might be of use in a graduate course of
anthropological methods, to vividly drive home the initial fieldwork
frustration of observing interesting (and obviously significant) behaviour
that one is not yet equipped to understand." (from AA review)


MITHILA PAINTERS: FIVE VILLAGE ARTISTS FROM MADHUBANI, INDIA
(Ray Owens, 48 min.)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
"The Mithila painters of Madhubani in north India have received a degree
of notoriety in recent years. These women painters, whose art at first
adorned walls, express themselves and their topics in a distinctive
traditional style. In the video, the artists themselves come to life."
(details from _Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Jan-Feb 1994), p.8)


MUNNI: CHILDHOOD AND ART IN MITHILA
(Produced by Joe Elder, directed by Raymond Owens, Ron Hess and Cheryl
Graff, 29 min.)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
AA 86 (1984) 807-8
Includes some life-cycle rituals (first tonsure and wedding).


THE MURIA*
(Melissa Llewellyn-Davies [?] and Chris Curling, 1982; 50 min)
(BBC Worlds Apart series)
Distributor: RAI (UK); Films Incorporated (USA)
R-436 = AA 88,1 (1986) 271-3
"The Muria of Central India live in a forested area encircled by
mountains. Their relative isolation has allowed them some differences from
the rest of India, in particular their lack of caste. The focus of this
film is on the institution of the _ghotul_, a dormitory within the village
where all people from about the age of twelve until their marriage must
stay. This film, like the other films of the BBC Worlds Apart series,
makes extensive use of interviews and subtitles, a technique which creates
a human and sympathetic portrayal of the Muria."
See critical review of the film in AA, focussing on its "very blatant and
ethnocentric message, that the Muria system is cruel and heartless and
causes psychological distress," on its "heavy-handed and ubiquitous"
narration, etc.


MURUGA
(Yvonne Hannemann)
Distributor:
R-319 = AA 76,1 (1974), 219


OUR ASIAN NEIGHBOURS series
See RANA; SWAMI SHYAM; THE VILLAGE
 

PILGRIMAGE TO PITTSBURGH
(30 min video)
Distributor: Fred W. Clothey, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Arts
and Sciences, 2604 Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
"This is a documentary prepared for American audiences of the Sahasrakalas
abhisekam festival as performed by participants in the Sri Venkatesvara
Temple of Pittsburgh. It attempts to present the South Indian immigrant
community's self-perception as expressed through the ritual sequence - a
festival never before performed in North America and only rarely in
India." (Details from _Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Spring 1990), p.6)


PLEASING GOD: A TRILOGY
See LOVING KRISHNA; SERPENT MOTHER; SONS OF SHIVA


PRINCIPLES OF CASTE
(Tom Selwyn, 24 min)
Distributor: RAI
"This film analyses the religious principles behind the caste system and
how these work in a Hindu marriage ceremony. Through an interview with an
untouchable and discussion with people working in various occupations, the
viewer comes to realize how much caste comes to shape every person's
life."


RAJ GONDS* (N30: 278)
(Chris Curling, Peter Loizos, Michael Yorke and Melissa Llewellyn-Davis
[?], 55 min)
(BBC Worlds Apart series [?])
Distributor: RAI (UK); Films Incorporated (USA)
R-436 = AA 88,1 (1986) 271-3
"The once powerful Raj, or ruling Gonds, have now been reduced to the
status of a tribe that needs the protection of the Indian government for
its survival. In defiance of their poverty and lack of power, the Raj
Gonds every year celebrate Dandari, a ritual of their former authority and
of their philosophy. The symbolism of Dandari is complex; riddles and
skits allow the Gonds to laugh at their fate while certain young men,
through their dress and actions, blur the distinctions between gods and
men, between men and nature. ... Anthropologist: Michael Yorke."


RANA
(Our Asian Neighbours series. 19 minutes)
Distributor: Film Australia
One of a series of films directed primarily at secondary schools. "The
story of a young Muslim girl student living in a crowded section of Old
Delhi. The customary veiling of women (Purdah) and impending marriage by
arrangement are examined."


THE SACRED COBRA*
BBC World About Us, 1982
Distributor: ?BBC
Indian village with cobra cult


SERPENT MOTHER
(Produced and directed by Allen Moore and Akos Ostor, 1985, 30 min.)
Distributor: Centre Productions
R-272 = AA 89,1 (1987), 259-62
Shot in Vishnupur, West Bengal. On the worship of the snake goddess,
Manasha, including the _jhapan_ festival in which serpent-handlers play
with cobras. Akos Ostor's books _Play of the Gods_ (Chicago 1980) and
_Culture and Power_ (Sage 1984) provide further background. The AA's
reviewer also recommends Edward Dimock's _The Thief of Love_ (Chicago
1963) which includes a partial translation of the Manasha Mangal. 


SHAMANS OF THE BLIND COUNTRY*
(_SCHAMANEN IM BLINDEN LAND_)
(Michael Oppitz, 223 min.)
Distributor: Media Services, University of Texas Library
R-568 = AA 90,4 (1988), 1049-50
Michael Oppitz's 4 hr movie of Northern Magar shamans, Nepal
There is also a book of the film (in German).
"In the Himalayan region of West Nepal, the Magar peoples have preserved
their own distinctive version of the Classic Inner Asian tradition of
shamanism. The place of shamanism in Magar life is central, the mythology
is rich, the rituals are elaborate, and all of this has been exquisitely
documented in this colorful, moving film... both an original, informative
ethnography of Magar Shamanism and a landmark in ethnographic filming."
(AA review)


SONS OF SHIVA
Produced and directed by Robert Gardner and Akos Ostor, 1985, 28 min.)
Distributor: Centre Productions
R-272 = AA 89,1 (1987), 259-62
Shot in Vishnupur, West Bengal. "Portrays the annual three-day _gajan_
(calling) of the Lord Shiva, climaxing the many rituals of this deity
observed throughout the year... Trance dancing at critical moments of the
ritual is also shown, and several scenes give prominence to the
contributions of the Bauls, itinerant religious folk musicians famous in
Bengal." Akos Ostor's books _Play of the Gods_ (Chicago 1980) and _Culture
and Power_ (Sage 1984) provide further background; the AA's reviewer found
the account of the festival in _Play of the Gods_ pp.98-148 essential to
understand what was happening in the film.


SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM IN INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE
(1978, 36 min)
Distributor: Deakin University Video Publications
"An explanation and demonstration of the spiritual symbolism contained in
Indian classical dance forms. The dances are performed by Chandrabhanu,
and recorded at a Religious Experience Weekend School in 1978. Order
No.026."


SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA: SPIRITUAL ACTIVIST AND UNIVERSAL TEACHER
(1984, 45 min)
Distributor: Deakin University Video Publications
"In 1984 Swami Chinmayananda, Spiritual Activist and Universal Teacher,
visited Australia. Professor Max Charlesworth, Dr Purusottama Bilimoria
and Dr Jocelyn Dunphy from Deakin University talk with the Swami who is
well respected in the East and West for his logical approach to religion.
Order No.140."


SWAMI KARUNANANDA
(Conceived and narrated by Yavar Abbas, production manager Marion Abbas,
28 min.)
Distributor: Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University Press
R-002 = AA 76,3 (1974), 707-9
Swami Karunananda is an Australian follower of Swami Shivananda; the film
follows him about his daily duties at Sivananda's Divine Life Socety in
Rishikesh. Also includes a brief discussion of Hatha Yoga "accompanied by
what can only be described as a remarkable virtuoso performance of a
number of asanas or postures... could be used by anyone lecturing on
religion in South Asia or religion in general" (AA review)


SWAMI SHYAM*
(Our Asian Neighbours series. 20 minutes)
Distributor: Film Australia
One of a series of films directed primarily at secondary schools.
"Involvs the audience directly in experiencing an Indian Swami. Set in the
Kulu Valley within the Himayas, the film ends with one of the Swami's
three minute lessons in meditation."


TIMELESS VILLAGE OF THE HIMALAYAS*
(34 min)
Distributor: BhakTV Productions Ltd
About the pilgrimage centre of Deoprayag in the Himalayas. Some nice
scenes of devotional music etc.


THE VILLAGE*
(Our Asian Neighbours series. c.20 minutes)
Distributor: Film Australia
One of a series of films directed primarily at secondary schools.
Made in the village in Beteille's study _Caste, Class and Power_. Some
scenes of domestic ritual (e.g. women drawing protective designs on the
ground in front of their houses). Commentary is fairly basic (designed for
secondary school audiences).


VISIONS AND SOUNDS: INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE
 (25 min)
Distributor: Malinis's Dances of India Troupe
This film is second in a series of tapes designed to introduce classical
Indian dance to the novice, and to enrich understanding and participation
by an initiated audience. Divided into seven parts, the artist explains
and demonstrates traditional accompaniment hand gestures, foot patterns
etc. The video is accompanied by a study guide which includes a brief
foreword about the history of classical dance in India." (Details from
_Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Annual Meeting 1991))


THE WAGES OF ACTION: RELIGION IN A HINDU VILLAGE
(David Thompson, 1982, 29 min.)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
R-750 = AA 86,3 (1984), 807-9
A short film on popular Hinduism made in Soyepur village near Varanasi.
"...useful for initiating discussion in the classroom but it is too brief
and partial to cover any aspect of village Hinduism with the thoroughness
that a specialist would require." (AA review)


WEDDING OF THE GODDESS
See CHITTIRAI FESTIVAL


WEDDING SONG: HENNA ART AMONG PAKISTANI WOMEN IN NEW YORK
(Susan Slyomovics and Amanda Dargan, ?1990)
Contact: Susan Slyomovics, Dept. of Performance Studies, NYU, 721
Broadway, New York, NY 10003, USA (212) 998 1620
AA 93,4 (1991), 1042-3
"The art of painting the hands and feet of an Indian or Pakistani bride
during a prenuptial ceremony called _mehendi_ continues to be practised
wherever Muslim communities form. The videotape profiles Shenaz Hooda, a
_mehendi_ artist who is also a cosmetics supervisor at a large drugstore
chain in Manhattan. Shenaz participates in the dance, music, and orally
improvised songs that characteristically mock the groom, the in-laws, and
the wedding ritual." (AAA Annual Meeting abstracts)
The review suggests that the film lacks clarity and needs introduction and
interpretation for student use.


THE WISDOM OF A PROPHET
(136 min.)
Distribution (in Australia): Society of St Francis
"Part One: 'A New Vision of Reality in the Light of Modern Science'; Part
Two: 'A New Vision of Reality in the Light of Christian Mysticism and
Hindu Advaita." Both parts recorded during Fr Bede Griffith's visit to
Perth, Australia in 1992."


YATRA
(Filmed and edited by Florence Davey, 15 min.)
Distributor: Satyam Shivam Sundaram
R-180 = AA 76,3 (1974), 703-4
On the Ardha Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, 1971
See dismissive AA review: "almost totally useless as a learning
resource... should be withdrawn by its distributor..."


A ZOROASTRIAN RITUAL: THE AFRINAGAN
(James W. Boyd and Ron G. Williams, 17 min.)
Distributor: Colorado State University Instructional Service
"This was filmed in Bombay and depicts one of the most commonly repeated
public ceremonies of the Zoroastrian community. It is a beautiful service
of 'blessings,' involving offerings of flowers, fruit, wine and milk."
(details from _Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Jan-Feb 1994), p.9)

 





From lnelson at teetot.acusd.edu  Tue Aug  9 04:41:42 1994
From: lnelson at teetot.acusd.edu (Lance Nelson)
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 94 21:41:42 -0700
Subject: Indic Fonts in Windows
Message-ID: <161227017038.23782.18352414397807112528.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

I've ftp'd two Indic fonts and loaded them into Windows, one True Type
from HACC and another ATM-Bitstream from the Liverpool computer.  I've
been trying them out in WinWord 6.0a.  They work fine as screen
and printer fonts.

My problem is that WinWord uses the Windows system font in dialogue
boxes.  Therefore, both the Find/Replace functions and the Spelling functions
don't work properly with the special characters.  I've modified my
keyboard in WinWord to input the characters, and again this works fine
except in the dialogue boxes.  Has anyone worked through this problem?  Is
a system font with the special characters needed?  Would I have the same
problems in AmiPro or Word Perfect?  Any advice is much appreciated.

Lance
==============================================================================
Lance E. Nelson                                    Phone: 619/260-4600, x4407
Religious Studies                                           FAX: 619/260-2260
University of San Diego                        San Diego, CA 92110-2492 U.S.A. 
==============================================================================

 





From WITZEL at HUSC3.HARVARD.EDU  Tue Aug  9 02:46:15 1994
From: WITZEL at HUSC3.HARVARD.EDU (WITZEL at HUSC3.HARVARD.EDU)
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 94 22:46:15 -0400
Subject: napumsaka
Message-ID: <161227017037.23782.15302794162823639752.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


 The recent posting by M. Sweet on napumsaka and the answers
 by G. Tubb and G. Cardona, who already has given the
 correct Paninean answer, reminded me of my first or second
 year Sanskrit with P. Thieme or K. Hoffmann. Well, it is
 Wackernagel via Hoffmann. Cases like napuMsaka are, of
 course, not isolated at all.

 The matter is discussed in some detail in the additions to
 Jakob Wackernagel, Altindische Grammatik, Vol. II,1:
 Einleitung zur Wortlehre, Goettingen: Vandenhoeck &
 Ruprecht 1905/1957, p. 26 l. 16, additions: A. Debrunner,
 Nachtraege zu Band II 1, Goettingen 1957, p. 9: referring
 to an article by Wackernagel himself in Zeitschrift fuer
 vergleichende Sprachforschung (KZ 67, 164 sq. etc.). He
 also points out that na'-strii-puma-m is Vedic and found
 Taittiriya Brahmana (see TB 3.12.6.1, "all males, all
 females, and all those neither male or female").

 As for Panini, he points to Renou, Terminologie
 linguistique (rather: T. grammaticale du Sanskrit, Paris
 1942) 2,58, s.v. madhyamapadalopa: leaving out the middle
 part of a three member compound, etc. etc. 

 Such information is most quickly retrieved if one looks up
 Richard Hauschild's Register zur Altindischen Grammatik (on
 vol.s I-III), Goettingen 1964 where all words discussed by
 W. and Debrunner are indexed.
 
 M. Witzel, Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies,
 Harvard U.
 





From madhav.deshpande at um.cc.umich.edu  Tue Aug  9 16:54:10 1994
From: madhav.deshpande at um.cc.umich.edu (madhav.deshpande at um.cc.umich.edu)
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 94 12:54:10 -0400
Subject: napumsaka
Message-ID: <161227017040.23782.7188876744608634714.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

     To add my understanding of the word napumsaka.  The Paninian
explanations of napumsaka by Cardona and others are indeed correct
Paninian explanations.  They may have been prompted by the kind of
passages referred to by M. Witzel.
     However, I have a feeling that the word napumsaka, outside of
the grammatical literature, is used more in the sense of an unmanly
man, and is used more in reference to a male (who is not a male).
Compare the use of klaibya in BhagavadGita:  Klaibyam maa sma gamaH
paartha.  The word napumsaka is hardly used to refer to an unwomanly
woman or an infertile woman, a vandhyaa.  Perhaps, the use of this
word in medical literature may shed more light on its true origins.
But, at present, I think it is worth considering the derivation of
napumsaka simply from na pumaan, rather than the Paninian na-strii-pumaan.
Any suggestions?
     Madhav Deshpande
 


>?From KHARE at csvaxe.csuohio.edu 9 94 Aug EST 14:43:00
Date: 9 Aug 94 14:43:00 EST
From: Jitendra Khare <KHARE at csvaxe.csuohio.edu>
Subject: RE: napumsaka

Kindly remove my name from the list. 
Jitendra Khare

 





From msweet at facstaff.wisc.edu  Wed Aug 10 02:29:08 1994
From: msweet at facstaff.wisc.edu (Michael J. Sweet)
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 94 20:29:08 -0600
Subject: napumsaka
Message-ID: <161227017053.23782.12606207124000682673.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Many thanks to the learned list denizens who have responded to this query
with valuable and varying opinions.  Leonard Zwilling, with whom I'm
collaborating in this research, is most appreciative.  By the by, in
reference to Ken Zysk's posting, we have done some work on the medical
literature re this topic "The First Medicalization," in the "Journal of the
History of Sexuality," vol.3, no.4, pp.590-607.
                                                 Michael Sweet
 





From lnelson at teetot.acusd.edu  Wed Aug 10 14:19:30 1994
From: lnelson at teetot.acusd.edu (Lance Nelson)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 07:19:30 -0700
Subject: Tantric Sources
Message-ID: <161227017044.23782.13739961364083295488.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Terence,

Try: Brown, Robert L. ed.  *Ganesh: Studies of an Asian God*.
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1991.  Also: 
Sanderson, Alexis.  "Saivism and the Tantric Traditions."  In *The World's
Religions*, ed. Stweart Sutherland, Leslie Houlden, Peter Clarke, and
Friedhelm Hardy.  London: Routledge, 1988.

Good luck, LN
==============================================================================
Lance E. Nelson                                    Phone: 619/260-4600, x4407
Religious Studies                                           FAX: 619/260-2260
University of San Diego                        San Diego, CA 92110-2492 U.S.A. 
==============================================================================


On Wed, 10 Aug 1994, Terence Hays wrote:

> Desperately in need of sources which deal with Brahmanical deities in Buddhism
> and Buddhist deities in Hindu Tantra (question of mutual influence).  Any
> suggestions for further reading will be greatly appreciated.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> Terence Hays
> GOTOHAYS at macc.wisc.edu
> GOTOHAYS at wiscmacc.bitnet
>  


 





From GOTOHAYS at MACC.WISC.EDU  Wed Aug 10 13:36:00 1994
From: GOTOHAYS at MACC.WISC.EDU (Terence Hays)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 08:36:00 -0500
Subject: Tantric Sources
Message-ID: <161227017042.23782.561419235359816289.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Desperately in need of sources which deal with Brahmanical deities in Buddhism
and Buddhist deities in Hindu Tantra (question of mutual influence).  Any
suggestions for further reading will be greatly appreciated.
 
Thanks in advance,
Terence Hays
GOTOHAYS at macc.wisc.edu
GOTOHAYS at wiscmacc.bitnet
 





From ZYSK at ACFcluster.NYU.EDU  Wed Aug 10 19:01:34 1994
From: ZYSK at ACFcluster.NYU.EDU (ZYSK at ACFcluster.NYU.EDU)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 15:01:34 -0400
Subject: napumsaka
Message-ID: <161227017047.23782.1907007465954683093.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Following up on Madhav's inquiry:

SuS'aa 3.5 has the following:

tatra s'ukrabaahulyaat pumaan, aartavabaahulyaat strii, saamyaadubhayor 
napumsakam

This may be a medical explanation of the grammatical definition; or
perhaps the grammatical explanation is another way of stating the
medical definition.

An interesting topic anyway one looks at it. Ken Zysk
 





From lfenech at epas.utoronto.ca  Wed Aug 10 19:11:01 1994
From: lfenech at epas.utoronto.ca (Louis Fenech)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 15:11:01 -0400
Subject: Panjab Notes and Queries
Message-ID: <161227017049.23782.297849694404322523.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear Fellow Netters,

	I am trying to talk the Centre for South Asian Studies at the 
University of Toronto into purchasing microfilmed copies of a series of 
journals published in the mid to late nineteenth century.  The names of 
these are as follows:  Panjab Notes and Queries (1883-85 ... I think) as 
well as North Indian Notes and Queries.  I have a strong feeling 
that the Centre will indeed buy these, however, the Interlibrary Loan 
Office has been unable to locate copies of these two publications.  Would 
any of your respective institutions carry copies of the journal(s) and if 
so would they be willing to microfilm them?  Any information will be 
greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

Lou Fenech
Lfenech at epas.utoronto.ca
  


 

Original-Received: by 
                   bronze.ucs.indiana.edu
PP-warning: Illegal Received field on preceding line
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 14:57:30 -0500
From: edeltraud harzer clear <eclear at bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
To: indology at liverpool.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Tantric Sources
Message-ID: <"mailhub.li.242:10.07.94.19.57.48"@liverpool.ac.uk>

Contact Prof. Gudrun Buehnemann at UW in Madison, Wisconsin.
She had been working in that particular area. She might be 
able to direct you.  As far as I know she is not on this
mailing list.  You may have to use snail mail.  Edeltraud.
 

Original-Received: from 
                   ellis.uchicago.edu by midway.uchicago.edu for 
                   indology at liverpool.ac.uk Wed, 10 Aug 94 16:26:53 CDT
PP-warning: Illegal Received field on preceding line
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 16:26:49 CDT
From: james nye <jnye at midway.uchicago.edu>
To: indology at liverpool.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Panjab Notes and Queries
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 10 Aug 1994 21:38:24 BST
Message-Id: <CMM.0.90.4.776554009.jnye at ellis.uchicago.edu>

Lou Fenech wrote,

> 	I am trying to talk the Centre for South Asian Studies at the 
> University of Toronto into purchasing microfilmed copies of a series of 
> journals published in the mid to late nineteenth century.  The names of 
> these are as follows:  Panjab Notes and Queries (1883-85 ... I think) as 
> well as North Indian Notes and Queries.  I have a strong feeling 
> that the Centre will indeed buy these, however, the Interlibrary Loan 
> Office has been unable to locate copies of these two publications.  Would 
> any of your respective institutions carry copies of the journal(s) and if 
> so would they be willing to microfilm them?  ....

  The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi has already
filmed the title for Oct. 1883 through Sept. 1886.  Either Toronto
could purchase the film from the Nehru or Krishan Khera, Toronto's
representative to the South Asia Microform Project (SAMP), could have
the title be purchased by SAMP as a discretionary acquisition.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
James Nye            jnye at midway.uchicago.edu            312-702-8430
 





From ridgeway at blackbox.hacc.washington.edu  Thu Aug 11 00:51:11 1994
From: ridgeway at blackbox.hacc.washington.edu (Thomas B. Ridgeway)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 17:51:11 -0700
Subject: Indic Fonts in Windows
Message-ID: <161227017051.23782.17863377757193495663.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Lance Nelson writes,
> 
> I've ftp'd two Indic fonts and loaded them into Windows, one True Type
> from HACC and another ATM-Bitstream from the Liverpool computer.  I've
> been trying them out in WinWord 6.0a.  They work fine as screen
> and printer fonts.
> 
> My problem is that WinWord uses the Windows system font in dialogue
> boxes.  Therefore, both the Find/Replace functions and the Spelling functions
> don't work properly with the special characters.  I've modified my
> keyboard in WinWord to input the characters, and again this works fine
> except in the dialogue boxes.  Has anyone worked through this problem?  Is
> a system font with the special characters needed?  Would I have the same
> problems in AmiPro or Word Perfect?  Any advice is much appreciated.
> 
  I believe what we mean is that Find/Replace doesn't show the
right characters as you type them in in the find dialog box?  It should
acutally go on and conduct the search if you type in the right codes.

I've taken a look at this; one can change the system font so as to get a 
font with the indic chars as the system font, but most applications do not 
use the system font in dialogue boxes, but rather use something like MS Sans.
You would expect to find the same situation in Ami, you will definitely
find the same situation in WPWin.  One could make up a new font and 
have it masquerade as MS Sans, but I don't know whether this would
work out well.

N.B.  blackbox.hacc.washington.edu in pub/indic/outlines now has some
software to facilitate typing in romanized indic in any (well, most any) 
windows program.  It is based on the freeware 'Compose' keyboard remapper.
Some documentation is also included.  See the UPDATES file for details.

cheers,
Tom


 





From breusch at students.wisc.edu  Thu Aug 11 04:11:45 1994
From: breusch at students.wisc.edu (breusch at students.wisc.edu)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 23:11:45 -0500
Subject: Tantric Sources
Message-ID: <161227017054.23782.6539434300326306767.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Gudrun Buhnemann's e-mail address is:
gbuhnema at facstaff.wisc.edu
She is now checking ger e-mail regularly.
Beatrice Reusch
breusch at students.wisc.edu
608-256-6268

 





From marcus.banks at anthropology.oxford.ac.uk  Thu Aug 11 12:24:48 1994
From: marcus.banks at anthropology.oxford.ac.uk (marcus.banks at anthropology.oxford.ac.uk)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 12:24:48 +0000
Subject: Indic Fonts in Windows
Message-ID: <161227017056.23782.3508249983701239067.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

> My problem is that WinWord uses the Windows system font in dialogue
> boxes.  Therefore, both the Find/Replace functions and the Spelling functions
> don't work properly with the special characters.

As a Macintosh user I confess to being confused by this problem. Can't you
simply copy the characters you wish to find/replace from the text and paste
them into the dialogue boxes? They will be visible in the dialogue boxes as
their hexadecimal (is that the right word?) equivalent in the system font,
but the command will still find them. In fact, I think MS Word for
Macintosh allows you to search for characters by hexadecimal number
directly if you know them: the 'symbol' command tells you the relevant
number for each character in any given font.

Spelling is a bit more tricky, but again with MS Word for Macintosh you can
identify words containing unusual characters and store them in the user
dictionary as acceptable spellings not to be queried in future.

Marcus Banks


 





From bedell at cse.bridgeport.edu  Thu Aug 11 21:39:19 1994
From: bedell at cse.bridgeport.edu (bedell at cse.bridgeport.edu)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 17:39:19 -0400
Subject: books on homosexuality in India
Message-ID: <161227017058.23782.17773470217159414117.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

I am compiling a bibliography on homosexuality in different cultures of
the world.  Below is a list of books which I have found related to India &
South Asia; I wonder if anyone could help me by suggesting other sources. 
I am interested in any books regarding homosexuality in India or
neighboring countries, whether in a medical, sociological, moral,
religious, historical, or literary context. 

Thank you for any suggestions.

David Bedell, University of Bridgeport <bedell at cse.bridgeport.edu>

===============================================================================
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE BOOKS ON INDIAN AND SOUTH ASIAN GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL TOPICS
Revised 8/7/94.
Compiled by David Bedell, University of Bridgeport <bedell at cse.bridgeport.edu>


Harry, Joseph, & Das, Man Singh, eds.  Homosexuality in International
 Perspective.  New Delhi:  Vikas, 1980.

Less than Gay:  A Citizens' Report on the Status of Homosexuality in India.
 New Delhi:  AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan, 1991.

Nanda, Serena.  Neither Man nor Woman:  The Hijras of India.  Belmont, CA:
 Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1990.  Study of the eunuchs and transsexuals of
 India.

Ratti, Rakesh, ed.  A Lotus of Another Color:  An Unfolding of the South Asian
 Gay and Lesbian Experience.  Boston:  Alyson Publications, 1993.  Gay men and
 lesbians from India, Pakistan, and other South Asian countries discuss their
 challenges and accomplishments.

Sharma, Satish Kumar.  Hijras, the Labelled Deviants.  New Delhi:  Gian
 Publishing House, 1989.  Analytical study on the congenital hermaphrodites and
 castrated eunuchs of India.

Vyas, M. D., & Shingala, Y.  The Life Style of the Eunuchs.  Flushing, NY:
 Asia Book Corporation of America, 1987.

 





From suresh at bocaraton.ibm.com  Fri Aug 12 02:13:54 1994
From: suresh at bocaraton.ibm.com (suresh at bocaraton.ibm.com)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 22:13:54 -0400
Subject: Etymology of the word "aravindam"
Message-ID: <161227017059.23782.1122390397191119906.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


I would like to know the etymology of the word "aravindam" !

For whatever the reasons, the ancient poets of India seemed have a great
fascination for this "lotus" flower. Do you  notice the phenomenon of 
describing every part of the body using "lotus" flower like :-

		mukhaaravindam (lotus face), 
		karaaravindam (lotus-hand),
		paadaaravindam (lotus-feet),
		nayanaaravindam (lotus-(petals like)-eyes),
		and even, kuchaaravindam  (lotus-(buds like)-breasts).

A suprabhaatam on Lord Vishnu goes as follows :

			kaantaa kuchaambhuruha kuTmala lOla drishTE

I would like to know if the word "aravindam" has some 
straight forward etymology, something like, "ara" and "vindam" ?

Let me add my wild guess :

	vindam ?= friend  (or a relative)

		I know gOvinda refers to SrI krishna !

			Is the etymology for this word is 
			gO + vinda = friend(?) of cows 

and 

	ara ?= Sun. (I know "arka" means "sun")

Thus aravinda = friend of sun, thus lotus.

This is my sheer speculation and knowledgeable people may be able to 
prove me totally wrong.

Regards,
Suresh.

PS : Is there any standard transliteration scheme followed by
these list-members to represent the Sankrit (and other text indian 
languages) text in English  alphabets ?

 





From CXEV at MUSICA.MCGILL.CA  Fri Aug 12 10:02:51 1994
From: CXEV at MUSICA.MCGILL.CA (R. P. Hayes)
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 06:02:51 -0400
Subject: Routledge Encyclopedia
Message-ID: <161227017063.23782.11379239881230264128.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Thanks to all of you who responded to my request for suggestions
for possible authors for articles on Indian and Tibetan philosophy
for the new Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. I shall answer
all your messages individually, but it will take several days to
sort through them all and write replies. Meanwhile, please accept
this less personal expression of collective gratitude.

R.P. Hayes                                    cxev at musica.mcgill.ca
Associate Professor                                Associate Member
Faculty of Religious Studies                     Dept of Philosophy
             McGill University  Montreal, Quebec
 





From ridgeway at blackbox.hacc.washington.edu  Fri Aug 12 17:59:40 1994
From: ridgeway at blackbox.hacc.washington.edu (Thomas B. Ridgeway)
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 10:59:40 -0700
Subject: Indic Fonts in Windows
Message-ID: <161227017066.23782.11532537912098877999.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Good Day to you all,
  Continuing the extremely uninteresting, to many, subject of
romanized indic character sets in Windows, I continue to follow
a point raised by Lance Nelson.  Those uninterested may skip
the remainder, EXCEPT, those using the HACCIndic fonts for any purpose
may want to see point (c) below for news of a new font.

Lance wrote:
> My problem is that WinWord uses the Windows system font in dialogue
> boxes.  Therefore, both the Find/Replace functions and the Spelling functions
> don't work properly with the special characters. . . .
> Would I have the same
> problems in AmiPro or Word Perfect?

{For the remainder of this discussion 'posted' means made available for
anonymous ftp in directory pub/indic/outlines on the ftp server
   blackbox.hacc.washington.edu   [128.95.200.1]
If you don't understand ftp, find an internet guru at your locality.}

  a) the system font
     The system font as such is mostly seen in menus and status bars.
  it can indeed be replaced by an alternate font which might contain an
  indic character set.  I have posted a freeware utility for preparing
  an alternate system font: take the file sysfon10.zip, unzip it, read the
  author's note, and have at it.  IT WOULD BE WISE TO MAKE COPIES OF YOUR
  WIN.INI AND SYSTEM.INI FILES BEFORE MAKING ANY ALTERATIONS TO YOUR SYSTEM.
  You may wish to restore the prior state of windows later.
     Since the system font is not, in general, used in dialog boxes, however,
  replacing the system font does little to resolve the problem Lance
  raised, so you may not want to bother.  On the other hand, this may well
  be the font used by your application to print some messages, e.g.
  'Could not find the search string "mahaa"!'

  b) many applications use the MS Sans Serif bitmap fonts in dialog boxes.
  If the supplied_with_Windows_MS_Sans_Serif fonts are replaced by fonts
  containing an Indic character set which falsely claim to be MS Sans Serif,
  then most applications will use the substituted fonts and unknowingly
  provide indic characters (whether you currently happen to 
  be typing in indic or not).  
    I have posted two bitmap font sets named sserife.fon and sseriff.fon
  which are rough (in the case of sserife.fon, very rough) with character
  sets matching the HACCIndic family.  They may be substituted for the
  Windows-supplied fonts of the same name AFTER YOU HAVE MADE BACKUP 
  COPIES OF YOUR ORIGINALS FIRST please (pardon me for shouting).
  Not all applications use this font so you may not achieve the intended
  result.  E.g. Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0 does not use the MS 
  Sans Serif fonts, but rather uses an MS Dialog font which it loads
  into windows when it starts up, and unloads on quitting.  I don't know
  what the situation is with WinWord6; perhaps someone who has a copy
  can tell us. If you have the charmap utility running while WinWord
  is loaded, running, and then exited, you can observe that charmap's list
  of fonts originally does not include MS Dialog, then it appears
  after word is loaded, and disappears after Word is exited (or such
  is the case with Word2.0).
    WordPerfect for Windows version 5.2 and 6.0 *do* use these fonts in
  dialog boxes, so you can actually see the correct indic characters
  as you type in your search request.  Many other applications will
  do so also.  
    I am making these fonts available so that those with a bent toward 
  experimentation can try them out, tell me what works and what doesn't
  and perhaps eventually determine whether it would be worth the not
  inconsiderable effort that would be required to fine tune the bitmaps.

  c) The sserife.fon and sseriff.fon bitmap files are based on a new
  truetype font with the same character set as the HACC Indic family
  [which I will hereafter refer to as winindic].  Shakuntala (in file
  sakuntal.ttf) is a sans serif font based on Nimbus Sans L; it has been
  posted for ftp.  It may be used freely subject to conditions of the FSF
  General Public License: see the UPDATES file for details.

cheers,
Tom



 





From magier at columbia.edu  Fri Aug 12 17:01:06 1994
From: magier at columbia.edu (David Magier)
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 13:01:06 -0400
Subject: books on homosexuality in India
Message-ID: <161227017064.23782.7221479125728777356.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

> I am compiling a bibliography on homosexuality in different cultures of
> the world.  Below is a list of books which I have found related to India & 
> South Asia; I wonder if anyone could help me by suggesting other sources.  
> I am interested in any books regarding homosexuality in India or 
> neighboring countries, whether in a medical, sociological, moral, 
> religious, historical, or literary context.

There is a newsletter for Indian gays and lesbians called Bombay Dost.
It may be housed at some US libraries, aside from  Library of
Congress. (Columbia also gets this for its vertical file)
 





From s.inayatullah at qut.edu.au  Fri Aug 12 19:59:02 1994
From: s.inayatullah at qut.edu.au (Sohail Inayatullah)
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 14:59:02 -0500
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <161227017061.23782.7359949469720291626.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


I did a dissertation on Indian philosophy from a comparative
perspective particulary focusing on the Indian construction of
history.  I would be happy to contribute on that subjec or on issues
on Indian politics.  I can also suggest colleagues who would be
excellent for other topics.  But I first want to see if this is the
correct address.

Dr. Sohail Inayatullah
Queensland University of Technology
 





From joshi at u.washington.edu  Fri Aug 12 23:29:18 1994
From: joshi at u.washington.edu (Irene Joshi)
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 16:29:18 -0700
Subject: books on homosexuality in India
Message-ID: <161227017068.23782.10761718741007570408.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

In addition to Bombay Dost, there are several newsletters for gay and 
lesbians being published in the USA and Canada.  I can supply a list for 
anyone interested.  Also see India today, Feb. 28, 1989 for an article on 
expat gays and lesbians.
 





From lnelson at teetot.acusd.edu  Sun Aug 14 20:28:29 1994
From: lnelson at teetot.acusd.edu (Lance Nelson)
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 94 13:28:29 -0700
Subject: Indic Fonts in Windows
Message-ID: <161227017070.23782.55491985006181174.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Thanks to Tom Ridgeway for his efforts at "WinIndic" fonts.  I'm moving house
just now, but when things settle down, I'll experiment with the new
offerings and report.  

Lance
==============================================================================
Lance E. Nelson                                    Phone: 619/260-4600, x4407
Religious Studies                                           FAX: 619/260-2260
University of San Diego                        San Diego, CA 92110-2492 U.S.A. 
==============================================================================

 





From sisira.jayasinghe at sdrc.com  Mon Aug 15 12:12:53 1994
From: sisira.jayasinghe at sdrc.com (sisira.jayasinghe at sdrc.com)
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 94 07:12:53 -0500
Subject: Buddhist and Pali Studies scholar Available
Message-ID: <161227017072.23782.8347594876166318235.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Forwarded message:
>From owner-slnet-real-arthur at cs.purdue.edu  Sat Aug 13 23:44:57 1994
Message-Id: <slnet.5036 at sparcy.stanford.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 12:09:11 est
To: Sri Lanka Net <slnet at sparcy.stanford.edu>
From: "Professor O'Religion" <COZORT at dickinson.edu> (Dan Cozort)
Subject: Lily de Silva

Lily de Silva, professor and head of the department of Buddhist and Pali 
Studies at the University of Peradeniya in Kandy, Sri Lanka, and an old friend 
of mine, has asked me to pass on the word that she would welcome a year or 
semester appointment at a north American college/university.  She is an 
excellent scholar and teacher who has taught previously in the U.S. at UPenn, 
Harvard, Bates, Franklin & Marshall, and Dickinson College.  She has also taught 
American college students for ten years in the Intercollegiate Sri Lanka 
Education (ISLE) program, a consortial program that includes Bates, Bowdoin, 
Carleton, etc.  I have a copy of her curriculum vitae that I would be happy to 
copy for anyone who would like it.  She taught here at Dickinson in the spring 
term of 1991 under a special program for international scholars.  If your 
institution has such a program, it might be a relatively easy way to hire her.
She was well-liked as a teacher and stimulating as a colleague.
	She will be retiring from the University of Peradeniya in December, 
1994, but until then can be written at: 28/3 Old Galaha Road, Peradeniya, Sri 
Lanka.  If you wish to contact her by telephone or fax, try the ISLE program 
at 011-94-8-22140 (tel) or 011-94-8-32343 (fax).


-- 
Sisira Jayasinghe                         sisira.jayasinghe at sdrc.com
Sr. Technical Development Engineer
Structural Dynamics Research Corporation
2000 Eastman Dr. Milford OH 45150 USA


 





From madhav.deshpande at um.cc.umich.edu  Mon Aug 15 16:26:08 1994
From: madhav.deshpande at um.cc.umich.edu (madhav.deshpande at um.cc.umich.edu)
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 94 12:26:08 -0400
Subject: More on napumsaka
Message-ID: <161227017073.23782.12224566370984342566.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

    In several contexts, I have noticed the use of napumsaka and kliiba to
refer to an unmanly person.  This seems to be a suggestion in the following
verse:  napumsakam iti jnaatvaa priyaayai prezitam manaH.  Tat tu tatraiva
ramate hataaH paaNininaa vayam.  We should note that such 'unmanly'
characters were appointed to guard women.  Here is a list from the Subhaazita-ratnabhaaNDaagaaram (Nirnayasagara edn. 1952, p. 144):  kaaNaaH kubjaaS ca
zaNDhaaS ca tathaa vRddhaaS ca pangavaH / ete caantaHpure nityam niyoktavyaaH
kzamaabhRtaa.  The usage of kliiba in the sense of 'unmanly person' becomes
especially commonplace in the Dharma literature relating to marriage: 
nazTe mRte pravrajite kliibe ca patite patau / pancasv aapatsu naariiNaam
patir anyo vidhiiyate (Dharmakoza, SamskaarakaaNDa, p. 574ff.).  These
terms are not used to refer to women in the Dharma literature.
     As you can figure out, I have used 'z' for retroflex s.
     Madhav Deshpande
 





From geichle at eis.calstate.edu  Mon Aug 15 23:26:11 1994
From: geichle at eis.calstate.edu (Greg Eichler)
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 94 16:26:11 -0700
Subject: Fonts & Sanskrit courses
Message-ID: <161227017075.23782.11276205725550267019.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


Dear fellow listers,

Can anyone help me to find a MacIntosh-compatible roman-alphabet font that 
has the necessary diacritical marks to write Sankskrit and Pali? Also, can
anyone recommend a Sanskrit/Pali-alphabet font for the Mac?

I am interested in learning Sanskrit via computer. Is that possible? If 
not, which books/learning programs can anyone recommend?

Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to render. 

Sincerely,

Greg Eichler
 ___________________________________________________________________
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   Chair - Foreign Languages        | geichle at sierra.fwl.edu
   George Washington High School    | 72143.3621 at compuserve.com
   600 Thirty-Second Avenue         | (415) 750 - 8400, ext. 3317
   San Francisco, CA 94121          | (415) 861 - 2379 [home]
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On Tue, 16 Aug 1994, Greg Eichler wrote:

> 
> Dear fellow listers,
> 
> Can anyone help me to find a MacIntosh-compatible roman-alphabet font that 
> has the necessary diacritical marks to write Sankskrit and Pali? Also, can
> anyone recommend a Sanskrit/Pali-alphabet font for the Mac?
> 
> I am interested in learning Sanskrit via computer. Is that possible? If 
> not, which books/learning programs can anyone recommend?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to render. 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Greg Eichler
>  ___________________________________________________________________
>    Gregor-Paul Eichler              | geichle at eis.calstate.edu
>    Chair - Foreign Languages        | geichle at sierra.fwl.edu
>    George Washington High School    | 72143.3621 at compuserve.com
>    600 Thirty-Second Avenue         | (415) 750 - 8400, ext. 3317
>    San Francisco, CA 94121          | (415) 861 - 2379 [home]
>  ___________________________________________________________________
> 
> 
>  
> 
 





From geichle at eis.calstate.edu  Tue Aug 16 04:20:39 1994
From: geichle at eis.calstate.edu (Greg Eichler)
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 94 21:20:39 -0700
Subject: Fonts & Sanskrit courses
Message-ID: <161227017076.23782.1276211771097929408.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


Dear Ms. Seedorff,

Thank you very much!

Greg Eichler

On Tue, 16 Aug 1994, leanne seedorff wrote:

> Try Linguist's Software, P.O. Box 580, Edmonds, WA  98020.  Phone 
> (206) 775-1130.  They offer (or at least used to offer) ATM compatible 
> PostScript and Truetype fonts compatible with all basic Mac software 
> programs.  I believe they have roman alphabet fonts with all appropriate 
> diacritics (both serif and sans serif) as well as Devanagari.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 16 Aug 1994, Greg Eichler wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Dear fellow listers,
> > 
> > Can anyone help me to find a MacIntosh-compatible roman-alphabet font that 
> > has the necessary diacritical marks to write Sankskrit and Pali? Also, can
> > anyone recommend a Sanskrit/Pali-alphabet font for the Mac?
> > 
> > I am interested in learning Sanskrit via computer. Is that possible? If 
> > not, which books/learning programs can anyone recommend?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to render. 
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > 
> > Greg Eichler
> >  ___________________________________________________________________
> >    Gregor-Paul Eichler              | geichle at eis.calstate.edu
> >    Chair - Foreign Languages        | geichle at sierra.fwl.edu
> >    George Washington High School    | 72143.3621 at compuserve.com
> >    600 Thirty-Second Avenue         | (415) 750 - 8400, ext. 3317
> >    San Francisco, CA 94121          | (415) 861 - 2379 [home]
> >  ___________________________________________________________________
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
>  
> 


 





From ECL6TAM at lucs-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk  Tue Aug 16 09:48:56 1994
From: ECL6TAM at lucs-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk (T.A.MCALLISTER)
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 94 09:48:56 +0000
Subject: Fonts & Sanskrit courses
Message-ID: <161227017078.23782.16524163043541079110.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

> Date:          Tue, 16 Aug 1994 00:56:15 BST
> Reply-to:      indology at liverpool.ac.uk
> From:          Greg Eichler <geichle at eis.calstate.edu>
> To:            Members of the list <indology at liverpool.ac.uk>
> Subject:       Fonts & Sanskrit courses

> 
> Dear fellow listers,
> 
> Can anyone help me to find a MacIntosh-compatible roman-alphabet 
font that 
> has the necessary diacritical marks to write Sankskrit and Pali?

I have just uploaded  to the CICA archive a set of five TrueType fonts 
which might meet your needs. I believe that these contain all the 
diacritics you need. If there are any missing, please let me know and I'll 
include them in version 2, expected in a few months' time.

The fonts (and some Word for Windows macros which come with them) 
were designed for Windows, but the fonts should work on any Mac 
running System 6.0.7 or later.

The CICA archive seems to be very quiet just now: perhaps the 
supervisor is on holiday. The package is still in the pending.uploads 
directory, but should soon be moved to one of the accessible directories.

The package is shareware, but the price is entirely up to you, and if you 
don't feel like paying anything, that's fine too.


> Also, can
> anyone recommend a Sanskrit/Pali-alphabet font for the Mac?


At the request of some colleagues, I have just begun work on TrueType 
fonts for Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi etc. I know very little about these 
languages, so advice would be very welcome.

Alec.

P.S. We had a week-long power-supply problem here and a LOT of mail 
either never arrived or is still unread on back-up tapes. If any 
list-member emailed me in the last fortnight, please repeat the message.




..

Alec McAllister
Arts Computing Development Officer
Computing Service
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
tel 0532 335399
 





From Jean-Luc.Chevillard at linguist.jussieu.fr  Wed Aug 17 12:51:42 1994
From: Jean-Luc.Chevillard at linguist.jussieu.fr (Jean-Luc.Chevillard at linguist.jussieu.fr)
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 94 13:51:42 +0100
Subject: NEW BOOK: Genres Litteraires en Inde
Message-ID: <161227017080.23782.4838532613136557361.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Now available:

GENRES LITTERAIRES EN INDE; Volume publie sous la responsabilite
 de Nalini BALBIR; Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle;
 16x24 -- 424 pages; 180FF; ISBN 2-87854-066-2;

Available from: Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle (PSN)
 Universite Paris III,  13 rue de Santeuil, 75231 PARIS Cedex 05
 tel. (33) (1) 45 87 40 27; fax: (33) (1) 45 87 41 75
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

        Presentation
     Marie-Claude PORCHER:
        Reflexions-Interrogations sur les genres
LITTERATURES EN LANGUES INDO-ARYENNES
     Georges-Jean PINAULT:
        Le genre de l'eloge dans les hymnes vediques
 FORMES DU GENRE DIDACTIQUE
     Colette CAILLAT:
        Le genre du _sutra_ chez les jaina
     Edith NOLOT:
        Textes de discipline bouddhique
     Jean FEZAS:
        Remarques sur la forme de deux traites de l'Inde Ancienne
     Antonella COMBA:
        L'enseignement medical en Inde
     Claudine BAUTZE-PICRON:
        Le _sadhana_, ce "bizarre genre litteraire"
     Lyne BANSAT-BOUDON:
        Le theatre en tous ses etats
 FORMES DU GENRE NARRATIF
     Nalini BALBIR:
        Formes et terminologie du narratif jaina ancien
     Jean-Pierre OSIER:
        Essai de definition du genre allegorique en Inde
     Marie-Jeanne BOISTARD:
        Les ambiguites generiques du _Yogavasistha_
     Francoise MALLISON:
        Le "genre" hagiographique dans la _bhakti_
        medievale de l'Inde occidentale
LITTERATURES TAMOULES
     Francois GROS:
        Cinq fois cinq vingt-cinq: autour des 
        commentaires du livre de l'amour de Tiruvalluvar
     Jean-Luc CHEVILLARD:
        Image de la litterature dans la grammaire tamoule
     Chantal DELAMOURD:
        L'insolite dans le quotidien: aspect constitutif
        de la nouvelle de Vannadhasan

 


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Please adjust your pointers/records accordingly.   At the same time please note, 
that the path and other access details of the Coombspapers' Electronic Buddhist Archives 
themselves remain unchanged. 
  
  
- with many regards - 
  
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From pslvax!siva!sadhu at UCSD.EDU  Thu Aug 18 07:26:52 1994
From: pslvax!siva!sadhu at UCSD.EDU (pslvax!siva!sadhu at UCSD.EDU)
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 94 07:26:52 +0000
Subject: searching for the vedas and agamas
Message-ID: <161227017085.23782.18200751608880457714.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


Vanakkam kind researchers:

The editors of Hinduism Today are seeking to find a copy
of the Vedas, and the Agamas, in English, in electronic
form.  Do you have any idea if these exist?

Thanks in advance for your help,

pranams,
sadhunathan nadesan
Hinduism Today postmaster
email: pslvax!sadhu at ucsd.edu

 





From rrocher at sas.upenn.edu  Thu Aug 18 14:46:12 1994
From: rrocher at sas.upenn.edu (rrocher at sas.upenn.edu)
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 94 10:46:12 -0400
Subject: Norman Mosley Penzer
Message-ID: <161227017081.23782.11689122948539629140.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear colleagues, 

Does any one of you know of obituaries of Norman Mosley Penzer 
(1892-1960, the editor of "The Ocean of Story" etc.) besides 
the very brief one that appeared in the Geographical Journal? 
The JRAS does not appear to have one and he is not in the DNB. 

I am particularly interested in learning from which institution(s) 
and in which field(s) he obtained an M.A. and a D.Litt.

Thanks, 

Rosane Rocher
 





From mbose at unixg.ubc.ca  Thu Aug 18 22:33:00 1994
From: mbose at unixg.ubc.ca (Mandakranta Bose)
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 94 15:33:00 -0700
Subject: PIE etymology of song
Message-ID: <161227017083.23782.12297237325973140369.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Samgita has been defined in Samgitaratnakara by Sarngadeva(13c) as "gitam 
vadyam tatha nrttam trayam samgitamucyate"SR.1.21., that is, songs, 
instrumental music and dance-these three taken together constitute 
samgita. Etymologically, the word means the union of tauryatrika (three 
performing arts).  Mandakranta Bose


On Fri, 5 Aug 1994, A. V. Raman wrote:

> Is Sanskrit "Sangita" (music) a cognate of English "Song"? I get the
> impression from Voyles (Early Gmc Grammar, p.36) that this is likely. But I
> thought Skt sangita was a compound - sam+gita meaning refined+song where
> "gita" = song.
> 
> Could someone shed some light on this pls?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> - &
> 
>  
> 
 





From Ramesh.Kushwaha at um.cc.umich.edu  Fri Aug 19 13:36:28 1994
From: Ramesh.Kushwaha at um.cc.umich.edu (Ramesh.Kushwaha at um.cc.umich.edu)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 94 09:36:28 -0400
Subject: Hindi font for IBM PC/Macintosh computers
Message-ID: <161227017086.23782.16272580647174412275.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Hi everyone,
 
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size you need.
 
Thanks a lot,
Ramesh Kushwaha
 





From dileep at math.utexas.edu  Fri Aug 19 15:54:15 1994
From: dileep at math.utexas.edu (Dileep Karanth)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 94 10:54:15 -0500
Subject: Address of B. van Nooten
Message-ID: <161227017088.23782.16128878667304436687.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


Hi,

A friend has come across the article by 
B. Van Nooten, "Binary numbers in Indian antiquity", Journal of Indian
Philosophy, vol 21, pp 31-50, 1993.

He does not have the affiliation or the address
of the author. Our library does not get this journal and I do not
know how gopher might be used to get his address. Could someone please
help me in getting this address? 

Thank You,

Dileep Karanth
 





From magier at columbia.edu  Fri Aug 19 16:49:42 1994
From: magier at columbia.edu (David Magier)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 94 12:49:42 -0400
Subject: Address of B. van Nooten
Message-ID: <161227017090.23782.10537066997546538236.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

> B. Van Nooten, "Binary numbers in Indian antiquity", Journal of Indian
> Philosophy, vol 21, pp 31-50, 1993.
> 
> He does not have the affiliation or the address
> of the author. Our library does not get this journal and I do not
> know how gopher might be used to get his address. Could someone please
> help me in getting this address? 

Unfortunately, Prof. Van Nooten has not submitted an entry to The
International Directory of South Asia Scholars, so he cannot be found
through the South Asia Gopher.

David Magier
 

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> From:           David Magier <magier at columbia.edu>
> To:             Members of the list <indology at liverpool.ac.uk>
> Subject:        Re: Address of B. van Nooten

> > B. Van Nooten, "Binary numbers in Indian antiquity", Journal of Indian
> > Philosophy, vol 21, pp 31-50, 1993.
> > 
> > He does not have the affiliation or the address
> > of the author. Our library does not get this journal and I do not
> > know how gopher might be used to get his address. Could someone please
> > help me in getting this address? 
> 
> Unfortunately, Prof. Van Nooten has not submitted an entry to The
> International Directory of South Asia Scholars, so he cannot be found
> through the South Asia Gopher.
> 
> David Magier
>  
Prof. Barend Van Nooten is at the University of California at 
Berkeley in the Department of (?) South Asian Studies. He is in the 
same department as F. Staal and P. S. Jaini.

 




Brendan S. Gillon

Department of Linguistics       email:   gillon at langs.lan.mcgill.ca 
McGill University                 
1001 Sherbrooke Street West      tel.:   514 398 4868
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 1G5   CANADA                 fax.:   514 398 7088

 

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Please note that Frits Staal already retired some three years
ago from the Dept. of South and Southeast Asian Studies at UC
Berkeley, Ca. 94720.  I also heard that both Jaini and Van Nooten
planned to do the same this year.  But I am sure that Barend van 
Nooten could be reached through that department.  Good luck. 
Edeltraud.
 





From alfredo at sunny.mpimf-Heidelberg.mpg.de  Sat Aug 20 15:05:12 1994
From: alfredo at sunny.mpimf-Heidelberg.mpg.de (alfredo at sunny.mpimf-Heidelberg.mpg.de)
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 94 17:05:12 +0200
Subject: Kaccayano's padas
Message-ID: <161227017092.23782.588273942419233979.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Hi!,
        Does anyone knows if the grammar of Kaccayano is available and
where is possible to get it. I have been readind the  comentary written by
Francis Mason in 1868 (Sri Satguru Publications, Delhi 1984), however I
woul like to read the real aphorisms and examples.
Regards. By the same token, does anyone knows if there is something like
the Dhatupada for Pali roots ?

Alfredo Villarroel
Alfredo Villarroel
Max-Planck-Institut fuer medizinische Forschung
Abteilung Zellphysiologie
D-69120 Heidelberg
Alfredo at sunny.MPImF-Heidelberg.mpg.de
Fax:  06221 486-459


 





From mhcrxlc at dir.manchester-computing-centre.ac.uk  Sat Aug 20 22:54:41 1994
From: mhcrxlc at dir.manchester-computing-centre.ac.uk (mhcrxlc at dir.manchester-computing-centre.ac.uk)
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 94 22:54:41 +0000
Subject: Kaccayano's padas
Message-ID: <161227017094.23782.9616404722431811689.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


>Regards. By the same token, does anyone knows if there is something like
>the Dhatupada for Pali roots ?
>
>Alfredo Villarroel

Dines Andersen and Helmer Smith, _The Paali Dhaatupaa.tha and the
Dhaatuma~juusaa_, Copenhagen, 1921

        Lance Cousins


MANCHESTER, UK
Telephone (UK): 061 434 3646  (International) +44 61 434 3646
Fax (UK):       061 275 3613  (International) +44 61 275 3613


 





From aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca  Mon Aug 22 16:56:09 1994
From: aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca (aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca)
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 94 09:56:09 -0700
Subject: Kaccaayana vyaakara.na
Message-ID: <161227017096.23782.2410784598172958381.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

In response to the inquiry by Dr. Alfredo Villarroel,
E-mail: Alfredo at sunny.MPImF-Heidelberg.mpg.de, in addition to the
information provided by L.S. Cousin.

Masson, Francis. 1984. Kachayano's [  Kaccayana's] Pali Grammar with
chrestomathy and vocabulry. Delhi.  Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica 11.
Tivaarii, Laksmii-narayana; 'Sarma, Bira-bala (eds). 1962. Kaccayana
Vyakarana. Varanasi: Tara Publcations. 

Of similar interest and use:
Kausalyayana, Bhadanta Ananda (ed). 1965. Pali Moggallana-vyakarana.
Hosiarapura: Visvesvarananda Vaidika Sodha Samsthana. 
Smith, Helmer (ed). 1954. Saddaniti: la Grammaire Palie D'Aggava sa. Lund:
C.W.K. Gleerup.  

For information of this sort, the following would probably be useful:
Geiger, W. 1956 [2nd edn of tr]. Pali Literature and Language. Ghosh,
Batakrishna (tr). Calcutta:
Hazra, Kanai Lal. 1994?xx. Pali Language and and Literature: a Systematic
Survey and Historical Study. 2 vols. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld. 

Ashok Aklujkar, Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of B.C.,
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z2. Tel: O: (604) 822-5185, R: (604) 274-5353.
 Fax O:
822-8937. E-mail: aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca


 





From Peter_Scharf at brown.edu  Wed Aug 24 01:55:59 1994
From: Peter_Scharf at brown.edu (Peter_Scharf at brown.edu)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 94 21:55:59 -0400
Subject: Fonts & Sanskrit courses
Message-ID: <161227017097.23782.17845890865817937175.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


>> Can anyone help me to find a MacIntosh-compatible roman-alphabet 
>font that 
>> has the necessary diacritical marks to write Sankskrit and Pali?
>
>At the request of some colleagues, I have just begun work on TrueType 
>fonts for Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi etc. I know very little about these 
>languages, so advice would be very welcome.

I have developed a Font for the MacIntosh which uses only lower and upper
case keys for the purpose of typing extensive texts exclusively in
Sanskrit.  It is without question the most effecient means of typing
Sanskrit.  To go with the Font I have developed transliteration programs to
convert a file to Hindustan and South Asia Times Roman Diacritic Fonts and
Jaipur and Vedic Devanagari Fonts.  I will gladly share them with anyone
willing to make a modest contribution to help me offset some of the
development costs.

I would like to add other true-type Devanagari and diacritic Fonts to the
system.  Interested?  Please contact me.

Sincerely,
Peter M. Scharf
Peter_Scharf at brown.edu

 





From tcleary at crl.com  Wed Aug 24 16:56:02 1994
From: tcleary at crl.com (Tim Cleary)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 94 09:56:02 -0700
Subject: Fonts & Sanskrit courses
Message-ID: <161227017100.23782.6781383479370376273.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

As regards TrueType fonts, please do.  I'm a MS Windows user and would 
like to obtain a 'true' font for Sankrit. Please keep me appraised.  By 
the way, after 4 Sept. I will be at address TIMOTHY at VSE.CZ and this 
address will no longer be valid.  Thank you.

Tim Cleary TCLEARY at CRL.COM

On Wed, 24 Aug 1994 Peter_Scharf at brown.edu wrote:

> 
> >> Can anyone help me to find a MacIntosh-compatible roman-alphabet 
> >font that 
> >> has the necessary diacritical marks to write Sankskrit and Pali?
> >
> >At the request of some colleagues, I have just begun work on TrueType 
> >fonts for Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi etc. I know very little about these 
> >languages, so advice would be very welcome.
> 
> I have developed a Font for the MacIntosh which uses only lower and upper
> case keys for the purpose of typing extensive texts exclusively in
> Sanskrit.  It is without question the most effecient means of typing
> Sanskrit.  To go with the Font I have developed transliteration programs to
> convert a file to Hindustan and South Asia Times Roman Diacritic Fonts and
> Jaipur and Vedic Devanagari Fonts.  I will gladly share them with anyone
> willing to make a modest contribution to help me offset some of the
> development costs.
> 
> I would like to add other true-type Devanagari and diacritic Fonts to the
> system.  Interested?  Please contact me.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Peter M. Scharf
> Peter_Scharf at brown.edu
> 
>  
> 

 





From jayesh at hedge.hw.stratus.com  Wed Aug 24 14:55:11 1994
From: jayesh at hedge.hw.stratus.com (jayesh at hedge.hw.stratus.com)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 94 10:55:11 -0400
Subject: Request for addition to mail list...
Message-ID: <161227017099.23782.1307079094750154624.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Hi,

Could you please add me to the mailing list.


							Thanks,
							Jayesh
 





From jayesh at hedge.hw.stratus.com  Wed Aug 24 22:23:35 1994
From: jayesh at hedge.hw.stratus.com (jayesh at hedge.hw.stratus.com)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 94 18:23:35 -0400
Subject: Suggestions for research topic..
Message-ID: <161227017102.23782.6354321676522766123.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Hi,

I am interested in doing a research paper on some aspect of Indian 
science/technology. The time frame of the topic is preferably any time before
the 1950's.  However, more recent the better since I have to be able to
find some primary sources on the subject matter.  

Some general topic format are:

o What was the state of some technology, i.e. railroads, before and after
  the British Empire? 

o What were the Indians doing while the Greeks were inventing?

o Origins of the decimal system (or something else of that nature) and its
  effect on (western) civilization?

o Attempt to prove that the Indians discovered .???. before
  the .???. (the Romans, Greeks, etc.)

o The role of some indian technology in warfare

I am open to suggestions!  I'd appreciated any help.

	
						Thanks!
								
 





From Peter_Scharf at brown.edu  Thu Aug 25 01:57:17 1994
From: Peter_Scharf at brown.edu (Peter_Scharf at brown.edu)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 94 21:57:17 -0400
Subject: Suggestions for research topic..
Message-ID: <161227017104.23782.5741327431306812361.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

>Hi,
>
>I am interested in doing a research paper on some aspect of Indian 
>science/technology. The time frame of the topic is preferably any time before
>the 1950's.  However, more recent the better since I have to be able to
>find some primary sources on the subject matter.  
The authority on the subject is David Pingree who cannot be reached by
e-mail.  I suggest you read his book in the History of Indian Literature
series edited by Gonda on Indian Science and Mathematics.  There is plenty
of primary material available back to the time just after Alexander.
Peter Scharf

 





From aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca  Thu Aug 25 15:45:20 1994
From: aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca (aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca)
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 94 08:45:20 -0700
Subject: Suggestions: science&technology
Message-ID: <161227017105.23782.2066714828755691018.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

In response to the query by  jayesh at hedge.hw.stratus.com (Jayesh D. Patel):

In addition to Prof. Pingree's work suggested by Dr. Peter Scharf, the
following should   prove to be useful (some diacritics will appear in
strange characters in transmission but you should be able to make out what
they stand for without much trouble):
Bose, D. M. (Chief Ed.); Sen, S. N.; Subbarayappa, B.V. (Eds.) 1971.  A
concise history of science in India.  New Delhi:  Indian National Science
Academy.
Chandra, Lokesh; et al (Eds.). 1970. India s contribution to world thought
and culture. Madras: Vivekananda Rock Memorial Committee.  Title also
likely to recorded as: Vivekananda commemoration volume on theme India s
...   
Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (Ed.). The Cultural Heritage of India. Revised and
enlarged second edn., vol. 5, 1978. Calcutta: The Ramakrishna Mission,
Institute of Culture.
Dharampal. 1971. Indian science and technology in the eighteenth century: 
some contemporary European accounts. Delhi: Impex India.
Filliozat, Jean. 1949. La doctrine classique de la me decine Indienne: ses
origines et ses paralle`les Grecs. Paris: Imprimerie nationale.  English
transl: 1964. The classical doctrine of Indian medicine.
Jaggi, Om Prakash.  1966.  Scientists of ancient India and their
achievements. Delhi: Atma Ram & Sons.
Jaggi, Om Prakash.  1969-.  History of science and technology in India. 
Delhi: Atma Ram and Sons.  At least seven volumes of this are published. It
is possible that some later volumes have been merged with those of the
following title
Jaggi, Om Prakash.  1979-.  History of science, technology and medicine in
India.  Delhi: Atma Ram and Sons.  At least fifteen volumes published. See
preceding entry.
Kutumbiah, P. 1962. Ancient Indian medicine. Bombay: Orient Longmans.
Leslie, Charles (Ed.).  1976.  Asian medical systems: a comparative study. 
Berkeley: University of California Press.
Patterson, Maureen L. 1981. South Asian civilizations: a bibliographic
synthesis. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. See
specifically pp. 92-4, 167, 184-5, 211.
Qaisar, Ahsan Jan. 1982.  The Indian response to European technology and
culture (A. D. 1498-1707).  Delhi, New York:  Oxford University Press.
Rahman, A. (Ed.).  1984.  Science and technology in Indian culture: a
historical perspective.  New Delhi:  National Institute of Science,
Technology, and Development Studies.*
Rahman, A., et al.  1982.  Science and technology in medieval India: a
bibliography.  New Delhi:  Indian National Science Academy.*
Rosu, Arion. 1978. Les conceptions psychologiques dans les textes me dicaux
indiens.  Paris: Institut de Civilization Indienne.*
Sen, Samarendra Nath.  1966-.  A bibliography of Sanskrit works on
astronomy and mathematics.  Pt. 1. New Delhi:  National Institute of
Sciences of India. 
Singh, H.G.  1977. Psychotherapy in India from Vedic to modern times. 
Agra: National Psychological Corporation.*
Venkatachari, K.K.A. (Ed.) 1984.  Technology in India (ancient and medieval
periods).  Bombay: Ananthacharya Indological Institute.*
Venkitasubramonia Iyer, S.  1978.  Technical literature in Sanskrit. 
Trivandrum:  University of Kerala.

 





From FRS00JDW at unccvm.uncc.edu  Thu Aug 25 17:43:45 1994
From: FRS00JDW at unccvm.uncc.edu (J. Daniel White)
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 94 12:43:45 -0500
Subject: Buddha-L information
Message-ID: <161227017107.23782.943728021395364954.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

I recall that earlier this summer someone indicated that a Buddhism Listserve
is available.  As a colleague of mine wishes to subscribe to such a list, I
would appreciate someone sending me the listserve information of any Buddhism
listserve discussion groups available.  Thanks!
 





From clittle at ep.ieee.org  Thu Aug 25 17:37:23 1994
From: clittle at ep.ieee.org (clittle at ep.ieee.org)
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 94 13:37:23 -0400
Subject: Buddha-L information
Message-ID: <161227017109.23782.1486833183205446461.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

My list of lists (last updated 28-January-1992) lists BUDDHA-L on LISTSERV at ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU or LISTSERV at ULKYVM.BITNET. Instructions say send the usual "SUBSCRIBE BUDDHA-L <your first and last name>. Owner: James A. Cocks, University of Louisville, JACOCK01 at ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU
 





From eclear at bronze.ucs.indiana.edu  Sun Aug 28 20:03:28 1994
From: eclear at bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (edeltraud harzer clear)
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 94 15:03:28 -0500
Subject: None
Message-ID: <161227017110.23782.11458147611723876811.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures.
The Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University,
Bloomington, seeks senior-level applicants for the
Rabindranath Tagore Professorship in Indian Cultures
and Civilizations, beginning Fall term 1995.
We seek a scholar of national and international
prominence in the religions of India, with 
specialization in Hinduism.  Areas of particular
interest include: anthropological study of religions
of India, historical study of Indian religious
traditions, performance traditions of India,
philosophical traditions of India.
In addition to teaching and research, the holder
of this position will assume leadership in
developing an interdisciplinary program in India
Studies on the Bloomington campus and in raising
additional funds for the program.  Salary and
compensation will be commensurate with the 
candidate's experience and accomplishments. 
Interested candidates should send a CV and a
detailed account of research projects and of 
teaching interests at both the undergraduate
and graduate level to Prof. J. Samuel Preus,
Tagore Search Committee, Religious Studies,
Sycamore Hall 230, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A.
Phone (812) 855-3532; FAX (821) 855-4687; 
e-mail preus at ucs.indiana.edu.
The deadline for applications is Oct. 15, 1994.
Indiana University is an Equal Opportunity/
Affirmative Action Employer.
A



 





From dileep at math.utexas.edu  Sun Aug 28 20:12:20 1994
From: dileep at math.utexas.edu (Dileep Karanth)
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 94 15:12:20 -0500
Subject: Book available on Internet
Message-ID: <161227017112.23782.12278432000718499023.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


Hi,

I have the book "Muslim Politics in Secular India" by Hamid Dalwai
(Orient paperbacks, 1972) in electronic form, and permission to share
it freely. I reproduce some excerpts from the foreword to the book
below. Please let me know if you want me to mail you the rest of the
book (or more parts of the book) individually. Since the subject
matter of the book is not directly related to indology, I have been
forced to keep this message short, and so I have selected excerpts at
random.

Dileep S Karanth
                        FOREWORD 

		by A.B.Shah, Indian Secular Forum 

Mr Hamid Dalwai's emergence during the last two years as one of the
most thought-provoking critics of Muslim attitudes marks in my opinion
an important turning point in the history of Muslim politics in India.
For the first time since the foundation of the Central National
Mohammedan Association by Syed Ameer Ali in 1877, a Muslim student of
the problem is approaching it from a standpoint that is neither Hindu
nor Muslim, neither Gandhian nor Marxist.  Mr Dalwai's standpoint is,
rather that of a student of history and culture, and his views are
expressed with a kind of courage and forthrightness that is rare among
Indian secularists.     .........
 .......	What has actually happened is that Mr Dalwai has
stirred up a hornets' nest round his head among the educated Muslims
of India and their fellow-travellers among the Hindus.  At the same
time, those among the communalist Hindus who in the beginning imagined
that they had got a Muslim recruit for fighting their battles were
sorely disappointed when they discovered that Mr Dalwai was equally
opposed to the obscurantism of any community and of any type.
.....................
	
 





From msweet at facstaff.wisc.edu  Tue Aug 30 04:25:24 1994
From: msweet at facstaff.wisc.edu (Michael J. Sweet)
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 94 22:25:24 -0600
Subject: peacocks and poison
Message-ID: <161227017118.23782.17418814522539643038.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Does anyone know of a written source for the belief that peacocks are able
to digest poison in general, and black aconite in particular.  Have seen
this in Tibetan texts, and trying to track down its Indic origin.  Two
knowledgable people have said this is a common belief in S. India, perh.
related to Siva Nilakantha and the cult of Kartikkeya, but can't cite any
textual origin.  Any ideas?  Thanks.
                                          Michael

Michael Sweet
University of Wisconsin--Madison
msweet at facstaff.wisc.edu
 

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See Rgveda 1.191.14 for the earliest reference to the peacock consuming 
snake poison. I have heard in Tantric circles (no known text) that the 
dark blue centers of the peacock's feathers can be prepared as a bhasma, 
along with other substances such as aconite, to be used as a rasaaya.na.
Fred Smith
School of Religion / Dept. of Asian Lgs. & Lit.
Univ. of Iowa
 


>?From @vigyan.iisc.ernet.in (Dr.dominik Wujaftyk 081594): dom at vigyan.ernet.in Tue Aug 30 17:23:29 94
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 94 17:23:29 EST
From: dom <@vigyan.iisc.ernet.in (Dr.dominik Wujaftyk 081594): dom at vigyan.ernet.in>
Subject: Re: Suggestions for research topic..

> 
> >I am interested in doing a research paper on some aspect of Indian 
> >science/technology. The time frame of the topic is preferably any time before
> >the 1950's.  However, more recent the better since I have to be able to
> >find some primary sources on the subject matter.  
> The authority on the subject is David Pingree who cannot be reached by
> e-mail.  I suggest you read his book in the History of Indian Literature
> series edited by Gonda on Indian Science and Mathematics.  There is plenty
> of primary material available back to the time just after Alexander.
> Peter Scharf

Actually David is reachable indirectly by email, through his research 
student and assistant Kim Plofker (who is actually in India right now,
I think).  E-Address: hmath at brownvm.brown.edu

But it would still be better to read David's books than to bother him
with email.

You should also look at vol. VI of _The Cultural Heritage of India_, ed. 
Priyadranjan Ray (Calcutta: Ramakrishna Mission, 1986, reprint 1991) which 
contains a number of useful essays on various aspects of the history of 
science in India.

Dominik

 





From marcus.banks at anthropology.oxford.ac.uk  Tue Aug 30 12:41:55 1994
From: marcus.banks at anthropology.oxford.ac.uk (marcus.banks at anthropology.oxford.ac.uk)
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 94 12:41:55 +0000
Subject: Prof. Leach
Message-ID: <161227017114.23782.9622929039520509897.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

>I need to find out how to contact Prof. Edmund Leach. I would appreciate
>any help in this regard. Thank you very much!
>Beatrice

Tact and decorum prevent me from suggesting you try a spirit medium or a
ouija board. Of the various obituaries, the one by Fuller and Parry in
_Anthropology Today_ 5.3 (1989) is informative.

Marcus Banks


 





From ZYSK at ACFcluster.NYU.EDU  Wed Aug 31 14:19:23 1994
From: ZYSK at ACFcluster.NYU.EDU (ZYSK at ACFcluster.NYU.EDU)
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 10:19:23 -0400
Subject: peacocks and poison
Message-ID: <161227017119.23782.4753485608948049467.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

You might also look at the appropriate section of the Kalpasthaana of
Sus'ruta (especially) and of Caraka. The former has a very interesting
discussion of topics related to toxicology in ancient India. Good 
luck. K. Zysk
 





From hindimcs at u.washington.edu  Wed Aug 31 18:53:30 1994
From: hindimcs at u.washington.edu (Michael Shapiro)
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 11:53:30 -0700
Subject: Rosemary
Message-ID: <161227017121.23782.12569890134868054973.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

A Sinological colleague of mine has inquired about early Indic (or 
Iranian) citations or attestations of a word for the herb rosemary.  Any 
help would be appreciated.
--Michael C. Shapiro
 





From SOGBS at cc.newcastle.edu.au  Wed Aug 31 02:38:33 1994
From: SOGBS at cc.newcastle.edu.au (SOGBS at cc.newcastle.edu.au)
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 12:38:33 +1000
Subject: Films on Religion in South Asia
Message-ID: <161227017116.23782.9659700472159300723.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

I am reposting this list because the original version apparently
contained some non-ASCII codes. I hope that this version (tidied up
by Matthew Ciolek for the Coombs archives) is clean.

Geoffrey Samuel
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email (from 2/95): [probably] G.Samuel at lancs.ac.uk

This list is work-in-progress, and does not claim to be in any way
complete. It has been assembled from a variety of sources, but I have
undoubtedly omitted many useful and worthwhile films and videos. Please
feel free to send me additions, corrections and comments.

I have included films on South Asian performing arts with religious
themes, on non-Indian religions in South Asia (Zoroastrianism, Islam) and
on Hinduism (but not Buddhism) outside South Asia.

I have not distinguished between films and videos in the listings since
most of the film material is probably now available on video. Generally
speaking, the older items were initially released on 16mm film. Note that
videos from the USA are normally in the NTSC system, those from UK and
Australia in PAL.

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ABBREVIATIONS

AA = reference to review in _American Anthropologist_

H6 = Karl G. Heider, _Films for Anthropological Teaching_. 6th edn.
American Anthropological Association, 1977

R-xxx; ref to Rolf Husmann et al. _A Bibliography of Ethnographic Film_,
Gottingen 1992

* I have seen this item

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SOURCE LIST

N.B. Some of these addresses are probably out of date. I have given the
most recent information available to me. - G.S.

Apsara Media for Intercultural Education, 13659 Victory Boulevard, Suite
577, Van Nuys, CA 91401. Attn: Distribution. (818) 785-1498

Arthur Cantor Films, 2112 Broadway, Suite 400, New York, NY 10023, USA.
Tel.: (212) 496 5710

BBC Productions (in UK): BBC Enterprises, Sales Department, Woodlands,
Wood Lane, London W12 0TT, UK. Tel. (?071) 743 5588
(in Australia): BBC Education and Training, 11th Floor, 50 Berry Street,
North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia. Tel. +61 2 957 6933. Fax +61 2 957 6448

BhakTV Productions Ltd, 3941 Madison Ave, PO Box 1015, Culver City, 90232,
USA

Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University Press, 136 South
Broadway, Irvington, NY 10533, USA [1974 address!]

Center Productions, 1800 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80301, USA. Tel. (800)
824 1166

Cinetel Productions Pty Ltd, 15 Fifth Avenue, Cremorne, NSW 2090,
Australia. Attn.: Frank Heimans. Tel.: (02) 953 8071. Fax: +61 2 953 7122

Colorado State University Instructional Service, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. Attn.: James Boyd. Tel (303) 491
1325. Fax (303) 491 6989

Deakin University Video Publications, Deakin University Press, Deakin
University, Geelong, VIC 3217, Australia. Tel.: (052) 27 2633, 27 2194.
Fax: +61 52 27 2020

Direct Cinema, Ltd., Box 69799, Los Angeles, CA 90069, USA. Tel. (213) 652
8000

Disappearing World Series (UK) Granada Television, 36 Golden Square,
London W1R 4AH, UK. Tel.: (071) 734 8080. Fax: +44 71 494 6280
(USA) PMI, 5547 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60640-1199, USA.
Tel. (312) 878 7300, or Pennsylvania State University Audio-Visual
Services (see below)

Documentary Educational Resources, 101 Morse St., Watertown, MA 02172,
USA. Tel. (617) 926 0491

Film Australia, PO Box 46, Lindfield. NSW 2070, Australia. Tel.: (02) 413
8777. Fax: +61 2 416 5672. British and US enquiries through Australian
Government Film Representatives: Canberra House, 10-16 Maltravers Street,
The Strand, London WC2R 3EH, UK; Australian Information Service, 636 Fifth
Avenue, New York, NY 10020, USA.

Films Incorporated, 5547 Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60640, USA. Tel.
(800) 323 4222

First Run Icarus, 153 Waverly Place, 6th floor, New York, NY 10014. Attn:
Liz Fries. Tel (800) 876 1710; Fax (212) 989 7649

Malinis's Dances of India Troupe, 1355 Wynnstone Drive, Ann Arbor, MI
48105

Media Services, University of Texas Library, Box 830643, University of
Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083-0643, USA. Tel: (214) 690 2949

Michael Camerini, Inc., 327 West 21st Street, Apt 2W, New York, NY 10011,
USA. Tel.: (212) 242 2363. Fax: (212) 242 2363

Nataraj, 12 Bristol Lane, Hadley, MA 01035. Attn: David Watson. (413) 586
8974

Pennsylvania State University, Audio Visual Services, Special Services
Building, Universty Park, PA 16802, USA. Tel. (814) 865 6314 or (800) 826
0132

RAI International Video Sales: Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy
Street, London W1P 5HS, UK. Tel. (071) 387 0455. Fax: +44 71 383 4235.
Attn: Gail S. Baker, Film Officer. (Some RAI material appears to be
distributed in the USA by Documentary Educational Resources, qv.)

Rounder Records, Dept. SEM, 61 Prospect Sreet, Montpelier, Vermont 05602,
USA. Attn.: Stephen McArthur. Tel (802) 223 1294, Fax (802) 229 1834

Satyam Shivam Sundaram, 425 Alexander Street, Princeton NJ 08540, USA
[from 1974]

Singer-Sharrette Productions, 336 Main Street, PO Box 68, Rochester MI
48063, USA Tel (313) 731 5199 or 656 0030

Society of St Francis, Hermitage of St Bernadine, Stroud, NSW 2425,
Australia. Tel. (049) 94 5372

South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin, 1269 Van Hise Hall,
Madison, WI 53706. Attn.: Distribution. Tel (608) 262-9690; Fax (608) 262
3065

Syracuse University Film Rental Center, 1455 E. Colvin Street, Syracuse,
NY 13210, USA. (1977 address!)

Traditional Healing Films/Earth Research, P.O. Box 68, 336 Main St,
Rochester, MI 48063, USA. Tel. (313) 656 0030

Under the Sun, BBC Elstree, Clarendon Road, Borehamwood, Herts WD6 1JF, UK

University of California Extension Media Center, 2000 Center St, 4th
floor, Berkeley, CA 94704. Attn.: Daniel Bickley. Tel (510) 642 0460; Fax
(510) 643 8683

Visionova, 64 Royal Park Terrace, Hillsdale, NJ 07642, USA

Wombat Prductions, Inc., 250 West 57th Street, Suite 1319, New York, NY
10019, USA. Tel. (212) 315 2502

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FILM LIST


AHIMSA, NON-VIOLENCE
(Produced by Marion Hunt and directed by Michael Tobias, 1987, 58 min.)
Distributor: Direct Cinema
R-753 = AA 91,4 (1989): 1094-95
".. about modern followers of the Jain religion in India... Because of its
vivid and colorful subject matter, its seductive narration ... and its
unique depiction of an important religious community seldom studied even
in South Asian ethnography courses, this film will be tempting to plug in
as a remedial ethnographic profile of the Jains. However to do so without
additional background material would be a _big_ mistake. The film's made-
for-television slickness will encourage students to overlook its lack of
sociohistorical context and its consistently pro-Jain hyperbole... I would
certainly use this film in my courses, but only with additional materials
to ensure a critical viewing." (from AA review, which also makes several
suggestions for additional reading)


ALTAR OF FIRE
(Robert Gardner/Frits Staal, 1976, 45 min)
Distributor: University of California Extension Media Center (film and
video)
R-270 = AA 80,1 (1978), 197-9
"... consists largely of footage taken during the course of the
performance of the Vedic Agnicarana ritual by Nambudiri Brahmins in Kerala
Province in April of 1975." Robert Paul's AA review focusses on the
dubious nature of the film's claims to "authenticity," and its lack of
contextualizing the event depicted: the makers of the film "pretend to
give us an authentic glimpse into ancient Vedic times, rendered hollow and
ethically repugnant through the patronizing, rigid, antiquarian, and
neocolonialist attitudes it reveals."


BAKE RESTUDY 1984
(Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy and Amy Catlin, 60 min)
AA 96,2 (1994), 484-6
Distributor: Apsara Media for Intercultural Education
"This videotape explores the preservation and transformation of
performance in India's southern states of Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka.
It compares Arnold Adriaan Bake's unique 16mm films, photos and audio
recordings of music, dance and ritual, made in 1938, to the audio-visual
documentation collected on a revisit to the same sites by his students and
colleague, Nazir Jairazbhoy, in 1984." (details from _Asian Studies
Newsletter_ (Apr-May 1993), p.11)


BANARAS
(Michael Camerini, 22min)
Distributor: Michael Camerini, Inc. (Made in cooperation with Dept of
Indian Studies, Uni of Wisconsin, Madison)
"The feeling and mood of Banaras rather than a detailed description of any
given facet of the city. The film relies on visual images and the original
score to evoke the feeling of being in Banares. It shows the cycle of
daily activity, life on the ghats, ties the formal worship in temples to
the devotions of pilgrims and the people of the city at the river, and
explores the many different types of shrines found in the city. There are
many rhythms to the city: the pattern of daily life, the market places,
the multiple uses of the river and of water in general, and all contribute
to the holiness of the city. In exploring these rhythms the film also
gives the viewer a feeling for the people of Banares; their faces, moods
and actvities." (details and description from H6: 30)


BEING MUSLIM IN INDIA
(1984, 30 min)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
No further details available


BENARES: STEPS TO HEAVEN
(Richard Riddiford, 1984, 30 min.)
Distributor: Wombat Productions
R625 = AA 89,1 (1987) 251-3
"Its 30 minutes are devoted to the city as a pilgrimage centre... leaves
this viewer with a sense of a guided tour, unattached to the actual lives
of people who live in the city and depend on its religious importance for
their livelihood... Yet its use in teaching about Hinduism, about Benares
as a pilgrimage center, about the antiquity of Hindu custom and the beauty
that can be allied with death and distress is certain..." (AA review)


CHANDALIKA: A DRAMA OF KARMA AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(video, 40 min)
Distributor: Nataraj
"From Rabindranath Tagore's book. At the lowest stratum of the Indian
caste system is the 'untouchable' or chandal. Within this caste, at one
time, were born Prakriti and her mother.  Prakriti was scorned by village
women and bewailed her birth until she met a Buddhist monk who offered her
a new point of view. There was hope, she thought, to change her karma, and
the struggle to do so and its outcome comprise the story." (Details from
_Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Spring 1990), p.5)


CHANT DES FOUS, LE
Distributor: Not known
French film on the Bauls of Bengal made in 1978-79.


CHITTIRAI FESTIVAL
(Michael Camerini and Myra Binford,1976, 25 + 35 min)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
H6: 45
Filmed by  directed by Joseph Elder. On the temple festival at Madurai,
South India. Part I : Historical background; Part II : Events of the
festival. William Harman's book _The Sacred Marriage of a Hindu Goddess_,
1989, which is a description of this festival, refers to what seems to be
the same film under the title WEDDING OF THE GODDESS. This is perhaps a
longer version, since Harman gives the timings as 36 + 40 min.


THE CHRISTIAN YOGA EXPERIENCE
(1985, 32 min)
Distributor: Deakin University Video Productions
"Dr Peter Fenner from Deakin University discusses the Christian Yoga
experience with Brother Amaldas, who accompanied the Monk-Mystic, Dom Bede
Griffiths, on his visit to Australia. Order No.129"


CIRCLES-CYCLES: KATHAK DANCE
(Robert S. Gottlieb, 1989)
Distributor: University of California Extension Media Center
"The kathak tradition combines influences from both Hindu and Islamic
cultures and was cultivated in the royal courts of north India under the
nawabs and Maharajas. The themes range from simple village life to the
experiences of Hindu deities." (Details from _Asian Studies Newsletter_
(Spring 1990), p.5)
".. provides a clear introduction to the history and performance of
kathak... with selections from the kathak repertoire as performed by
leading artists of North India... I recommend this film wholeheartedly for
teaching and research purposes" (AA review)
R-298 = AA 93,1 (1991), 252


CLASSROOM CONVERSATION WITH A ZOROASTRIAN PRIEST
(James W. Boyd and Ron G. Williams, 48 min.)
Distributor: Colorado State University Instructional Service
"Dastur Firoze Kotwal, a Zoroastrian high priest from Bombay, in residence
for a semester at Colorado State University, provided the interview
material for this discussion about beliefs and practices of Zoroastrians."
(details from _Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Jan-Feb 1994), p.7)


DARSHAN
(Filmed and edited by Florence Davey, 30 min)
Distributor: Satyam Shivam Sundaram
R-181 = AA 76,3 (1974), 704-6
"This useful film contains brief but illuminating vignettes of four
contemporary "holy men" of North India.." (AA review)


DEVI: THE FEMININE POWER IN INDIAN RELIGIOUS TRADITION
Distributor: Nataraj
"For centuries in India there has been an indigenous folk tradition of
goddess worship, especially in Eastern and Southern India. Mahadevi is
often presented as one who responds to the needs or cries of her devotees
to destroy evil. This film explores principal aspects of the goddess in
dramatized form." (details from _Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Spring 1990),
p.5)


DIVINE MADNESS: TRANCE, DANCE AND HEALING IN GUYANA
(Philip Singer, 1978, 60 min)
Distributor: Singer-Sharrette Productions
R-700 = AA 87,2 (1985), 480-1
"an intense and intimate look at a ritual healing sequence at a Kali Hindu
temple in Albion, Guyana. The participants, primarily East Indian sugar
plantation workers of the district... come as patients, healers, and
ritualists to a religious event that derives directly from the Shaivite
Great Tradition of South India. The film is a result of close cooperation
between the anthropologist/ ethnopsychiatrist Philip Singer and the Kali
Mai _pujari_ Jaimsee Naidoo. In their joint narrative the _pujari_'s
explanations of etiology and therapy in "Kali work" are presented side by
side with Singer's psychological framework for these processes." (excerpt
from generally favourable AA review)
This seems to be an abridged and improved version of a series of three 40
minute films by Philip Singer collectively entitled TRADITIONAL HEALING IN
GUYANA : THE DIVINE MADNESS OF KALI MAI FUNCTIONAL THERAPY
which were reviewed less positively in AA 81,2 (1979), 472-3. Criticisms there
focussed on the "rambling and inconsistent narration" with its
"condescending and patronizing tone" and on the failure to "make the
subject material generally comprehensible".


DOM BEDE GRIFFITHS: A CHRISTIAN SADHU
(1985, 33 min)
Distributor: Deakin University Video Productions
"Dom Bede Griffiths discusses East-West religious dialogue and his
experiences as a monk-mystic in the Benedictine Ashram in South India. He
talks with Professor Max Charlesworth and Dr Purusottama Bilimoria of
Deakin University. Order No.128."


DUST AND ASHES*
(Michael Yorke and Naresh Bedi, 1989, 50 min)
Distributor: Under the Sun
"Every twelve years, when the Sun enters Capricorn and Jupiter enters
Aries, devout Hindus go to the great Kumbh fair at Allahabad and this year
the government is expecting 37 million people. We follow the fortunes of
four pilgrims: an ascetic, who meditates in the ice cave from where the
Ganges flows; His Holiness Jagadguru Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal; a rural
peasant from central India and a wealthy industrialist." (Note from
programme of 2nd International Festival of Ethnographic Film,  Manchester,
1990)


EUNUCHS: INDIA'S THIRD GENDER*
(50 min.)
Distributor: BBC
AA 95 (1993), 517-8
On the _hijra_ (transvestite) community of India. "Well known to Indians
is the custom a groups of _hijras_ celebrating a birth in a prosperous
household by song and dance, and by blessing the newborn... Less well
known is the caste-like structure of the _hijra_ community and its
religious cult centering on a goddess who is pleased by the sacrifice
performed by an initiated _hijra_ of "her" male genitalia. Both the caste
and the cult are detailed by Nanda [Serena Nanda, _Neither Man nor Woman_,
Wadsworth 1990]... The film "centers on a cohabiting couple, Kiran and
Hiresh, a _hijra_ and her truck-driver mate.. We see two communities of
_hijras_, one in Rajasthan, where there is a monastery occupied by
_hijras_... The second community is a house of prostitution in Bombay. We
witness here the welcoming of two new "girls" into the house, celebrated
by an elaborate wedding ceremony." (From a joint review with JAREENA:
PORTRAIT OF A HIJDA. "Both films are visually pleasing and nonsensational
in tone."


EYES OF STONE*
(Nilita Vachani, 1989, 90 min)
(Doordarshan 16mm film)
Distributor: Not known
"A film about women and the ritual of spirit possession and cure: a ritual
of faith, rebellion and individual expression that thrives within the
confines of a stringent patriarchal order. Shot in the Bhilwara district
of Rajasthan, India, the film documents one woman's participation in the
ritual and, through it, the strengths and sadnesses of her life.
     Shanta is 19 years old. Married at the age of 10, she is the mother
of two sons. Her husband, Nandlal, a truck driver, is away on long-
distance trips most of the time.
     Shanta has been ill for five years. It all began, she says, with the
evil gaze of a 'dakan' (witch). She suffers from headaches, bodyaches and
fevers, a sense of dissociation and disinterest in the world around her.
For the duration of her cure, Shanta lives with her parents and her
brother. They have taken her to doctors, tried different medicines, but
nothing has helped. Now, the family feels that this is no 'ordinary'
illness. They pin all their hopes on the goddess, Bhankya Mata.
     Every Saturday, for five weeks, Shanta appears before the goddess.
Like hundreds of other possessed women, she goes into trance, and 'plays'
(the Hindi 'khelna'). In trance, the goddess 'comes' to her, and engages
the troublesome spirit in a battle of words, of wit, repartee, performance
and physical duress, in which the spirit must ultimately accept defeat.
     The ritualised healing is a turning point in Shanta's life. After her
cure, she puts on her make-up and resumes her normal routine. She retunrs
with her husband to his village. True to the tradition, she covers up her
face and speaks in whispers. She is now the wife and mother - cooking,
cleaning, washing, sweeping.
     The film has an inherent narrative structure as we move from Shanta's
'abnormal' outbursts during possession to her socially defined behaviour
at her husband's home. The _cinema verite_ approach weaves a tapestry of
strongly defined characters, details of a rural, low-income Rajasthani
household, personal interactions that reveal the pathos of commonplace,
everyday problems; and midst it all, an unshakeable faith in the mother
goddess, 'who knows what is best, who knows all'." (from cover note to
video)


FLOATING IN THE AIR FOLLOWED BY THE WIND
(Ronald Simons, 1973)
Distributor: University of California Extension Media Center
H6: 65-6
"A film ...  about Thaipusam, a Tamil Hindu religious  festival in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. Worshippers pierce themselves with spears and hooks, and
carry highly decorated shoulder poles, called _kavadi_, to the place of
pilgrimage, a sacred cave. Preparations begin weeks before, and include
tutelage by a spiritual leader, a guru, who is skilled in inducing
entranced states. The trance state that occurs during the procession,
accompanied by rhythmic music and dance, prevents the worshippers from
experiencing pain." (description from LC)


FOREST OF BLISS*
(Produced by Robert Gardner and Akos Ostor and directed by Robert Gardner,
1987, 89 min)
Distributor: Arthur Cantor Films
Robert Gardner's notorious movie on Varanasi. An art film rather than an
ethnography, this is of limited use for teaching purposes, but it is
undoubtedly a fascinating case-study in creative film-making.
R-273 = _SVA Newsletter_ 4,2 (1988), 1-7 and 5,1 (1989), 2-3; _Film
Quarterly_ 41,1 (1987), 58-61; AA 91,1 (1989), 273-4; _Humanism Quarterly_
12,3/4 (1987), 97-98


FOUR HINDU SADHUS
also known as FOUR HOLY MEN: RENUNCIATION IN HINDU SOCIETY
(Mira Beym Binford and Michael Camerini, 37 min)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
"... examines several traditional ways in which a Hindu may renounce the
world and yet retain an integral role in society. The film focuses on four
different types of sadhus: a traditional guru who heads a monastery; a
scholar who is also the founder of a national political party; and a
recluse with no organizational ties [this makes three?]. Why did these
people choose the life of renunciation? Ho do they relate to the society
they have renounced." (details and description from H6: 67)
Also described in RAI Film Catalogue, p.19


GIVEN TO DANCE
(Produced and directed by Ron Hess, 1985, 57 min)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
R-332 = AA 88,4 (1986), 1040-42
On Odissi dance. Ex-temple dancers (_mahari_ or _devadasi_) speak about
their former lives to the modern Odissi dancer Madhavi Mudgal. Also
includes dances of the _gotipua_ (boy dancers) of Orissa, modern Odissi
dance performed by Madhavi Mudgal, and sequences from the chariot festival
of the Jagannath Temple at Puri. Would perhaps go well with Frederique
Marglin's _Wives of the God-King_.


HAIL MOTHER KALI: A TRIBUTE TO THE TRADITIONS AND HEALING
ARTS BROUGHT TO
GUYANA BY INDENTURED MADRASI LABOURERS
(Produced and directed by Stephanos Stephanides, 1988, 60 minutes)
Distributor: Singer-Sharrette Productions
R-735 = AA 91,2 (1989), 531-33
"This video traces three days and nights of a Hindu _puja_ (healing
ceremony) in the canefields of Berbice, Guyana... The ceremony documented
is the anual Big Puja at the Blairmont Kali Temple... The goddess
incarnate seeing patients is more fully illustrated in the film DIVINE
MADNESS... While DIVINE MADNESS is appropriate for students of
ethnomedicine, clinical psychology, nursing, and related health fields,
HAIL MOTHER KALI will be more useful to students of religion, culture
history, expressive culture, and semiotics. It is not appropriate for use
with undergraduate students lacking prior introdction to Hinduism." (from
AA review)


HINDU LOAVES AND FISHES
(Produced and directed by Philip Singer, 1985, 20 min)
Distributor: Traditional Healing Films/Earth Research
R-701 = AA 88,4 (1986), 1042-43
"An ethnographic study of Hindu shamanism centred on trance-linked
materialization of objects, this film is a true workshop view of a Hindu
holy man-cum-magician... The scenario is set with a Hindu professor of
biochemistry who regards this particular yogi as his personal guru and
believes he has achieved siddhi (occult powers) through austere
meditational techniques... The actual entry of Siddha Baba... into trance
and his trance-generated comportment is exquisitely done, by far the best
segment of the film, complete with hyperventilation, groans, and sundry
other sounds..." [AA review] Agehananda Bharati's review is critical of
several aspects of the film, but it might be useful with appropriate
introduction.


THE HINDU RITUAL SANDHYA
(Produced by Doris Srinivasan, 19 min.)
Distributor: Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University Press
R-733 = 76,1 (1974), 218-9
"The film is a clear, straightforward presentation of a Smarta Brahmin
pandit performing his morning and evening prayers on the banks of a South
Indian river... The seeming multitude of gods mentioned during the prayers
are illustrated by cutaways to sculptures and paintings of them..." (from
AA review)


THE HO: PEOPLE OF THE RICE POT
(Michael and Valerie Yorke, 70 min.)
Distributor: (On hire from RAI Film Library)
"The Ho... are a secluded tribe of the Mundari-speaking group living in
the southern part of Bihar state in India. The film focusses on the life
ofe one man, his two wives and seven children in order to portray the
annual cycle of events and activities. They are shown engaged in
subsistence activities such as foraging in the forest and harvesting rice,
and in ritual and ceremonial observances... Shot over an eighteen-month
period, [the film] is able to recreate the atmosphere of everyday life for
the Ho, locating festival and ceremony firmly in the context of the
agricultural cycle..."
(Details and description from RAI Film Catalogue, p.25)


A HUMAN SEARCH: THE LIFE OF FATHER BEDE GRIFFITHS
(59 minutes)
Distributor (in Australia): Society of St Francis
"An intimate portrait of one of the greatest mystics and thinkers of this
century."


IMAGE INDIA: THE HINDU WAY
(Daniel H. Smith; series of 11 short films)
Distributor: Syracuse University Film Rental Center
R-707 = AA 74,6 (1972) 1585-87
H6: 79
"An eleven-film series on Hindu religious rites and celebrations...
photographed on location among the Tengalai Sri-vaisnava Brahmins of
Madras, Southern India... each film comes with a helpful Users' Guide" (AA
review quoted in H6)
The individual films are:

HOW A HINDU WORSHIPS: AT THE HOME SHRINE (18 min)
HINDU TEMPLE RITES: BATHING THE IMAGE OF GOD (13 min)
HINDU SACRAMENTS OF CHILDHOOD: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS (25 min)
MONTHLY ANCESTRAL OFFERINGS IN HINDUISM (8 min.)
RADHA'S DAY: HINDU FAMILY LIFE (17 min)
PILGRIMAGE TO A HINDU TEMPLE (14 min)
HINDU PROCESSION TO THE SEA (8 min)
THE HINDU SACRAMENT OF THREAD INVESTITURE (14 min)
HINDU DEVOTIONS AT DAWN (10 min)
THE HINDU SACRAMENT OF SURRENDER (8 min)
A HINDU FAMILY CELEBRATION: 60TH BIRTHDAY (9 min)


IN THE NAME OF GOD (_RAM KE NAM_)*
(Anand Patwardhan.  90 minutes)
Distributor: First Run Icarus.
"In recent years, religious fundamentalism has swept across the globe. In
India, state repression has added credibility to separatist demands, but
by far the biggest danger to the nation's secular fabric comes from groups
appealing to the 80% Hindu majority to redefine India as a Hindu nation
and to put aside Gandhi's non-violent methods. Ayodhya, city of the epic
poem Ramayana, and city of a famous 16th century mosque, provides a focus
for this tragic drama. The film documents stresses between violent
impulses and non-violent efforts to prevent the spread of religious
intolerance." (_Asian Studies Newsletter_ No.2 (1993), p.9)
Also _Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Jan-Feb 1993), p.4; (Jan-Feb 1994, p.7)


AN INDIAN PILGRIMAGE: KASHI
(Mira Reym Binford and Michael Camerini, 30 min.)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
 H6: 82
"The film begins with a detailed examination of an 1825 drawing of the
bathing steps of Kashi (Benares) ... and then abruptly shifts to shots of
the same bathing steps ... in the 1970s... The camera then leads us on a
tour of the pilgrimage centre... Halfway through the film, the film-makers
pick up two middle-class urban couples, natives of South India, who have
made the journey to Kashi. The two couples are asked their reasons for
coming... The film comes to life in the course of a long sequence on the
offerings to the ancestors when the narrator abandons his comments in
favour of subtitles which capture the dialogue between the priests and the
two couples... What is missing from the film is some explanation of the
sacred geography of the town and, indeed, of the cosmos... As it stands,
the film would make a suitable introduction to Indian pilgrimage for
students who are somewhat unfamiliar with the south Asian sub-continent."
(from description in RAI Film Catalogue, pp.26-27)


AN INDIAN PILGRIMAGE: RAMDEVRA
(Mira Reym Binford and Michael Camerini, 26 min.)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
H6: 82
R-076 = AA 78,4 (1976), 958
"Ramdev was a 15th-century warrior-saint of western India who effected
various miracles in his lifetime and whose miraculous power, according to
present-day devotees, continues to emanate from the grave where the saint
lies buried. The opening sequence of the film introduces the viewer to a
small group of Ramdev devotees living in Bombay who have decided to travel
together to the saint's shrine at Ramdevra on the occasion of the saint's
death-day... While worshipping at the shrine, one of the women in th
Bombay group becomes possessed by Ramdev. Other devotees escort the
possessed woman to a neighbouring shrine of a female disciple of Ramdev
and assist her in expressing ecstatically her devotion to Ramdev... during
the latter part of the film the camera focuses on the festival activities
of the pilgrims outside the shrine... This film touches on a number of
interesting topics in the study of Indian pilgrimage: the relationship
between the central shrine and the local organization of a cult, the
significance of women in organizing pilgrimage groups, the worship at the
same shrine of both Hindus and Muslims, and the overlay of Muslim ideas
(burial shrine of an historical personage) and Hindu ideas (Ramdev is an
incarnation of the eternal Krishna) at the same shrine. Unfortunately the
narrator does not pick up these points in sufficient detail..." There is a
good accompanying booklet; Mira Binford has also written an article on the
pilgrimage in Bardwell Smith (Ed) _Hinduism: New Essays in the History of
Religions_, Brill, Leiden 1976. (from description in RAI Film Catalogue,
pp.27-28)


IRAMUDUN (DISPELLING DEMONS)*
(Produced by Barrie Machin, 1985, 45 min.)
Distributor: Pennsylvania State Universty, Audio Visual Services
Sinhalese exorcistic dance-ritual. "This is an honest, competent, well-
made and instructive film. Together with Bruce Kapferer's book, _A
Celebration of Demons_,... it affords an excellent opportunity to study a
ritual process that has not been documented before... Questions about
meaning are (presumably) left for Kapferer's book to answer..." (from AA
review)
R-466 = AA 90,2 (1988), 493-4


THE JAINS: A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY OF INDIA
(Marcus Banks, Caroline Humphrey and James Laidlaw, 1985, 35 min.)
Distributor: Department of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University, U.K.
Mentioned in review of AHIMSA, NON-VIOLENCE in AA 91 (1989), p.1094.


JAREENA: PORTRAIT OF A HIJDA
(Prem Kalliat)
Distributor: Visionova
AA 95 (1993), 517-8
On the _hijra_ (transvestite) community of India. "Well known to Indians
is the custom a groups of _hijras_ celebrating a birth in a prosperous
household by song and dance, and by blessing the newborn... Less well
known is the caste-like structure of the _hijra_ community and its
religious cult centering on a goddess who is pleased by the sacrifice
performed by an initiated _hijra_ of "her" male genitalia. Both the caste
and the cult are detailed by Nanda [Serena Nanda, _Neither Man nor Woman_,
Wadsworth 1990]... The film centers on Jareena, a young man from Kerala
who works, dressed as a woman, in a massage parlor in Bangalore. Includes
a birth celebration; Jareena also gives a description of her ritual
castration. (From a joint review with EUNUCHS: INDIA'S THIRD GENDER. "Both
films are visually pleasing and nonsensational in tone.")


JVC ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD MUSIC AND DANCE*
Distributor: Rounder Records
This is a collection of thirty videocassettes, including five volumes (45-
55 min each) on South Asia. They include several items on religious
topics, listed below.

     11. SOUTH ASIA I (INDIA I)
     11-1 Bharata Natyam classical dance: devotional dance to Siva (8
     min)
     11-2 Kathakali: "Destruction of Duryodhana" from Mahabharata (10
     min)
     11-3 Manipuri dance: "Vasanta Ras" (Krishna and gopis) (12 min)
     11-4 Kathak dance: Rama and Sita in the forest from Ramayana (6
     min)

     12 SOUTH ASIA II (INDIA II)
     12-1 Chhau from Purulia: (a) "Killing of the demon Mahishasur";
     (b) "Death of Abhimanyu" from Mahabharata (19 min)
     12-2 Chhau from Seraikela: several short items (14 min)
     12-3 Yakshagana: "Death of Abhimanyu" from Mahabharata (14 min)
     12-4 Hindi devotional song (2 min)
     12-5 Sikh devotional song (3 min)

     13 SOUTH ASIA III (INDIA III)
     13-3 Epic of Pabuji (bhopa from Rajasthan) (2 min)
     13-7 to 9 Three Baul songs from Bengal (11 min)

     14 SOUTH ASIA IV (PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH)
     14-1 and 2 two Qawwali items by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (31 min)
     14-7 Trance ritual from Hunza (4 min)

     15 SOUTH ASIA V (SRI LANKA, NEPAL, BHUTAN)
     15-1 Excerpts from a _tovil_ (Sinhala exorcistic ritual) (8 min)
     15-10 Hindu devotional song (dapa khala) from Nepal (3 min)
     15-12 Traditional Newar dance-drama (Mahakali Pyakhan) from
     Nepal (6 min)

See critical review of the South Asian items in the anthology by Amy
Catlin and Nazir Jairazbhoy in _Asian Music_ 24,2 (Spring/Summer 1993),
159-181. The quality of these performances is very variable, as is the
mode of presentation. Some are stage performances from Japan originating
in the Asian Traditional Performing Arts festivals (e.g. 13-7 to 9, 14-
1,2); others are heavily edited for TV films. In many cases much better
material is available elsewhere (e.g. IRAMUDUN for Sinhala exorcistic
ritual; Pakistani commercial videotapes for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan). There
are nevertheless some useful items, and further documentation is available
in F. Koizumi et al. _Dance and Music in South Asian Drama_, Academia
Music, Tokyo 1983 and other publications from the Asian Traditional
Performing Arts festivals.


KATARAGAMA*
(Produced and directed by Charlie Nairn. Anthropologist, Gananath
Obeyesekere. around 55 min.)
Distributor: Disappearing World series
R-542 = _RAIN_ 3 (1974), 8-9; AA 82,2 (1980), 579-80
Cult of the Hindu deity of Kataragama (Skandha) in Sri Lanka. Scenes of
the annual temple festival, at which devotees make offerings, fire-walk
and in some cases hang suspended by skewers, are counterposed to the story
of a family who seek Kataragama's aid to find a lost child.


KHETURNI BAYA
(Sharon Wood, 1982, 19 min.)
Distributor: Pennsylvania State University, Audiovisual Services
R-793 = AA 86,1 (1984), 240-1
A film of women's life in a Gujarati village, including some ritual
sequences. "..although one would like a more informed commentary, the film
can provide useful visual exposure to north Indian family life,
particularly the life of women, for high school or introductory college
classes dealing for the first time with Indian society and culture. Its
somewhat stereotypic description can be rounded out by a teacher
knowledgeable about [the] society..." (from AA review)


LESSONS FROM GULAM
(Directed by John Baily, 53 min.)
Distributor: RAI (UK); Documentary Educational Resources (USA)
AA 91 (1989), 836-8
".. shows how South Asian Muslims living in a mill town in northern
England gather on Sundays to speak Urdu and perform traditional music
[_qawwali_ etc.] under the guidance of a teacher named Gulam..."


THE LIVING GODDESS*
(Frank Homans, 50 min.)
Distributor: Cinetel Productions, Sydney, Australia
Film about the Kumari cult in Nepal, made with the assistance of Michael
Allen of the Department of Anthropology, Sydney University, cf. his book
_The Cult of Kumari_.


THE LONG SEARCH
(BBC series, 1977, 13 episodes, each lasts 48 min)
Distributor: BBC
This series contains two South Asian episodes, "330 Million Gods" on
Hinduism in India and "The Footprints of the Buddha" on Theravada Buddhism
in Sri Lanka

     EPISODE 1: 330 MILLION GODS*
     "Visits various sites in India and observes the performance of
     several types of religious ceremonies. Explores the Hindu approach to
     God and the complexity of the Hindu religious experience." Ronald
     Eyre's presence throughout as the naive outsider may be obtrusive,
     but there is some nice video material, particularly the sequences in
     a Bihar village showing Saraswati Puja, the village sadhu, etc.

     EPISODE 3: FOOTPRINT OF THE BUDDHA*
     "Ronald Eyre tries to come to grips with a religion that has high
     moral standards, but does not believe in a god."


LOVING KRISHNA
(Produced and directed by Allen Moore and Akos Ostor, 1985, 40 min)
Distributor: Centre Productions
R-272 = AA 89,1 (1987), 259-62
Shot in Vishnupur, West Bengal. On the role of Krishna in the life of
Vishnupur. Its last half is devoted to an eight-day chariot festival
centred around Krishna. Akos Ostor's books _Play of the Gods_ (Chicago
1980) and _Culture and Power_ (Sage 1984) provide further background. The
AA's reviewer also recommends David Kinsley's _The Sword and the Flute_
"for students and instructors unfamiliar with Hinduism and Krishna
especially".


MAHARISHI MAHESH
(Conceived and narrated by Yavar Abbas, production manager Marion Abbas,
28 min.)
Distributor: Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University Press
AA 76 (1974) 707-9
Interviews the Maharishi at his Rishikesh centre. "Why are [all the
devotees] Westerners? Could the Maharishi possibly be catering to the
rich? The interviewer puts these and other hard questions to the
Maharishi, who offers evasive replies..." (AA review)


MANIFESTATIONS OF SHIVA
(Malcolm Leigh, 1980, 60 min)
Distributor: The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Asia Society, Inc.,
725 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
R-421 = AA 84,4 (1982), 988-9
"Filmed in SOuth India, [the film] shows varied forms of ritual attention
to the Hindu god Shiva, with a particular focus on the ways in which
Indian artistic expression is interwoven with Shiva worship. The film is
worth viewing for its technical perfection, the extraordinary close-up
shots of devotees' faces, and for all the splendid colours and sounds that
uniquely capture the sensuous beauty of Indian art and religious life...
suffers from the brevity of its narration... most viewers will be baffled
by what they see... The film might be of use in a graduate course of
anthropological methods, to vividly drive home the initial fieldwork
frustration of observing interesting (and obviously significant) behaviour
that one is not yet equipped to understand." (from AA review)


MITHILA PAINTERS: FIVE VILLAGE ARTISTS FROM MADHUBANI, INDIA
(Ray Owens, 48 min.)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
"The Mithila painters of Madhubani in north India have received a degree
of notoriety in recent years. These women painters, whose art at first
adorned walls, express themselves and their topics in a distinctive
traditional style. In the video, the artists themselves come to life."
(details from _Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Jan-Feb 1994), p.8)


MUNNI: CHILDHOOD AND ART IN MITHILA
(Produced by Joe Elder, directed by Raymond Owens, Ron Hess and Cheryl
Graff, 29 min.)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
AA 86 (1984) 807-8
Includes some life-cycle rituals (first tonsure and wedding).


THE MURIA*
(Melissa Llewellyn-Davies [?] and Chris Curling, 1982; 50 min)
(BBC Worlds Apart series)
Distributor: RAI (UK); Films Incorporated (USA)
R-436 = AA 88,1 (1986) 271-3
"The Muria of Central India live in a forested area encircled by
mountains. Their relative isolation has allowed them some differences from
the rest of India, in particular their lack of caste. The focus of this
film is on the institution of the _ghotul_, a dormitory within the village
where all people from about the age of twelve until their marriage must
stay. This film, like the other films of the BBC Worlds Apart series,
makes extensive use of interviews and subtitles, a technique which creates
a human and sympathetic portrayal of the Muria."
See critical review of the film in AA, focussing on its "very blatant and
ethnocentric message, that the Muria system is cruel and heartless and
causes psychological distress," on its "heavy-handed and ubiquitous"
narration, etc.


MURUGA
(Yvonne Hannemann)
Distributor:
R-319 = AA 76,1 (1974), 219


OUR ASIAN NEIGHBOURS series
See RANA; SWAMI SHYAM; THE VILLAGE


PILGRIMAGE TO PITTSBURGH
(30 min video)
Distributor: Fred W. Clothey, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Arts
and Sciences, 2604 Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
"This is a documentary prepared for American audiences of the Sahasrakalas
abhisekam festival as performed by participants in the Sri Venkatesvara
Temple of Pittsburgh. It attempts to present the South Indian immigrant
community's self-perception as expressed through the ritual sequence - a
festival never before performed in North America and only rarely in
India." (Details from _Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Spring 1990), p.6)


PLEASING GOD: A TRILOGY
See LOVING KRISHNA; SERPENT MOTHER; SONS OF SHIVA


PRINCIPLES OF CASTE
(Tom Selwyn, 24 min)
Distributor: RAI
"This film analyses the religious principles behind the caste system and
how these work in a Hindu marriage ceremony. Through an interview with an
untouchable and discussion with people working in various occupations, the
viewer comes to realize how much caste comes to shape every person's
life."


RAJ GONDS
(Chris Curling, Peter Loizos, Michael Yorke and Melissa Llewellyn-Davis
[?], 55 min)
(BBC Worlds Apart series [?])
Distributor: RAI (UK); Films Incorporated (USA)
R-436 = AA 88,1 (1986) 271-3
"The once powerful Raj, or ruling Gonds, have now been reduced to the
status of a tribe that needs the protection of the Indian government for
its survival. In defiance of their poverty and lack of power, the Raj
Gonds every year celebrate Dandari, a ritual of their former authority and
of their philosophy. The symbolism of Dandari is complex; riddles and
skits allow the Gonds to laugh at their fate while certain young men,
through their dress and actions, blur the distinctions between gods and
men, between men and nature. ... Anthropologist: Michael Yorke."


RANA
(Our Asian Neighbours series. 19 minutes)
Distributor: Film Australia
One of a series of films directed primarily at secondary schools. "The
story of a young Muslim girl student living in a crowded section of Old
Delhi. The customary veiling of women (Purdah) and impending marriage by
arrangement are examined."


THE SACRED COBRA*
BBC World About Us, 1982
Distributor: ?BBC
Indian village with cobra cult


SERPENT MOTHER
(Produced and directed by Allen Moore and Akos Ostor, 1985, 30 min.)
Distributor: Centre Productions
R-272 = AA 89,1 (1987), 259-62
Shot in Vishnupur, West Bengal. On the worship of the snake goddess,
Manasha, including the _jhapan_ festival in which serpent-handlers play
with cobras. Akos Ostor's books _Play of the Gods_ (Chicago 1980) and
_Culture and Power_ (Sage 1984) provide further background. The AA's
reviewer also recommends Edward Dimock's _The Thief of Love_ (Chicago
1963) which includes a partial translation of the Manasha Mangal.


SHAMANS OF THE BLIND COUNTRY*
(_SCHAMANEN IM BLINDEN LAND_)
(Michael Oppitz, 223 min.)
Distributor: Media Services, University of Texas Library
R-568 = AA 90,4 (1988), 1049-50
Michael Oppitz's 4 hr movie of Northern Magar shamans, Nepal
There is also a book of the film (in German).
"In the Himalayan region of West Nepal, the Magar peoples have preserved
their own distinctive version of the Classic Inner Asian tradition of
shamanism. The place of shamanism in Magar life is central, the mythology
is rich, the rituals are elaborate, and all of this has been exquisitely
documented in this colorful, moving film... both an original, informative
ethnography of Magar Shamanism and a landmark in ethnographic filming."
(AA review)


SONS OF SHIVA
Produced and directed by Robert Gardner and Akos Ostor, 1985, 28 min.)
Distributor: Centre Productions
R-272 = AA 89,1 (1987), 259-62
Shot in Vishnupur, West Bengal. "Portrays the annual three-day _gajan_
(calling) of the Lord Shiva, climaxing the many rituals of this deity
observed throughout the year... Trance dancing at critical moments of the
ritual is also shown, and several scenes give prominence to the
contributions of the Bauls, itinerant religious folk musicians famous in
Bengal." Akos Ostor's books _Play of the Gods_ (Chicago 1980) and _Culture
and Power_ (Sage 1984) provide further background; the AA's reviewer found
the account of the festival in _Play of the Gods_ pp.98-148 essential to
understand what was happening in the film.


SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM IN INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE
(1978, 36 min)
Distributor: Deakin University Video Publications
"An explanation and demonstration of the spiritual symbolism contained in
Indian classical dance forms. The dances are performed by Chandrabhanu,
and recorded at a Religious Experience Weekend School in 1978. Order
No.026."


SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA: SPIRITUAL ACTIVIST AND UNIVERSAL
TEACHER
(1984, 45 min)
Distributor: Deakin University Video Publications
"In 1984 Swami Chinmayananda, Spiritual Activist and Universal Teacher,
visited Australia. Professor Max Charlesworth, Dr Purusottama Bilimoria
and Dr Jocelyn Dunphy from Deakin University talk with the Swami who is
well respected in the East and West for his logical approach to religion.
Order No.140."


SWAMI KARUNANANDA
(Conceived and narrated by Yavar Abbas, production manager Marion Abbas,
28 min.)
Distributor: Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University Press
R-002 = AA 76,3 (1974), 707-9
Swami Karunananda is an Australian follower of Swami Shivananda; the film
follows him about his daily duties at Sivananda's Divine Life Socety in
Rishikesh. Also includes a brief discussion of Hatha Yoga "accompanied by
what can only be described as a remarkable virtuoso performance of a
number of asanas or postures... could be used by anyone lecturing on
religion in South Asia or religion in general" (AA review)


SWAMI SHYAM*
(Our Asian Neighbours series. 20 minutes)
Distributor: Film Australia
One of a series of films directed primarily at secondary schools.
"Involvs the audience directly in experiencing an Indian Swami. Set in the
Kulu Valley within the Himayas, the film ends with one of the Swami's
three minute lessons in meditation."


TIMELESS VILLAGE OF THE HIMALAYAS*
(34 min)
Distributor: BhakTV Productions Ltd
About the pilgrimage centre of Deoprayag in the Himalayas. Some nice
scenes of devotional music etc.


THE VILLAGE*
(Our Asian Neighbours series. c.20 minutes)
Distributor: Film Australia
One of a series of films directed primarily at secondary schools.
Made in the village in Beteille's study _Caste, Class and Power_. Some
scenes of domestic ritual (e.g. women drawing protective designs on the
ground in front of their houses). Commentary is fairly basic (designed for
secondary school audiences).


VISIONS AND SOUNDS: INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE
 (25 min)
Distributor: Malinis's Dances of India Troupe
This film is second in a series of tapes designed to introduce classical
Indian dance to the novice, and to enrich understanding and participation
by an initiated audience. Divided into seven parts, the artist explains
and demonstrates traditional accompaniment hand gestures, foot patterns
etc. The video is accompanied by a study guide which includes a brief
foreword about the history of classical dance in India." (Details from
_Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Annual Meeting 1991))


THE WAGES OF ACTION: RELIGION IN A HINDU VILLAGE
(David Thompson, 1982, 29 min.)
Distributor: South Asia Film Center, University of Wisconsin
R-750 = AA 86,3 (1984), 807-9
A short film on popular Hinduism made in Soyepur village near Varanasi.
"...useful for initiating discussion in the classroom but it is too brief
and partial to cover any aspect of village Hinduism with the thoroughness
that a specialist would require." (AA review)


WEDDING OF THE GODDESS
See CHITTIRAI FESTIVAL


WEDDING SONG: HENNA ART AMONG PAKISTANI WOMEN IN NEW
YORK
(Susan Slyomovics and Amanda Dargan, ?1990)
Contact: Susan Slyomovics, Dept. of Performance Studies, NYU, 721
Broadway, New York, NY 10003, USA (212) 998 1620
AA 93,4 (1991), 1042-3
"The art of painting the hands and feet of an Indian or Pakistani bride
during a prenuptial ceremony called _mehendi_ continues to be practised
wherever Muslim communities form. The videotape profiles Shenaz Hooda, a
_mehendi_ artist who is also a cosmetics supervisor at a large drugstore
chain in Manhattan. Shenaz participates in the dance, music, and orally
improvised songs that characteristically mock the groom, the in-laws, and
the wedding ritual." (AAA Annual Meeting abstracts)
The review suggests that the film lacks clarity and needs introduction and
interpretation for student use.


THE WISDOM OF A PROPHET
(136 min.)
Distribution (in Australia): Society of St Francis
"Part One: 'A New Vision of Reality in the Light of Modern Science'; Part
Two: 'A New Vision of Reality in the Light of Christian Mysticism and
Hindu Advaita." Both parts recorded during Fr Bede Griffith's visit to
Perth, Australia in 1992."


YATRA
(Filmed and edited by Florence Davey, 15 min.)
Distributor: Satyam Shivam Sundaram
R-180 = AA 76,3 (1974), 703-4
On the Ardha Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, 1971
See dismissive AA review: "almost totally useless as a learning
resource... should be withdrawn by its distributor..."


A ZOROASTRIAN RITUAL: THE AFRINAGAN
(James W. Boyd and Ron G. Williams, 17 min.)
Distributor: Colorado State University Instructional Service
"This was filmed in Bombay and depicts one of the most commonly repeated
public ceremonies of the Zoroastrian community. It is a beautiful service
of 'blessings,' involving offerings of flowers, fruit, wine and milk."
(details from _Asian Studies Newsletter_ (Jan-Feb 1994), p.9)

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From SILK at AC.GRIN.EDU  Wed Aug 31 23:50:35 1994
From: SILK at AC.GRIN.EDU (SILK at AC.GRIN.EDU)
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 17:50:35 -0600
Subject: Altar of Fire
Message-ID: <161227017123.23782.6399060080785888143.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Does anyone have or know of a bibliography of materials related to, and /
or written in response to, "Altar of Fire"?  (I do not mean works on Vedic
ritual per se, but rather directly related to Staal's project -- reviews,
follow-ups, etc. to both the book and the film).  I regret that as I am now
living in a remote location with no access to any research library, I am
unable to compile such a list myself.
(I know so far only the review by R. Paul noted by G. Samuel in his
recently posted film bibliography, and Heesterman's "Veda and Society: Some
remarks a propos of the film 'Altar of Fire'" in _Studia Orientalia_ 50
(1981): 51-64 -- both, I regret, not seen.)
Much thanks for any further references!

Jonathan Silk
SILK at ac.grin.edu