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NEW ISSUE OF EJVS

The second issue of the new Vedic journal described recently on this 
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The new issue contains the following materials:




ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF VEDIC STUDIES, Vol. 1 (1995), issue 2 (May)

                        
                              EDITORIAL #2
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                              ARTICLES
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Michael Witzel,  Looking for the Heavenly Casket

ABSTRACT: Throughout Vedic literature, from the Rgveda to the Brhadaranyaka
Upanisad, reference is occasionally made to a "heavenly  casket" (divya
kosa), from which water is poured down towards earth. Several attempts
have been made to locate this vessel in the sky. In the present article
the relevant materials are presented and a new solution is proposed which
combines, according to the well tested philological approach,
mythological facts with a keen observation of nature.


                               NEWS
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NEW BOOKS
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A new edition of the Rgveda  (B. van Nooten and G. Holland)

      Rig Veda, a metrically restored text, with an introduction and
      notes

     (Harvard Oriental Series Vol. 50)

The new "Grundriss" (ed. A. Wezler and M. Witzel)

    "INDIAN PHILOLOGY AND SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES"

     Vol. 1: The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia (ed. G. Erdosy)


NEWS ON DISSERTATION THESES
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A list of current Harvard theses in Vedic studies

Thesis abstracts:

     Maria Green
                 Work In Progress:
                 Paippalada Atharvaveda 17.

     Carlos Lopez
                 Work in progress:
                 Paippalada Samhita 13-15


PROJECTS
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Proposal for a handlist of microfilms and tape recordings of Vedic texts,
a list of films and videos of Vedic rituals, and  a list of electronic
Vedic texts.


WWW & INTERNET NEWS
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The Indo-European home page at Frankfurt


EVENTS:
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Conference on Samaveda, planned for late fall 1995

Conference on Dowry and Bride Burning, planned for Oct. 1995

 


Editor-in-Chief: Michael Witzel        (WITZEL at HUSC3.HARVARD.EDU)

Managing Editor: Enrica Garzilli        (GARZILLI at FAS.HARVARD.EDU)
Technical Assistance: Ludovico Magnocavallo

        Editorial Board:

Harry Falk, 
Freie Universitaet Berlin  (FALK at FUB46.ZEDAT.FU-BERLIN.DE)

Yasuke Ikari,
Kyoto University (G54095 at SAKURA.KUDPC.KYOTO-U.AC.JP)

<et  al., exact composition to follow>

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Previous issue:
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Vol. 1 (1995) :  Issue 1 (EDITORIAL #1)                       April 22, 1995

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