From thompson at JLC.NET Wed Jan 1 09:21:45 1997 From: thompson at JLC.NET (George Thompson) Date: Wed, 01 Jan 97 04:21:45 -0500 Subject: help locating an article In-Reply-To: <19990105180245.20342.qmail@hotmail.com> Message-ID: <161227044615.23782.10341913097175492142.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear List members, I have been unable to locate an old article by I.J.S. Taraporewala entitled "The word *ahura* in Sanskrit and the Gobhilas", which was published in 1925 in *Indo-Iranian Studies, being commemorative papers contributed by European, American and Indian scholars in honour of Shams-ul-ullema Dastur Darab Peshotan Sanjana*, in both London {Kegan Paul] and Leipzig [Harrassowitz], in 1925. I would gratefully compensate copying and posting charges to anyone who can send me a copy of this article, as well as forwarding many heart-felt blessings [in Sanskrit, or Avestan if you prefer] in your direction for your kindness. Please respond off-list. Sincerely, George Thompson From pf at cix.compulink.co.uk Wed Jan 1 12:33:00 1997 From: pf at cix.compulink.co.uk (pf at cix.compulink.co.uk) Date: Wed, 01 Jan 97 12:33:00 +0000 Subject: Kundalini Message-ID: <161227027760.23782.14624421691582717571.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> In the december issue of the Scientific American p.18ff Brenda DeKoker ('Sex and the Spinal Cord') reports new findings by B.R.Komisaruk & B.Whiple of Rutgers University on the vagus nerve, apparently explaining the possibility of non-genital orgasms in shoulder, chest and chin in women with damaged spinal cords among other things: "Known to orchestrate such mundane tasks as breathing, swallowing and vomiting, this nerve wends its way through all major organs, bypassing the spinal column and hooking directly into the base of the brain. It is precisely because the vagus nerve does not touch the spinal column that its role in sex was recently discovered" I wonder whether there is a link to South Asian kundalini doctrines. Does any of our yoga experts know more about the current research on the physiological background of yogic experiences? Peter Fluegel From falk at zedat.fu-berlin.de Thu Jan 2 12:36:34 1997 From: falk at zedat.fu-berlin.de (falk at zedat.fu-berlin.de) Date: Thu, 02 Jan 97 13:36:34 +0100 Subject: Query re: Address of Chief Epigraphist to Govt. of India Message-ID: <161227027762.23782.8475906578008299570.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> > > Can an indology list colleague supply a postal (and if there is one, > e-mail) address for the Chief Epigraphist to the Government of India > at Mysore. Thanks in advance. Somehow I have a memory that the status of > the Epigraphical Survey was altered, but I am unable to recall the > details. > > thanks, > > Frank Conlon > conlon at u.washington.ed> > > > Madhav N. Katti Director Epigraphy Old University Building Mysore 57005 This is neutral enough *there is problem about the relation to the ASI. H. Falk From athr at loc.gov Thu Jan 2 21:05:06 1997 From: athr at loc.gov (Allen Thrasher) Date: Thu, 02 Jan 97 16:05:06 -0500 Subject: pour prendre conge' Message-ID: <161227027764.23782.645464367910069577.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I will be in India and Pakistan, mostly at the Delhi and Islamabad field offices, from Jan. 6 through Feb. 6. Allen W. Thrasher Senior Reference Librarian Southern Asia Section Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540-4814 tel. (202) 707-5600 fax (202) 707-1724 email: athr at loc.gov From magier at columbia.edu Fri Jan 3 21:14:25 1997 From: magier at columbia.edu (David Magier) Date: Fri, 03 Jan 97 16:14:25 -0500 Subject: Special South Asia Issue Message-ID: <161227027767.23782.12924610340591188168.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I've been asked by the author of the announcement below to forward it to your mailing list or listserv. Apologies for any cross-posting or other inconvenience. David Magier (sarai). ====================== Special South Asia Issue The next issue of the Columbia University JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS will commemorate the independence anniversaries of many South Asian nations. The issue will include 14 articles addressing democracy, economic liberalization, political women, population growth, security and human rights in South Asia. Authors will include Ainslee Embree of Columbia, Smitu Kothari of Princeton, Nafis Sadik of the UN Population Fund, Rounaq Jahan of Columbia, Ravi Nair of the South Asian Human Rights Center, Zalmay Khalilzad of the Rand Corporation, Sumit Ganguly of Hunter College, Amb. Arundhati Ghose, and John Holum of the US Arms Control & Disarmament Agency. As the second oldest journal of its kind in the United States, the Journal has specialized in the single-topic format for the last 50 years and has a readership in more than 80 countries. This special issue will be published in May 1997. For subscriptions or more information, call (212) 854-4775 or email H. K. Park at hkp3 at columbia.edu. H. K. Park hkp3 at columbia.edu From magier at columbia.edu Fri Jan 3 21:22:56 1997 From: magier at columbia.edu (David Magier) Date: Fri, 03 Jan 97 16:22:56 -0500 Subject: EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT Message-ID: <161227027765.23782.13751851473183969516.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The following conference announcement is being forwarded to your mailing list or listserv from the EVENTS CALENDAR section of the South Asia Gopher (and SARAI). Please contact event organizers directly for any further information. David Magier (sarai). =========================== Conference on South Asian Economic Liberalization The Columbia Journal of International Afairs and the Southern Asia Institute at Columbia will be co-hosting a panel conference addressing economic liberalization in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Panelists will explore the tensions between economic liberalization and social equity in developing nations and discuss the experiences of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. A question and answer period and reception will follow. The conference will take place on the evening of Thursday, April 3, 1997 in the International Affairs Building (420 West 188th Street, Columbia University, New York). For more information, please contact: Jennifer Chang 212-854-4775 jyc24 at columbia.edu From mmdesh at umich.edu Sun Jan 5 22:40:38 1997 From: mmdesh at umich.edu (Madhav Deshpande) Date: Sun, 05 Jan 97 17:40:38 -0500 Subject: News about the Bangalore Conference Message-ID: <161227027769.23782.1233307368173303594.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Here is the first news report about the Bangalore conference from The Hindu of Chennai (=Madras): PM stresses promotion of Sanskrit Date: 05-01-1997 :: Pg: 08 :: Col: a From Our Special Correspondent BANGALORE, Jan. 4. The belief that Sanskrit is the language of the learned and something devoid of any importance in practical life is a product of misconceptions and to some extent ignorance of the capabilities of the language, the Prime Minister, Mr. H. D. Deve Gowda, said here today. Mr. Gowda said Sanskrit once attracted the attention of foreign scholars because of the philosophical truth contained in its literature. Today it was the scientific material contained in the old Sanskrit treatises that attracted the attention of the world's scientific community. Mr. Gowda, who was inaugurating the tenth World Sanskrit Conference, organised by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, and Taralabalu Kendra, commended the progress in the field of Sanskrit studies and said still it was worthwhile to focus attention on promoting the study of Sanskrit more effectively, taking full advantage of the facilities that are available due to rapid advances in the field of science and technology. The Prime Minister was happy that the conference was being held in the City. Karnataka had made its own special contribution to the study of Sanskrit, and added there was one village in the State where Sanskrit was the main language of the inhabitants, he said. Mr. Gowda expressed satisfaction that the idea of holding international conferences on Sanskrit, which was initiated by the Sansthan, had become firmly rooted and led to the establishment of links with countries taking active interest in Sanskrit studies. He was confident that efforts would be made at the conference to further strengthen these relations. Presiding over the inaugural session, the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Mr. S. R. Bommai, said it was a matter of satisfaction that interest in the study of Sanskrit had increased all over the world during the past 25 years. The country was, therefore, dutybound to assist in the development of Sanskrit studies abroad. At the same time India was conscious that it had a lot to learn from the work of scholars in other countries, he added. The Chief Minister, Mr. J. H. Patel, who released a few publications and a souvenir, said Sanskrit was one language which had reached its heights in thinking about science. Now it was not in use. Any language not in use by the people would have a natural death. ``But we have to search for the great treasure we had in the past,'' he said. In his keynote address, Prof. R. K. Sharma, president, International Association of Sanskrit Studies, said that on account of dedicated and selfless services of distinguished scholars, the Sanskrit sastric tradition was still alive in the country. ``It is our duty to ensure that this sastric tradition continues for ever'', he added. In his introductory remarks, Dr. Shivamurthy Swamiji of Taralabalu, who is the honarary president of the organising committee, said it was not proper to compare Sanskrit with Greek and Latin. Even today, in certain parts of the country such as Kashi, people conversant with Sanskrit could be found. Those who thought Sanskrit was dead were denying themselves the benefit of the treasurehouse of knowledge. The swamiji urged the Prime Minister to see that the Chairs in Sanskrit in western countries were not closed for financial reasons. Dr. K. P. A. Menon gave an introduction to the publications released on the occasion. Mr. P. R. Dasgupta, Union Education Secretary, in his welcome address, mentioned the steps taken to promote Sanskrit study such as modernisation of traditional samskrit patashalas and special scheme to preserve the glorious oral traditions of vedic recitation. A large number of delegates to the conference, who could not gain entry to the venue of the inaugural session, complained of poor arrangements right from the time they landed in the city from various parts of the country. After paying the delegates' fee and charges for hotel rooms and tour in advance, they found that no arrangement had been made for their accommodation or for food, they complained. Besides they were also treated rudely by the organisers and the security personnel at the Vidhana Soudha, the venue of the inaugural session. Even the buses to transport them to Vidhana Soudha, failed to turn up on time and when they reached the venue, the doors had been closed forcing them to watch the proceedings on close circuit TV. From nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov Tue Jan 7 03:08:58 1997 From: nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov (nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov) Date: Mon, 06 Jan 97 21:08:58 -0600 Subject: Q: Saskia Kersenboom Message-ID: <161227027770.23782.9843721357734729608.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Q: Saskia Kersenboom's address ****************************** Can someone give Dr. Kersenboom-Story's address? This was a query by D. Soneji too. I am reading her recent work. Saskia Kersenboom, Word, Sound, Image: the life of a Tamil text. Berg Publishers, Washington, DC, 1995, 259 p. (with computer laser disk) Another person to contact for Telugu studies is the ethnomusicologist, Dr. Matthew Allen. He did his Ph.D. on Tamil Padhams and has given some important Telugu padhams to translators of the book: "When God is a Customer: Telugu cortesan songs". His e-mail: matallen at uoknor.edu N. Ganesan nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov From u.niklas at Uni-Koeln.DE Tue Jan 7 09:11:35 1997 From: u.niklas at Uni-Koeln.DE (Ulrike Niklas) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 97 10:11:35 +0100 Subject: Repeat Query f. book Message-ID: <161227027772.23782.14167423337548101237.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Hello to everybody, sorry I might appear a little repetitive: I repeat my query for BELVALKARs *Translation* of Kavyadarsha (paricchedas 1 & 2). Can anybody help me? I am in great need of that booklet (it has vanished from the library where I used it) for the completion of my habilitation thesis. Thanks, ULRIKE From d.smith at lancaster.ac.uk Tue Jan 7 11:10:08 1997 From: d.smith at lancaster.ac.uk (DAVID SMITH) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 97 11:10:08 +0000 Subject: E-mail address for Lee Siegel? Message-ID: <161227027774.23782.6663165584319368710.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Can anyone let me have an e-mail address, or phone or fax number for Lee Siegel? David Smith Dept of Religious Studies Lancaster University LA1 4YG UK d.smith at lancaster.ac.uk From gthursby at religion.ufl.edu Tue Jan 7 16:28:24 1997 From: gthursby at religion.ufl.edu (gthursby at religion.ufl.edu) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 97 11:28:24 -0500 Subject: E-mail address for Lee Siegel? Message-ID: <161227027777.23782.10868422531762375475.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The University of Hawai'i at Manoa web server offers telephone and fax numbers but not e-mail addresses useful for reaching Lee Siegel. The following should be of use: Department of Religion University of Hawai'i at Manoa Telephone: 808-956-8299 Fax number: 808-956-9894 Lee Siegel Telephone: 808-956-4208 Fax number: 808-956-9894 Best wishes, Gene Thursby ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gene Thursby http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/ From Klemens.Karlsson at bibul.slu.se Tue Jan 7 13:06:58 1997 From: Klemens.Karlsson at bibul.slu.se (Klemens Karlsson) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 97 14:06:58 +0100 Subject: Bookshops in India Message-ID: <161227027775.23782.961626651602594917.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear friends I would appreciate if someone could inform me about good bookshops to visit in India (especially Delhi and Calcutta). My main interest is Buddhism, Art and Archaeology. Thanks in advance Klemens From rsoneji at mb.sympatico.ca Wed Jan 8 01:00:54 1997 From: rsoneji at mb.sympatico.ca (R. Soneji) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 97 19:00:54 -0600 Subject: Q: Saskia Kersenboom Message-ID: <161227027779.23782.11374484795841443195.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Ganesan wrote: > > Q: Saskia Kersenboom's address > ****************************** > > Can someone give Dr. Kersenboom-Story's address? This was a query > by D. Soneji too. I am reading her recent work. > > Saskia Kersenboom, Word, Sound, Image: the life of a Tamil text. > Berg Publishers, Washington, DC, 1995, 259 p. (with computer > laser disk) > > Another person to contact for Telugu studies is the > ethnomusicologist, Dr. Matthew Allen. He did his Ph.D. > on Tamil Padhams and has given some important Telugu padhams > to translators of the book: "When God is a Customer: Telugu > cortesan songs". His e-mail: matallen at uoknor.edu > > N. Ganesan > nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov Dear Ganesan, Dick Plukker gave me the following address: Saksia Kersenboom "PARAMPARA" P.O.B. 417 2500 AK Utrecht Ph. & Fax: ++31302368617 From omkar at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Wed Jan 8 05:50:08 1997 From: omkar at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Swami Vishvarupananda) Date: Wed, 08 Jan 97 11:20:08 +0530 Subject: Book shops in India Message-ID: <161227027781.23782.12170830559267539031.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Klemens, Here are some addresses of Book shops in Delhi that have lots of books that may interest you. The first and foremost address is of course: Motilal Banarsidass, Bungalow Road, Jawahar Nagar, DELHI - 110 007 Another interesting place is: M/s Indian Books Centre, 40/5, Shakti Nagar, DELHI - 110 007 These two are themselves publishers as well as dealers. Here is the address of a dealer in New Delhi, who has an amazing (for Indian standards) collection of all kinds of philosophical books and other interesting titles. Unfortunately the fellow is a bit high in his prices. But since books are very cheap in India anyway, when compared to the West, you may want to have a look: Piccadilly Book Stall, Shop No. 64, Shankar Market, Connaught Circus, NEW DELHI - 110 001 Apart from that there are lots of book shops in the inner circle of Connaught Place. They may have some titles on Archeology and Art, but not too many books of interest on philosophy. Greetings and Om, Swami Vishvarupananda > I would appreciate if someone could inform me about good book shops to visit > in India (especially Delhi and Calcutta). My main interest is Buddhism, Art > and Archaeology. > > Thanks in advance > > Klemens > > From mmdesh at umich.edu Thu Jan 9 12:13:22 1997 From: mmdesh at umich.edu (Madhav Deshpande) Date: Thu, 09 Jan 97 07:13:22 -0500 Subject: Distortion of History (from The Hindu) Message-ID: <161227027782.23782.18119825053399620124.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Indologists, Here is a recent article from The Hindu of Madras which may give us some insight into the current politics of history in India. It is a somewhat long piece, but I think it offers a very important analysis of the current politicization of history in India. Madhav Deshpande `Distortion of history' From The Hindu, Madras: Date: 08-01-1997 :: Pg: 12 :: Col: c By V. Krishna Ananth Historical linguistics, inscriptions and the canons of archaeological excavations mean nothing to our friends in the VHP and the only thing that matters to them is working up religious sentiment. AS the nation is preparing itself to observe 50 years of independence, the polity is facing serious challenges and history is sought to be distorted for sectarian purposes. Some of the established canons of historical research are defied and nationalism is sought to be defined in a different fashion. Prof. Irfan Habib, eminent historian, who was in Chennai to attend the Indian History Congress session two weeks ago spoke to this writer on these and related issues. Excerpts from the interview: VKA: How do you place history as a discipline in the current political situation? Prof. Irfan Habib: In the prevailing political situation, the most important impact on history as I see it is the tendency to look differently at the various aspects of the national movement. While many critics of the national movement are now beginning to modify their criticism, there are others who accentuate it in the light of a growing perception among a large number of politicians, intellectuals and middle classes, if not among the masses, of India as belonging predominantly to a single cultural tradition rather being a multi-cultural country. So one begins to look at the national movement, how it handled this particular problem and many things that some of us took for granted now look as achievements. This is one example of how history is looked at differently. Another aspect is how our perception of history influences our present context. I would stress that the perception of history that was handed over to us would create a particular mind and generate a particular type of political action. Could you specify this? As an extreme example, I would like to cite the rise of the Nazis, of how a particular perception of history held by a respectable section of the German intelligentsia that the Prussian state was a unique creation in history and a unique creation of German people and that there was something sacred in the state and therefore of a German mission particularl represented by the Prussian state to defend and enlarge certain values. This perception was not racist at least outwardly and certainly was not anti-Jewish. But how easily was this perception utilised by the Nazis? You mean to say that those who perceived thus were innocent of the Nazi worldview of themselves? Yes. When they were saying so, they would not have dreamt, at least most of them, that this would happen; say, the most extreme of them, Spengler; Hitler actually visited him after getting to power. But when Hitler started persecuting the Jews, Spengler said, this is not what I intended, not such a foolish theory of German state and his statement was not printed and he died unrecognised by the Nazis. So, here you have an example of how a historical theory is created by someone who had no idea of what use it can be put to. Is it your view that those who hold the theory of Aryan supremacy and seek to go back to the ``golden age'' of our past are not conscious of the implications of this theory? Before 1947 the idea that the Aryans went out of India was hardly espoused by any serious historian, not even by a serious nationalist. Tilak, who would come close to such an idea, was claiming that the Aryans had come from the Arctic; in other words, the pure white race and Indians represent the pure white race. He never argued that we (Aryans) went out of India. But now, while some people deny that they espouse the Nazi race theory, they in fact have espoused it; the perception is that of the Aryan race which is anti-Dravidian and in effect denies any separate family of Dravidian family of languages, which is against all developed canons of scientific linguistics. So what in your opinion is the guiding force behind such contentions being made? This is part of an effort to modernise India's cultural tradition. There was never a view in India, even in medieval times, of a monolithic culture. The present view that the Indian cultural tradition was monolithic is certainl modern. We are reading modern morals and values and the modern tests of superiority. This feature is not unique to India; this is being done for Islam also, reading into Islam a kind of uniformity, a worldly life which could not have been conceived of by its earlier practitioners who regarded Islam as a religion where reward is to be expected after life whereas the world has its own compromises. In other words, Islam is being similarly interpreted that it is a modern civilisation that it has modern values. One is reading equality in areas where it did not exist or one is trying to justify the modern concept of inequity and religious sentiments are brought into play here. What role do you accord for religion in history? Religion definitely has an important place in the historical process. But religious people should not deny that history has played an important role in changing religion. Here I am talking about the process where words remained the same in the scriptures but their meanings changed. You mean to say that there is a legitimate role for religion in the exercise of historical interpretations? Originally it was there in the nationalist exercise and it was a rational one; of coming to terms with religion. For instance, Syed Ahmed Khan said that there is no one absolute interpretation of the Quran and that every generation should interpret the Quran from the contemporary perspective; I am friendly to this approach since it appears very modernist and bold. I see its importance because people are very religious and Syed Ahmed Khan was trying to win them over to science. But it has this danger that if the Quran is so relevant to whatever you do, then the historical Quran becomes relevant to your present. This problem of dealing with religion and conceding that religion can influence current life opens the doors to the kind of revivalist thinking just as it opened to scientific interpretation. This is what is happening in India today and in a sense it is not unique to India. The VHP and the Muslim fundamentalists may think that theirs is unique but they are actually a production of modern values, modern conditions of life interacting with religion and that provides its ideology. Now every ideology has uses for various classes. An ideology is its own motor power and once created motivates men to do it. It operates under particular circumstances. In India, we can say that the conditions were created due to our failure to go along with the vision of the Karachi resolution. The limitations in implementing them and the fact that it began to falter since the Seventies deprived Indians of the self-confidence in themselves as a modern nation which the national movement had given. So what in your opinion should be the bottom line of historical research? Just as an impartial judge must be bound by the law and his perception must be based on the law, a historian cannot be partial on his premises. There are two aspects to this; one is the technical aspect of history particularly that of testing of evidence. This applies to everyone. To that extent, even a communal historian like R. C. Majumdar was very much annoyed when the RSS promoted a theory that the great Delhi and Agra monuments were built by Hindu rulers: He wrote to them saying that since they had given space to such nonsense he was not going to contribute to The Organiser. I respect this stand. What I mean to say is that the sanctity of technical aspects of history must be respected by all historians. Historical linguistics, inscriptions and the canons of archaeological excavations mean nothing to our friends in the VHP and the only thing that matters to them is working up religious sentiment. Why is this shift in priorities gaining ground? One factor is that the nationalist tradition and the historiography handed over by it is running out of steam; not because the evidence has changed but because the environment today dislikes ideals. When ideals do not matter then many aspects which we thought were accepted premises of scientific history, as for instance, hatred against poverty are no longer guiding intellectual thought. You can now look at them clinically or not look at them at all. Well, I would say that the religious cults are trying to occupy the political space increasingly and are being confronted by some values of the nationalist movement already there in the popular consciousness. From nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov Thu Jan 9 15:43:18 1997 From: nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov (nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov) Date: Thu, 09 Jan 97 09:43:18 -0600 Subject: Distortion of History Message-ID: <161227027788.23782.5786807441717537326.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> 1/9/97 This is for light reading by Dr. Mahadevan Ramesh. I got this from Soc.Culture.Indian about 5 years ago. Not updated. Now, Ramesh would have few more things to say on "Aryans spread Out-Of-India, etc.," I read in Dr. Madhav Deshpande's posting of The Hindu Interview where Prof. Irfan Habib says: "... In effect denies any separate family of Dravidian family of languages, which is against all developed canons of scientific linguistics. ... " Given time, we may hear a theory that "Dravidian languages are just offshoots from Sanskrit." (It will be just a rebirth. This was the predominant mode of teaching in South India by many Sanskritized Indians. They used to say: 'kaN' cannot be a dravidian word for eye, because 'kannu' is in Telugu also! 'ceppu' cannot be a dravidian word for saying, because it too exists in Telugu! etc., ...) Enjoy! N. Ganesan, nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov CHRONOLOGY ACCORDING TO HINDU FUNDAMENTALISTS Dr. Mahadevan Ramesh Warning: This post is intended to be a satire. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- March, 3452 BC: Shri Ram is born in Ayodhya, at the very spot where a mosque would be built later to cause much controversy. Circa 3000 BC: Several fools start writing vedas and upanishads and try to give a philosophical basis to the Hindu religion. These morons should have realized that when eventually Hinduism becomes an organized religion and a social institution, it has a force of its own and very few would care for such philosophical basis. Circa 2920 BC: A very learned Guru gets frustrated while teaching a moron of a student and invents zero while grading his test. A few years later: Hindu scientists formulate the General Theory of Relativity and the Unified Field Theory. Much of these theories are hidden in complex sanskrit slokas and a good part of it was smuggled out of the country by the Germans and the British and lost forever. 0 AD: Christianity, an offshoot of Hinduism, is born. N + 1000 BC to N BC: A hindu golden age, known as Ramrajya, is established over the entire subcontinent. There are temples everywhere. Everyone observes the caste protocols. The cows are happy. Ghee is available in plenty. All computer programs work without any problems. Breakaway cults: Some non-conformists form cults called Jainism and Buddhism. Rational people put these iconoclasts to shame, so much so, the Buddhists are driven out of India. Understandably many Jain and Buddhist literature and culture had to be destroyed by peaceloving Hindus. Chandragupta Vikramaditya's period: Another great 'Golden Age' according to most historians. Manusmriti was the law of the land and women were rightfully treated as 'untouchables'. In his next birth, Vikramaditya Chaudhuri joins Oracle Systems and writes on SCI. Sometime before 10 th century: Islam, another offshoot of Hinduism is born. The only known episode of hindu atrocity: A Jain was slapped in the wrist by a Hindu in Nalanda University when they were fighting over a girl. The Jain later apologized to the Hindu for provoking him. Babar's rule: Enormous atrocities are heaped on peace loving Hindus. Even granting that war and stuff like that generally make people irrational, Babar went too far and to top it, he demolished Ram Mandir at the Jhanmabhoomi to make it the pinnacle of his career. He also left about fifteen hundred pieces of irrefutable evidence about his act of demolishing the temple. Akbar's rule: Commits Hindu atrocity by marrying a Hindu woman and by formulating his own brand of religion called 'Teen Elahi'. Secret service agents suddenly discover that Akbar had failed to renew his visa and that he is actually a citizen of China - he retained his Chinese citizenship because of his Chengiz Khan lineage. The Muslims impose their inferior culture on the hapless Hindu citizens. And a thousand years later they won't even apologize to the Hindus for what their ancestors did many hundred years ago. Sometime during the Moghul period: Some Hindus start calling themselves Sikhs. Discovery of Krishna Jhanmabhoomi and other bhoomis : Krishna Jhanmabhoomi was discovered - to be at the exact same spot as the present day Taj Mahal. Shiv Jhanmabhoomi is discovered to be the same as Jamma Masjid and so forth. Hindus rightfully fight for these temples. 1947-48: A fool of a hindu-basher, Mahatma Gandhi, actually organizes fasts to promote amity between the Hindus and Muslims, instead of asking all the Muslims to pack up and go to Pakistan. Modern India: Muslims start countless, unprovoked riots in India and every time many, many more innocent Hindus die than Muslims. This is despite the Muslims becoming so dominant in every aspect of the society such as in education, civil services and politics - all these gains obtained by systematic exploitation of passive and nice Hindus and the special treatment given to the minorities in general. Hindus sacrifice a lot to the point of self-destruction. 1958: Rekha, a Hindu goddess of love is born. RSS and VHP emerge as major schools of human thought: Guru Golmalkar emerges as one of the greatest stinkers, I mean, thinkers of the twentieth century. A whole nation follows his footsteps and organizes his thoughts into action. In fact, the RSS philosophy completely replaces ancient outmoded philos such as the Vedas and the Upanishads as the mainstream Hindu school. VHP grows in strength and status: Vishwa Hindu Parishad becomes a premier secular organization in India and has a number of projects for Muslims as well, including helping out one poor Muslim family in Poona. Muslims, impressed by the compassion VHP has for them, join VHP in millions and even those parochial Muslims who don't join this secular, peaceloving institution, support it unconditionally. Only some idiots on SCI write anti-VHP stuff. Sikh Overreaction: Many Sikhs overreact, instead of condemning the Punjab terrorists, when only a mere few thousand Sikhs are randomly killed in India by people just venting their anger. Ajay Shah replaces Joachim Martillo as the bboard bigot: A breath of fresh air (gas ?) on SCI as Ajay Shah enters the SCI and represents Hindu Vishwa Oarishad. (sic) He simplifies many things about our society so that ordinary folks like you and I can understand it. For example, the world has two sets of people, one a true secular hindu and the other pseudo-secular, hindu basher, Marxist Leninist, undemocrat. October 1990, Kar Seva begins: Several peaceful volunteers want to do Kar Seva at Ayodhya. They only want to 'move' the mosque and not 'destroy' it. If civil engineering can't do it, the Sevaks will. November 1990: Goonda Gehani, a well known member of the Maryland community exchanges his views with some students at University of Maryland eloquently by beating them up. Ajay Shah posts his hilarious joke on Stalinism. It went roughly as "I couldn't pass it up. You had said the only 'ism' that does not lead to fascism is communism, but how about Stalinism ?" He was going to extend the joke to include Maoism, Subbaraoism and prism. But checks himself so that SCI folks won't laugh themselves silly and develop hernia. November 1990: Chandra Sekhar, the Millie Vanilli of Indian politics, takes over as the next Prime minister. December 1990: Guru Alok Vijayvargiaji publishes his treatise on Hinduism, titled "What is Hinduism" on SCI. Though generally hard to comprehend by mere mortals, it essentially said that Hinduism is like a thousand infinities, it is infinite and infinitesimal and it is a he as well as a she. The readers' response was overwhelming and many of them publish their own essays titled "What is Alok Vijayvargia ?" December 1990: I write this post and have a cup of chai afterward. -- Copyright(R) Mahadevan Ramesh From rajwi at panda.bu.edu Thu Jan 9 10:13:19 1997 From: rajwi at panda.bu.edu (Rajwinder Singh) Date: Thu, 09 Jan 97 10:13:19 +0000 Subject: [Q] BhavishyapurANa dates? Message-ID: <161227027786.23782.18432336555691271166.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Hi, Could somebody please give me info on the dating of BhavishyapurANa. Thanks, Rajwinder Singh From magier at columbia.edu Thu Jan 9 16:38:57 1997 From: magier at columbia.edu (David Magier) Date: Thu, 09 Jan 97 11:38:57 -0500 Subject: EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT Message-ID: <161227027790.23782.8006596040132088322.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The following conference announcement is being forwarded to your mailing list or listserv from the CONFERENCES AND EVENTS calendar of SARAI (South Asia Resource Access on the Internet): http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/sarai Please contact event organizers directly for any further information on this event. Thank you. David Magier, SARAI (magier at columbia.edu) =============================================== Indian Ocean Connections: Land, Peoples, and History A One-day conference Monday, 10 February 1997 9:00-5:00pm Dag Hammarskjold Lounge 6th Floor School of International and Public Affairs Columbia University 420 West 118th Street (corner of Amsterdam Avenue) New York City Panel I: Geographical and Hydrographical Overview - Prof. K. N. Chaudhuri (European Univ. Institute, Florence) "Geographical Overview" - speaker (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) "Hydrographical Overview" Panel II: Indian Ocean Connections: The Historical Dimension - Ali Mazrui (Binghamton University) "Overview" - Richard W. Bulliet (Columbia University) "Before 1400" - Abdoolkarim Vakil (King's College, University of London) "1400-1600" - Philip Curtin (Johns Hopkins University) "1600-1900" Panel III: Indian Ocean Connections: Religious & Ethnic Dimensions - John Voll (Georgetown University) "Muslim Communities" - Ricardo Laremont (Columbia University) "Minority Communities" Panel IV: Indian Ocean Connections: Economic & Security Dimensions - Jean-Francois Seznec (Columbia University) "A Banker's View" - Harsh Bhasir (Consul General of India) "The View from New Delhi" - Claude Georges Pierre Rakisits "The View from Australia" - Gary Sick (Columbia University) "The View from Washington" =============== Registration is strongly advised. Limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendance at this conference is free of charge. Contact: Indian Ocean Connections c/o Camoes Center 420 West 118th Street #828C New York, NY 10027 USA fax: 212-854-4607 For further information: Reeva Simon, Middle East Institute 212-854-2584 Donzie Barroso, Camoes Center 212-854-4672 ====Conference sponsored by: The Middle East Institute The Southern Asian Institute The Institute of African Studies The Camoes Center for the Study of the Portuguese-Speaking World (with generous support from the National Commission for the Commemoration of the Portuguese Discoveries, Lisbon, Portugal) Columbia University From 101621.104 at compuserve.com Thu Jan 9 17:05:20 1997 From: 101621.104 at compuserve.com (Anthony P Stone) Date: Thu, 09 Jan 97 12:05:20 -0500 Subject: [Q] BhavishyapurANa dates? Message-ID: <161227027791.23782.16171076251779235726.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Pretty much the standard work on Puranic dating is : R C Hazra, Studies in the Puranic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs, 2nd edn, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975 [1st edn was Dacca, 1940]. For the Bhavishya PurANa see pp.167-173, 188. To summarise, Parvan 1 (BrAhma) - the sm.riti chapters are after 500 AD; more details available on some of these. Parvan 2 (Madhyama) - not early; some parts before 1500 AD. Parvan 3 (Pratisarga) is modern (mentioning Calcutta and British rule). Parvan 4 (Uttara) - some parts before 1100 AD. I have a copy , so contact me if you need more information. Tony Stone, On 1/9/97, Rajwinder Singh wrote - >Could somebody please give me info on the dating of BhavishyapurANa. From mmdesh at umich.edu Thu Jan 9 18:31:59 1997 From: mmdesh at umich.edu (Madhav Deshpande) Date: Thu, 09 Jan 97 13:31:59 -0500 Subject: Distortion of History Message-ID: <161227027793.23782.10459533386820005743.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> In his "Chronology according to Hindu Fundamentalists", posted by Ganesan, Ramesh Mahadevan aptly observes: >>March, 3452 BC: Shri Ram is born in Ayodhya, at the very spot where a mosque would be built later to cause much controversy.>> This makes everything clear about the Ayodhya incident. As Vaalmiiki tells us, Rama ruled his kingdom for ten thousand years (besides the fact that he was born to Dasharatha who was sixty four thousand years old), da"sa var.sasahasraa.ni raamo raajyam akaarayat. This would obviously mean that Babar destroyed the Rama Janmabhuumi temple during Rama's lifetime and built the mosque. Rama, who by this authentic calculation is still ruling - Valmiki is obviously wrong in using the past tense verb -, got mad as hell and used his Vaanarasenaa (under the modern name of Bajaranga Dal) to destroy the mosque. In this holy task, he was helped by the army of Shiva (under the modern name of Shivasenaa), and by the groups of nationalistic valunteers (under the modern name RSS). Since we have about 4500 years more of Rama's rule yet to go, if he was born in the year 3452 B.C., there is a whole lot of Ramaayana yet to occur in India. parihaasavijalpitam sakhe paramaarthena na g.rhyataam vaca.h Madhav Deshpande From fo5a012 at rrz.uni-hamburg.de Thu Jan 9 23:00:42 1997 From: fo5a012 at rrz.uni-hamburg.de (Michael Pahlke) Date: Thu, 09 Jan 97 15:00:42 -0800 Subject: Khotanese dviilai and traviilai Message-ID: <161227027784.23782.11078058953278558298.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The following lines are placed in the list on behalf of Prof. Emmerick. Michael Pahlke In Khotanese texts Buddhist Aacaaryas sometimes are given the titles dviilai or traviilai, meaning "Knower of two pit.akas" and "Knower of three pit.akas". Does anyone know what precisely lies behind these titles? Are they known from other sources? I would be grateful for any suggestions. Ronald E. Emmerick From srini at engin.umich.edu Thu Jan 9 20:24:54 1997 From: srini at engin.umich.edu (Srinivasan Pichumani) Date: Thu, 09 Jan 97 15:24:54 -0500 Subject: Q: Saskia Kersenboom Message-ID: <161227027795.23782.8809255082827867987.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> >>I am reading her recent work. >>Saskia Kersenboom, Word, Sound, Image: the life of >>a Tamil text. Berg Publishers, Washington, DC, 1995, >>259 p. (with computer laser disk) Coincidentally, I have been reading the same book for the past week and find it to be very fascinating. I remember that Prof.Kamil Zvelebil had talked about this work as forthcoming in his "Companion studies to the history of Tamil literature" (Leiden, 1992). However, the problem is that although I have access to a Philips CD-I player, I cannot see certain sections of the disk that need full motion video... the CD-I player that I have access to is a very early model, it seems. -Srini. From dlusthau at mailer.fsu.edu Thu Jan 9 21:03:54 1997 From: dlusthau at mailer.fsu.edu (Dan Lusthaus) Date: Thu, 09 Jan 97 17:03:54 -0400 Subject: Khotanese dviilai and traviilai Message-ID: <161227027797.23782.5199136237055580521.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> >The following lines are placed in the list on behalf of Prof. Emmerick. >Michael Pahlke > >In Khotanese texts Buddhist Aacaaryas sometimes are given the titles >dviilai or >traviilai, meaning "Knower of two pit.akas" and "Knower of three >pit.akas". Does >anyone know what precisely lies behind these titles? Are they known from >other >sources? I would be grateful for any suggestions. >Ronald E. Emmerick Chinese texts often refer to Buddhist teachers as tsang-shih (zangshi, for the pinyiners), (tri-)pitaka master. Other types of titles are fa-shih, Dharma-masters; sha-men (Shaman, early on used for Buddhist monks), etc. I don't know the origin of these terms, except that they were used regularly by the 4th century. Occasionally the full san-tsang-shih (tripitaka master) is used. Dan Lusthaus Flordia State University From kishore at mail.utexas.edu Fri Jan 10 02:43:44 1997 From: kishore at mail.utexas.edu (Kishore Krshna) Date: Thu, 09 Jan 97 21:43:44 -0500 Subject: Q: Saskia Kersenboom Message-ID: <161227027800.23782.4008374219945242849.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> At 08:36 PM 01/09/1997 GMT, you wrote: >>>I am reading her recent work. > >>>Saskia Kersenboom, Word, Sound, Image: the life of >>>a Tamil text. Berg Publishers, Washington, DC, 1995, >>>259 p. (with computer laser disk) > >Coincidentally, I have been reading the same book >for the past week and find it to be very fascinating. Just what is this book about? And does it come with a Cd-ROM or something? Kishore Kishore Krshna kishore at mail.utexas.edu ______________________________________________________________ From grotebev at uni-duesseldorf.de Thu Jan 9 23:36:27 1997 From: grotebev at uni-duesseldorf.de (Tobias Grote-Beverborg) Date: Thu, 09 Jan 97 23:36:27 +0000 Subject: Book Shops in Calcutta Message-ID: <161227027798.23782.3486055060739759179.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Klemens! I can recommend to begin with looking at the bookshops on College Street, that's opposite the university. Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, 38 Bidhan Sarani (that's an extension of College Street) is specialised in Sanskrit literature etc. unfortunately a little bit unorganized and slow in service. anyhow there are lots of other bookstores with a big scope of regular Sanskrit related literature and other interesting stuff. on College Street You'll also find a store of Rupa publishers. inside the Great Eastern Hotel on Old Court House Street (south of BBD Bagh) is Newman's. on Park Street You'll find The Cambridge Book & Stationary Company and further down the Oxford Book Shop. if You're interested in Vedanta literature it's definitely worth to drop into the Ramakrishna Mission, Institute of Culture, at Golpark. in the end of january there's also one of India's biggest book fairs on the Maidan. hope you'll enjoy Your trip. best wishes tobias From tritsch at MZDMZA.ZDV.UNI-MAINZ.DE Fri Jan 10 12:00:53 1997 From: tritsch at MZDMZA.ZDV.UNI-MAINZ.DE (Mark F. Tritsch) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 97 13:00:53 +0100 Subject: Horses in India Message-ID: <161227027812.23782.11839251276882564933.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Is there anyone who could please help me with a couple of questions about horses in India? I need material for something on man and nature in India I'm doing. 1) Is it correct that horses are difficult to breed in India and therefore fresh blood was always imported from outside? The British apparently used Pathan horse-traders. Did the Moghuls do this too, and what about the Marathas? How early do records go on this kind of thing? What is the problem with breeding in India, is it the climate? 2) What is the significance of the four standing horses of stone or terracotta often to be seen at a special shrine in the middle of the countryside in Tamil Nadu? I would like to know who or what is represented and what stories are attached to this. Thanks for any help! Mark Tritsch *************************************************** Dr. Mark F. Tritsch Breslauer Strasse 14 B 65203 Wiesbaden GERMANY Tel/Fax: +49 611 691497 *************************************************** From MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN Sat Jan 11 03:09:56 1997 From: MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN (Dr. S. Kalyanaraman) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 97 08:09:56 +0500 Subject: Indus Script panel in ICANAS, Budapest, July 1997 Message-ID: <161227027802.23782.697041552006435965.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear friends, I have suggested a panel discussion on the Indus Script and Soma in the ICANAS Congress. I have also sent in discussion papers on the panel topic. These papers will also be posted on http://www.investindia.com together with backgrounder maps on the Sarasvati river and ancient settlements on the river. Indology members interested in the suggested panel are requested to advise me or send the discussion papers to: ivanyi at osiris.elte.hu Best regards, Dr. S. Kalyanaraman 19 Temple Avenue #4, Srinagar Colony Saidapet, Chennai 600015, India Tel. +91 44 2354640; 4935871; Fax. 4996380; email:mdsaaa48 at giasmd01.VSNL.net.in website:http://www.investindia.com From reimann at uclink.berkeley.edu Sun Jan 12 23:29:33 1997 From: reimann at uclink.berkeley.edu (Luis Gonzalez-Reimann) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 97 15:29:33 -0800 Subject: Kundalini Message-ID: <161227027805.23782.405206612721176618.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Kundalini has long been associated to the vagus nerve by researchers. See: Vasant G. Rele, The Mysterious Kundalini. Sorry, I don't have the full reference on hand. I'm not up to date on this research. Luis Gonzalez-Reimann UC, Berkeley At 12:45 PM 1/1/97 GMT, Peter Flugel wrote: >In the december issue of the Scientific American p.18ff Brenda DeKoker >('Sex and the Spinal Cord') reports new findings by B.R.Komisaruk & >B.Whiple of Rutgers University on the vagus nerve, apparently explaining >the possibility of non-genital orgasms in shoulder, chest and chin in >women with damaged spinal cords among other things: "Known to orchestrate >such mundane tasks as breathing, swallowing and vomiting, this nerve >wends its way through all major organs, bypassing the spinal column and >hooking directly into the base of the brain. It is precisely because the >vagus nerve does not touch the spinal column that its role in sex was >recently discovered" >I wonder whether there is a link to South Asian kundalini doctrines. Does >any of our yoga experts know more about the current research on the >physiological background of yogic experiences? > >Peter Fluegel > > > > > > > > > > > > From pclaus at haywire.csuhayward.edu Mon Jan 13 02:00:02 1997 From: pclaus at haywire.csuhayward.edu (Peter J. Claus) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 97 18:00:02 -0800 Subject: Three wise monkeys Message-ID: <161227027809.23782.1877773105418338075.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The folklorist, Wolfgang Mieder, has a long and interesting essay on this motif in his book Tradition and Innovation in Folklore (or something like that). As I remember, he traces it from India (but I'm not certain of this) but definitely from China and Japan and its popularity in America from WW2 returning occupation forces. Peter Claus On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, John Richards wrote: > Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 21:05:32 GMT > From: John Richards > Reply-To: indology at liverpool.ac.uk > To: Members of the list > Subject: Three wise monkeys > > Has anyone any idea where the idea of the three wise monkeys, see no > evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, comes from? > > It would seem pretty certainly Eastern - but whether Indian or Chinese > I would be hard put to guess. > > John > > -- > John Richards > Stackpole Elidor (UK) > jhr at elidor.demon.co.uk > Home Page http://www.elidor.demon.co.uk > > > From jhr at elidor.demon.co.uk Sun Jan 12 20:41:21 1997 From: jhr at elidor.demon.co.uk (John Richards) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 97 20:41:21 +0000 Subject: Three wise monkeys Message-ID: <161227027803.23782.11053332590143311014.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Has anyone any idea where the idea of the three wise monkeys, see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, comes from? It would seem pretty certainly Eastern - but whether Indian or Chinese I would be hard put to guess. John -- John Richards Stackpole Elidor (UK) jhr at elidor.demon.co.uk Home Page http://www.elidor.demon.co.uk From MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN Mon Jan 13 02:39:41 1997 From: MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN (Dr. S. Kalyanaraman) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 07:39:41 +0500 Subject: Reviving the Sarasvati Message-ID: <161227027811.23782.10388909760607876037.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Friends, The following report has appeared in THE HINDU of Jan. 13, 1997, based on my paper:: "At the recent World Sanskrit Conference in Bangalore it was disclosed that the mythical Saraswati, celebrated in the Rig Veda, can be revived. A bewildering aray of evidence for it was presented and three points were established beyond doubt. First, the Saraswati was a mighty and perennial river circa 3000 B.C. when the Harappan civilization flourished, flowing from the Har-ki-dun glacier of the Himalayas into the Gulf of Khambat near Lothal. Second, as shown by the hymns of the Rig Veda and later texts, the river sustained a maritime civilisation and a metal-based economy with about 1,200 settlements. The names of the settlements detected from various sources, have been painstakinly identified with probable locations along the river. "Third, at about 1500 B.C. the Yamuna drained the waters flowing into the Saraswati due perhaps to tectonic changes. The settlement pattern indicates an eastern movement of people into the Ganga-Yamuna doab and southward along the coastline. The confluence of the Saraswati at Sangam in Prayag is therefore not mythology. Satellite images of the area have clearly shown the dried-up canals and the river bed. Hydrological data show that it is possible to diver the surplus water from the Yamuna into the Thar desert and enhance the groundwater potential of the area. Planting of umari (salicornia brachiata) a shrub that thrives on salty soil, will not only save the river and te canals from sand-storms but also yield considerable edible oil. "The proposal to revive the Saraswati is worthy of public support as it would preserve our glorious heritage and make the Thar desert bloom, paving the way for another granary to the country. It could be a people's project with the cooperation of the Governments of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh as well as the centre." Dr. S. Kalyanaraman, Indus Sarasvati Research Centre, 19 Temple Avenue #4, Srinagar Colony Saidapet, Chennai 600015, India Tel. +91 44 2354640; Fax. 4996380; email:mdsaaa48 at giasmd01.VSNL.net.in website: http://www.investindia.com webpages:http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/subject/saraswatisindhucivization.html From nozawa at la.numazu-ct.ac.jp Mon Jan 13 00:46:28 1997 From: nozawa at la.numazu-ct.ac.jp (Nozawa Masanobu) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 09:46:28 +0900 Subject: Three wise monkeys Message-ID: <161227027807.23782.14435126825177718258.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> John Richards wrote: >Has anyone any idea where the idea of the three wise monkeys, see no >evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, comes from? > >It would seem pretty certainly Eastern - but whether Indian or Chinese >I would be hard put to guess. > >John > It comes from a famous Japanese proverb: "mi-zaru, iwa-zaru, kika-zaru", the literal meaning of which is "Not seeing, not saying, not hearing." The Japanese equivalent of monkey is "saru", which is sometimes pronounced "zaru" especially when used as last member of a compound; e.g. "kani-kui zaru" (a crab-eating macaque). And again "zaru" means "not", so "mi-zaru" has a double meaning: "not seeing" and "mi-monkey". It is a kind of play on words. Carvings of the three monkeys are familiar to Japanese. Nozawa Masanobu Numazu College of Technology E-mail: nozawa at la.numazu-ct.ac.jp From filipsky at site.cas.cz Mon Jan 13 11:34:07 1997 From: filipsky at site.cas.cz (filipsky at site.cas.cz) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 12:34:07 +0100 Subject: How to subscribe to TAMIL-L Message-ID: <161227027816.23782.9767962550279443001.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Networkers, I would very much like to subscribe to the TAMIL-L electronic conference, if it is still in existence, but all my attempts to contact the have so far failed. Is the listserv no longer active or is there a queue of those wishing to join so long that it takes more than 5 days to get through? Gratefully Yours, Jan Filipsky ... Deferred: Connection timed out during initial connection with lsv.urz.uni-heidelberg.de. >Message could not be delivered for 5 days >Message will be deleted from queue > >Final-Recipient: RFC822; listserv at lsv.urz.uni-heidelberg.de >Action: failed > Jan Filipsky, Oriental Institute, Pod vodarenskou vezi 4, 182 08 Praha 8 From filipsky at site.cas.cz Mon Jan 13 11:34:08 1997 From: filipsky at site.cas.cz (filipsky at site.cas.cz) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 12:34:08 +0100 Subject: Reconstructing South Indian History Message-ID: <161227027814.23782.4188169603288665550.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> CALL FOR PAPERS Dear Netters, I am commissioned to edit a special thematic volume of the Indo-British Journal - A Journal of History, published by the Indo-British Historical Society in Madras, with the (provisional) working title "Reconstructing South Indian History" and I call upon all scholars interested in South Indian (Dravidian) studies, be it political or social history, linguistics, literary history or history of religion, to contribute. I would like the original research papers to concentrate on lesser known, even obscure aspects of SI history, which have something relevant to say about the topic at hand, viz. to contribute towards reconstructing the history (both early and modern) of Andhrapradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. I would appreciate any contributions and suggestions. The papers not exceeding 20 pages should reach me not later than by July 31, preferably by e-mail, or by s-mail on a floppy disc in a PC compatible format (Word Perfect, MS Word and the like). I am afraid we do not go in for Mac too much down here! Looking forward to your response, I remain, sincerely Yours, Jan Filipsky Jan Filipsky, Oriental Institute, Pod vodarenskou vezi 4, 182 08 Praha 8 From jdwhite at unccvm.uncc.edu Mon Jan 13 18:13:10 1997 From: jdwhite at unccvm.uncc.edu (jdwhite at unccvm.uncc.edu) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 13:13:10 -0500 Subject: Terracotta Horses Message-ID: <161227027819.23782.6727879337785838374.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> In Tamil Nadu and elsewhere groups of terracotta and/or stone horses are often gifts (i.e., sacrifices) to village guardian deities (gramadevata) for use by the deity or their army in protecting the village. It is possible that at one time actual horses were sacrificed to the village deity at a certain time to insure continued protection by the gramadevata. From vidynath at math.ohio-state.edu Mon Jan 13 18:48:58 1997 From: vidynath at math.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath Rao) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 13:48:58 -0500 Subject: Horses in India, onagers too Message-ID: <161227027821.23782.7726174890729403019.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I have another question about equid breeding in India: Clutton-Brock's ``Horse Power'' states that breeding of crosses between donkeys/horses and the Indian onager (Equus hemiones (sp?) khur) was a `regular' occurance. Is there any information on how far back this practice extended? [To judge by the Sanskrit dictionaries, Sanskrit literature does not seem to distinguish between donkeys and onagers. Is this correct, or is it simply a matter of translators missing the distinction?] > 1) Is it correct that horses are difficult to breed in India and ... > What is the problem with breeding in India, is it the climate? There are feral horses in the American southwest and Arabs must not have had any problems breeding horses. Unless the monsoon interferes with horses' mating habits, I don't see how climate can affect breeding horses. From nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov Mon Jan 13 20:38:38 1997 From: nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov (nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 14:38:38 -0600 Subject: Horses in India Message-ID: <161227027823.23782.10878162182170375242.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> 1/13/97 Horses in South India *********************** Horses were imported from Arabia even in Vijayanagara days. Muslims were employed as horse riders, trainers, middlemen in purchases. (I wrote down some references. Look at bibliographical essay in Anna Dallapiccola (ed), Vijayanagara: city & empire, new currents of research, 2v, Steiner, 1985. It lists them.) Elephant rider is Maavuttan, For horses, he is Raavuttan. (from Mahout and Rahout respectively). Murugan, that special tamil god, is praised in 1500 songs in 14th century by Arunagirinathar. Arunagiri's Tiruppugazh is a major treatise for music time measure (taaLam). In one tiruppugazh, Arunagiri calls Murugan as "mayil ERu raavuttan - raavuttan riding a peacock". Terracota Horses ***************** The village deity surrounded by terracota horses (sometimes made out of brick & mortar also) is Aiyanar. The famous Sabarimalai Ayyappan is also an Aiyanar (Sasta). Out of many references, I think of: Marguerite E. Adiceam, Contribution a l'etude Aiyanar = Sasta, Pondichery: Institute Francais d'Indologie, 1967, 128 p. Stephen Inglis, A village art of South India, Madurai university, 1980 (on pottery, votive offerings to gods) Stephen P. Huyler, Gifts of Earth: terracotas and clay sculptures of India, N. Delhi 1996, 231 p. Well, Thinking of rural countryside on the day of Tamil thanksgiving festival, Have a Happy Pongal, N. Ganesan nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov From bpj at netg.se Mon Jan 13 13:51:11 1997 From: bpj at netg.se (bpj at netg.se) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 15:51:11 +0200 Subject: Introduction to Dravidian Lingustics Message-ID: <161227027818.23782.832735117925712951.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Indologists, can anybody recommend me some good English-language general introduction to Dravidian Linguistics? I would also be happy to know which are the most controversial questions within the field; is e.g. the link with Elamite generally accepted. Note that I know virtually nothing about the subject, nor do I know any of the languages concerned. Thanks __ __ ___ __ ___ __ |_) |_ * | * __ (_ /_|| * (_ /_| (_ * | | ) | | | |_) | \ | B.Philip Jonsson _ _ . _ _ || Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha || "Peace is not simply the absence of war. It is not a passive state of being. We must wage peace, as vigilantly as we wage war." (XIV Dalai Lama) "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" From d53 at ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de Mon Jan 13 21:34:54 1997 From: d53 at ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Thomas Lehmann) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 22:34:54 +0100 Subject: Introduction to Dravidian Lingustics Message-ID: <161227027824.23782.7194538300202018771.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Mon, 13 Jan 1997 bpj at netg.se wrote: > Dear Indologists, > > can anybody recommend me some good English-language general introduction to > Dravidian Linguistics? I would also be happy to know which are the most > controversial questions within the field; is e.g. the link with Elamite > generally accepted. Note that I know virtually nothing about the subject, > nor do I know any of the languages concerned. > > Thanks > B.Philip Jonsson Kamil V. Zvelebil Dravidian Linguistics -- An Introduction Pondicherry: Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture. 1990. Forthcoming (probably 1997): Sanford B. Steever (ed.) The Dravidian Languages London: Routledge _____________________________________________________________________________ Thomas Lehmann d53 at ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de From magier at columbia.edu Tue Jan 14 14:31:39 1997 From: magier at columbia.edu (David Magier) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 97 09:31:39 -0500 Subject: [Herndonfox@aol.com: Andamans] Message-ID: <161227027826.23782.5755248327356970324.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Can anyone help Catherine Fox contact any scholars who are specializing in the Andamans? I've already sent her a general bibliography... Thanks. David Magier --------------- Received: from mailrelay1.cc.columbia.edu (mailrelay1.cc.columbia.edu [128.59.35.143]) by mailhub2.cc.columbia.edu (8.8.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id BAA14636 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:07:33 -0500 (EST) From: Herndonfox at aol.com Received: from emout18.mail.aol.com (emout18.mx.aol.com [198.81.11.44]) by mailrelay1.cc.columbia.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id BAA11167 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:07:32 -0500 (EST) Received: (from root at localhost) by emout18.mail.aol.com (8.7.6/8.7.3/AOL-2.0.0) id BAA12859 for magier at columbia.edu; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:07:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:07:27 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <970113193650_1045072826 at emout18.mail.aol.com> To: magier at columbia.edu Subject: Andamans I am researching a book chapter on India's Andaman Islands for National Geographic, trying to verify a variety of facts. Alas, I did not come up with any contacts on the Columbia list -- do you know of anyone? Anthropology, history of the penal colony, flora and fauna?! If anyone occurs to you, please do reply. Cheers, Catherine Fox From jonathan.silk at wmich.edu Tue Jan 14 16:56:46 1997 From: jonathan.silk at wmich.edu (jonathan.silk at wmich.edu) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 97 11:56:46 -0500 Subject: puurvapadalopa-samaasa?? Message-ID: <161227027828.23782.187468825937643284.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> In the Pali Jaataka i.303, top, we find the word ratanasaasane. The English translators, of course without note, take this as teaching of the 3 jewels. My questions: 1) Is there such a thing as *puurvapadalopasamaasa?? I know about, and know of references to, madhyamapadalopa-s, but nothing with puurva-. I am assuming, of course, that it is ti- (= tri) which is being elided. 2) Are there any other examples of this usage in Pali or similar uses in Skt? Any hints in any direction most happily accepted. Jonathan Silk From d53 at ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de Tue Jan 14 17:30:01 1997 From: d53 at ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Thomas Lehmann) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 97 18:30:01 +0100 Subject: How to subscribe to TAMIL-L Message-ID: <161227027830.23782.16354827793653259387.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Jan Filipsky wrote: > Dear Networkers, > I would very much like to subscribe to the TAMIL-L electronic conference, if > it is still in existence, but all my attempts to contact the > have so far failed. Is the listserv no > longer active or is there a queue of those wishing to join so long that it > takes more than 5 days to get through? > Gratefully Yours, Jan Filipsky > TAMIL-L does no longer exist anymore. _____________________________________________________________________________ Thomas Lehmann, e-mail: d53 at ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de From rmanring at indiana.edu Wed Jan 15 13:20:28 1997 From: rmanring at indiana.edu (Rebecca Manring) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 08:20:28 -0500 Subject: Nepali instruction Message-ID: <161227027833.23782.13828454676218999162.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> A query from a student: Is Nepali taught anywhere in the US or Canada? thanks - Rebecca Manring India Studies Indiana University From hindimcs at u.washington.edu Wed Jan 15 16:30:53 1997 From: hindimcs at u.washington.edu (Michael Shapiro) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 08:30:53 -0800 Subject: Nepali instruction Message-ID: <161227027845.23782.16396519575964877731.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Regularly at Wisconsin and maybe at Berkeley. ============================================================================== Michael C. Shapiro Phone: (206) 543-4996 Dept. Asian Languages & Literature Fax: (206) 685-4268 University of Washington hindimcs at u.washington.edu Mail Box 353521 Seattle, WA 98195-3521 ============================================================================== On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Rebecca Manring wrote: > A query from a student: Is Nepali taught anywhere in the US or Canada? > > thanks - > > Rebecca Manring > India Studies > Indiana University > > > From y.r.rani at mail.utexas.edu Wed Jan 15 15:21:19 1997 From: y.r.rani at mail.utexas.edu (y.r.rani at mail.utexas.edu) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 09:21:19 -0600 Subject: An appology Message-ID: <161227027839.23782.14450497322297906832.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Gene, Sorry if my reply to your valid query about the lifaafaa was so rude. "Twas the mood. Sorry for being offensive. (but itWAS fun!) Yvette From deepak at ksu.edu Wed Jan 15 15:23:07 1997 From: deepak at ksu.edu (deepak at ksu.edu) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 09:23:07 -0600 Subject: Studies in Ancient Indian Architectture Message-ID: <161227027841.23782.9595315346719195003.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Hi everybody, Can anybody suggest publications that give a comprehensive view of the research done on Architecture and arts in the ancient times, in last 50 years. I am interested in studies that address architectural treatises and methods (vastu purusha mandala and others) in temple design, town planning and residential design. I have been referring to the paper by Pramod Chandra, titled 'The study of Indian Temple Architecture' published in 1975. Anything that lists research in last decades will greatly help. Thanks, sincerely, D E E P A K G U P T A ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ email: deepak at ksu.edu Internet: http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~deepak Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Phone: 913-532-0659 / 3777 From pdb1 at columbia.edu Wed Jan 15 14:26:48 1997 From: pdb1 at columbia.edu (Peter D Banos) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 09:26:48 -0500 Subject: Nepali instruction Message-ID: <161227027837.23782.2381032325846203222.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Rebecca Manring wrote: > A query from a student: Is Nepali taught anywhere in the US or Canada? Columbia University, NYC, teaches it regularly at several levels. -Peter D. Banos pdb1 at columbia.edu "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people; but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising." From kradhikary at mail.utexas.edu Wed Jan 15 15:57:00 1997 From: kradhikary at mail.utexas.edu (kradhikary at mail.utexas.edu) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 09:57:00 -0600 Subject: Nepali instruction Message-ID: <161227027843.23782.3127422024415355634.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Yes, it is taught at Madison, Wis. , and also at Cornell. Kamal >A query from a student: Is Nepali taught anywhere in the US or Canada? > >thanks - > >Rebecca Manring >India Studies >Indiana University All the best, kamal From nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov Wed Jan 15 17:44:32 1997 From: nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov (nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 11:44:32 -0600 Subject: Nepali instruction Message-ID: <161227027847.23782.13708848169352534054.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Hi Kamal, Happy 1997. I along with friends came to listen to David Shulman. Can you please post once again the UT seminar dates, times, topics (and may be abstracts) for 1997. Thanks, N. Ganesan From kamal at link.lanic.utexas.edu Wed Jan 15 19:14:51 1997 From: kamal at link.lanic.utexas.edu (Kamal Adhikary) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 13:14:51 -0600 Subject: Nepali instruction Message-ID: <161227027852.23782.13774241778123422219.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Hi Ganesan, I will surely do that. I was not here last Spring, so I could not do it. Thanks for your interest. With the best, kamal _______________ Kamal R. Adhikary, Ph.D. Asian Studies,UT, Austin Email:kamal at asnic.utexas.edu On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Ganesan wrote: > > Hi Kamal, > > Happy 1997. > > I along with friends came to listen to David Shulman. > > Can you please post once again the UT seminar dates, times, topics > (and may be abstracts) for 1997. > > Thanks, > N. Ganesan > > > > From pdb1 at columbia.edu Wed Jan 15 18:21:33 1997 From: pdb1 at columbia.edu (Peter D Banos) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 13:21:33 -0500 Subject: An appology Message-ID: <161227027850.23782.18360544858127504426.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Yvette C. Rosser wrote: > Gene, > > Sorry if my reply to your valid query about the lifaafaa was so rude. > "Twas the mood. > > Sorry for being offensive. > (but itWAS fun!) ???? Did I miss something? -Peter D. Banos pdb1 at columbia.edu From nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov Wed Jan 15 20:00:39 1997 From: nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov (nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 14:00:39 -0600 Subject: Introduction to Dravidian Lingustics Message-ID: <161227027855.23782.11949242333885839377.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> 1/14/97 B. Philip Jonsson (bpj at netg.se) sought general introduction to Dravidian Linguistics. It appears the e-address is from Sweden. In Sweden, Uppsala university has a fine dept. concentrating on Dravidian culture studies. There was a conference on Buddhist epic, Manimekalai last year. Years ago, Prof. Ruth Wallden wrote Studies in Dravidian phonology and vocabulary from there. Also, Erik Af Edholm and C. Suneson, The seven bulls and Krsna's marriage to Nila/Nappinnai in Sanskrit and Tamil literature, Temenos, v.8 p.29-53, 1972. For the last few years, there are good studies from Uppsala university mainly on the religion of Tamils from Ceylon. Take a look at the series, Uppsala studies in the History of Religions. N. Ganesan From gthursby at religion.ufl.edu Wed Jan 15 18:48:07 1997 From: gthursby at religion.ufl.edu (Gene Thursby) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 14:48:07 -0400 Subject: An apology Message-ID: <161227027854.23782.14750051318830386804.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Indology Colleagues, In explanation to Peter Banos and others on the list, a private exchange unaccountably jumped over to the public forum. With apologies to list members for the consequent puzzlement unintentionally generated, Gene Thursby ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gene Thursby http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/ From spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Wed Jan 15 23:40:42 1997 From: spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Surya P. Mittal) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 18:40:42 -0500 Subject: Horses in India Message-ID: <161227027832.23782.4964469416533097043.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> From: D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. E-MAIL TRANSMISSION Our Ref No.: EME/FI-2309-96 Jan. 15, 1997 To: indology at liverpool.ac.uk Dear Dr. Tritsch, Enclosed is a list of three books on horse breeding published from India. Hope you find them of interest: 1. Imam, S. A. H. A. A., 1920- The centaur : a critical analysis of horsemanship plus related equestrian history / S.A.H.A.A. Imam. -- Hazaribagh, Bihar, India : Indian Heritage, 1987. xxix, 255 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. 1. Horsemanship--India--History. 2. Horse sports-- India. $10.00 DK-63638 2. Rathor, Sohan Singh, 1933- Thoroughbred breeding in India / Sohan Singh Rathor. -- 1st ed. -- Ludhiana, India : Dept. of Surgery & Radiol- ogy, College of Veterinary Science, Punjab Agricultural University, 1992. iii, 145, iii p., [9] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. i-iii) (last group). 1. Thoroughbred horse--India--Breeding. 2. Horses-- India--Breeding. $14.60 DK-83071 3. Vijay, B. (Bakthavatsalam), 1955- The science of bloodstock breeding / B. Vijay. -- 1st ed. -- Madras : Curzon Industries, 1986. ix, 426 p. ; 25 cm. Bibliography: p. 423. Includes index. 1. Breeding. 2. Racing. 3. Horse breeding. 4. Horse- racing. $16.70 DK-47452 Can be obtained from D.K. Agencies (P) Ltd. subject to availability and the prices might change in accordance with the publishers current prices. Best wishes, Yours sincerely, Surya P. Mittal surya at pobox.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. Fax: (+91-11) 5598898, 5558898 A/15-17 Mohan Garden Phones: (011) 5598897, 5598899 Najafgarh Road E-mail: dka at pobox.com New Delhi - 110 059. E-Mail: indbook.dka at axcess.net.in Our Webpage http://www.dkagencies.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark F. Tritsch wrote: > > 1) Is it correct that horses are difficult to breed in India and > therefore fresh blood was always imported from outside? The British > apparently used Pathan horse-traders. Did the Moghuls do this > too, and what about the Marathas? How early do records go on this > kind of thing? What is the problem with breeding in India, is it the > climate? > Mark Tritsch > *************************************************** > > Dr. Mark F. Tritsch > Breslauer Strasse 14 B > 65203 Wiesbaden > GERMANY > > Tel/Fax: +49 611 691497 > > *************************************************** From spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Wed Jan 15 23:53:08 1997 From: spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Surya P. Mittal) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 18:53:08 -0500 Subject: Introduction to Dravidian Lingustics Message-ID: <161227027836.23782.1724606919315451244.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> From: D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. E-MAIL TRANSMISSION Our Ref No.: EME/FI-2307-96 Jan. 15, 1997 To: indology at liverpool.ac.uk Dear Dr. Jonsson, Listed below are a few titles which may be of interest to you and other members on the list: 1. Andronov, M.S. (Mikhail Sergeevich), 1931- Dravidian languages / M.S. Andronov. -- 1st Indian ed. -- Vijayawada : Visalaandhra Pub. House, 1977. 5, 184 p. ; 22 cm. "First edition, Nauka Publishing House, Moscow, 1970." Bibliography: p. 180-181. "Publication no. 860." 1. Dravidian languages. 2. Grammar, Comparative and general. $1.00 (ubd.) DK-25586 2. Caldwell, Robert, 1814-1891. A comparative grammar of the Dravidian or South Indian family of languages / Robert Caldwell. -- New Delhi : Asian Educational Services, 1987. xl, 640 p. ; 22 cm. Caption title: Dravidian comparative grammar. Reprint. Originally published: 3rd ed. / revised and edited by J.L. Wyatt, T. Ramakrishna Pillai. London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1913. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Dravidian languages--Grammar, Comparative. $16.20 DK-53559 3. Dravidic studies. -- Delhi : Sri Satguru Publica- tions, 1987. 14, 51, 63 p. ; 23 cm. -- (Sri Garib Dass oriental series ; no. 57) Reprint. (1st work). Originally published: The demostrative bases / by C.P. Venkatarama Ayyar. Madras : Madras University, 1923. (Dravidic studies ; 1) Reprint. (2nd work). Originally published: The pronouns and pronominal termination of the first person in Dravidian / by K.V. Subbayya. Madras : Madras Univer- sity. (Dravidic studies ; 2) Reprint. (3rd work). Originally published: The Sanskritic element in the vocabularies of the Dravidian languages / by S. Anavaratarinayakam Pillai. Madras : Madras University. (Dravidic studies ; 3) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 81-7030-115-7 1. Dravidian languages. $5.80 DK-52543 4. Emeneau, Murray Barnson, 1904- Dravidian studies : selected papers / by M.B. Emeneau ; introduction by Bh. Krishnamurti. -- 1st ed. -- Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1994. xxxi, 464 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. On Dravidian linguistics. Includes bibliographical references. Includes index. ISBN 81-208-0858-4 1. Dravidian languages. $45.80 DK-88572 5. Hiremath, R. C. (Rudrayya Chandrayya), 1922- The genesis and growth of Dravidian R.C. Hiremath. -- Trivandrum : Dravidian Linguistics Association, 1984. vii, 225 p. ; 23 cm. -- (Publication / Dravidian Lin- guistics Association ; no. 39) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Dravidian languages. 2. Dravidians. 3. Indic lan- guages. 4. Civilization, Dravidian. 5. Civilization, Indic. $5.00 DK-39335 6. Levi, Sylvain, 1863-1935. Pre-Aryan and pre-Dravidian in India / by Sylvain Levi, Jean Przyluski, and Jules Bloch ; translated from French by Prabodh Chandra Bagchi. -- [Calcutta] : University of Calcutta, 1975. xxix, 184, [2] p. : map ; 21 cm. First published in 1929. Includes bibliographical references, index, and errata. Contents: Przyluski, J. Non-Aryan loans in Indo-Aryan. -- Bloch, J. Sanskrit and Dravidian. -- Levi, S. Pre- Aryan and pre-Dravidian in India. 1. Austroasiatic languages. 2. Indo-Aryan languages. 3. Dravidian languages. 4. India, Ancient--History. $1.30 DK-9081 7. Madhivanan, R., 1936- Indus script among Dravidian speakers / R. Madhivanan ; general editor, N. Mahalingam. -- 1st ed. -- Madras : International Society for the Investigation of Ancient Civilizations, 1995. 109 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 109). 1. Indus script. 2. Inscriptions, Indic. 3. Indus civi- lization. 4. India--History. $6.30 (ubd.) DK-99220 8. Madhivanan, R., 1936- Indus script Dravidian / R. Madhivanan. -- 1st ed. -- Madras : Tamil Chanror Peravai, 1995. 286 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Includes decipherment of the Indus seals and inscrip- tions with transliteration in English and Tamil. "Tamil Chanror Peravai publication-2"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-79). 1. Indus script. 2. Dravidian languages. 3. Inscrip- tions, Indic. 4. Seals (Numismatics)--India. $25.00 DK-99367 9. Mallassery, S. Radhakrishnan (Sreedharan Radhakrishnan), 1954- Postpositions in a Dravidian language : a transforma- tional analysis of Malayalam / S. Radhakrishnan Mallassery. -- 1st ed. -- New Delhi, India : Mittal Publications, 1994. x, 348 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. English and Malayalam (Malayalam in roman). Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Kerala, 1982. Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-343). Includes index. ISBN 81-7099-574-4 1. Malayalam language--Postpositions. 2. Malayalam language--Grammar, Comparative. $37.50 DK-91994 10. Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Dravidian Linguistics and the Fourteenth All India Con- ference of Dravidian Linguistics / edited by B. Gopinathan Nair. -- Trivandrum, S. India : Interna- tional School of Dravidian Linguistics, 1989. vii, 265 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. -- (Publication / Dravidian Linguistics Association ; no. 42). Imprint on t.p. verso: Trivandrum : Dravidian Linguis- tics Association. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Dravidian languages--Congresses. 2. Indic languages--Congresses. 3. Linguistics--Congresses. $8.30 DK-62588 11. Proceedings of the Thirteenth All India Conference of Dravidian Linguistics / edited by K. Rangan. -- 1st ed. -- Thanjavur : Tamil University, 1986. xxv, 471 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. -- (Tamil University publi- cation ; no. 67) Two papers in Tamil. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Dravidian languages--Congresses. 2. Indic languages--Congresses. $9.30 DK-50927 12. Rajannan, Busnagi, 1929- Dravidian languages and literatures : a contribution toward a bibliography of books in English and in a few other European languages, on, about, and translated from the Dravidian languages / compiled by Busnagi Rajannan. -- 1st ed. -- Madurai : Madurai University, 1973. xv, 279, [4] p. : ill. ; 21 cm. 1. Dravidian languages--Bibliography. 2. Dravidian literature--Bibliography. 3. Bibliography. $1.00 DK-3343 13. Ramaiah, L. S. (Lam Seeta), 1937- General and comparative Dravidian languages and lin- guistics / L.S. Ramaiah. -- Madras : T.R. Publications, 1994. xx, 173 p. : map ; 25 cm. -- (International bibliogra- phy of Dravidian languages and linguistics ; v. 1). Includes indexes. ISBN 81-85427-25-9 1. Dravidian languages--Bibliography. $25.00 DK-86313 14. Rangaswamy, R. (Rajoo), 1934- Comparative Dravidian / R. Rangaswamy. -- 1st ed. -- Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu : Kamalam Rangaswamy, 1995. 154, [3] p. : ill. ; 22 cm. English and Tamil (Tamil in roman). Includes bibliographical references (p. [156-157]). 1. Comparative linguistics. 2. Dravidian languages-- Grammar, Comparative. $3.80 (ubd.) DK-99249 15. Sambasiva Rao, G. (Gali), 1941- A comparative study of Dravidian noun derivatives / G. Sambasiva Rao. -- New Delhi : Bahri Publications, 1991. 118 p. ; 23 cm. -- (Series in Indian languages and lin- guistics ; 19). Running title: A comparative study of Dravidian deriva- tives. Bibliography: p. [112]-114. ISBN 81-7034-094-2 1. Dravidian languages--Suffixes and prefixes. 2. Dravidian languages--Noun phrase. $8.30 DK-73339 16. Steever, Sanford B. Selected papers on Tamil and Dravidian linguistics / Sanford B. Steever. -- 1st ed. -- Madurai : Muttu Patippakam, 1981. 7, 191 p. ; 22 cm. Running title: Selected papers. Morphology and syntax in Dravidian languages, with reference to Tamil. Some previously published. Bibliography: p. 184-191. Without errata. 1. Linguistics. 2. Tamil language--Grammar. 3. Dravidian languages--Grammar. $2.10 (ubd.) DK-31956 17. Studies in Dravidian and general linguistics : a festschrift for Bh. Krishnamurti / editors, B. Lakshmi Bai, B. Ramakrishna Reddy. -- Hyderabad, India : Centre of Advanced Study in Linguistics, Osmania University, 1991. xix, 530 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., 6 maps ; 25 cm. -- (Osmania University publications in linguistics ; 6). Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, b. 1928, former Professor of Linguistics, Osmania University; contributed articles. "Published works of Bh. Krishnamurti": p. xi-xvi. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Linguistics. 2. Dravidian languages. 3. Krish- namurti, Bh. (Bhadriraju), 1928- $29.20 DK-74208 18. Studies in Dravidian linguistics / S. Vaidyanathan, editor. -- Patiala : Dept. of Anthropological Linguistics, Punjabi University, c 1980- c 1982. 2 v. 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E-Mail: indbook.dka at axcess.net.in Our Webpage http://www.dkagencies.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr B.Philip.Jonsson [Seeker of Useless Knowledge] wrote: > > Dear Indologists, > > can anybody recommend me some good English-language general introduction to > Dravidian Linguistics? I would also be happy to know which are the most > controversial questions within the field; is e.g. the link with Elamite > generally accepted. Note that I know virtually nothing about the subject, > nor do I know any of the languages concerned. > > Thanks From bpj at netg.se Wed Jan 15 17:13:20 1997 From: bpj at netg.se (bpj at netg.se) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 19:13:20 +0200 Subject: Introduction to Dravidian Lingustics Message-ID: <161227027848.23782.16746324947819606478.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Hello, You wrote: >Dear Dr. Jonsson, FYI it is, alas, still "Mr.", and probably going to be well into the future, since it's hard to get the academic position necessary to get a Ph.D. here in Sweden. The alternative is to be wealthy enough to be able to do it without a position, and that won't probably happen before my kids are grown up. Of course I manage well without a PhD anyway. Would like if jobs for editors were more available and better paid, though... Thanks for the info. Regards __ __ ___ __ ___ __ |_) |_ * | * __ (_ /_|| * (_ /_| (_ * | | ) | | | |_) | \ | B.Philip Jonsson _ _ . _ _ || Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha || "Peace is not simply the absence of war. It is not a passive state of being. We must wage peace, as vigilantly as we wage war." (XIV Dalai Lama) "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" From keulrich at midway.uchicago.edu Thu Jan 16 02:59:56 1997 From: keulrich at midway.uchicago.edu (katherine eirene ulrich) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 20:59:56 -0600 Subject: Introduction to Dravidian Lingustics Message-ID: <161227027857.23782.6253850012406124873.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> N. Ganesan referred to a conference at Uppsala in Sweden on the Manimekalai. Does anyone have more information about this conference? I am a graduate student considering doing work on the Manimekalai as part of my dissertation, and would be interested in hearing from others who have studied or are studying the epic. Thanks in advance, Katherine Ulrich (keulrich at midway.uchicago.edu). From conlon at u.washington.edu Thu Jan 16 14:17:10 1997 From: conlon at u.washington.edu (Frank Conlon) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 97 06:17:10 -0800 Subject: Horses in India Message-ID: <161227027864.23782.13486741155974859187.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Dr. Strnad: A correction to the post on Horses. The author of _War Horse and Elephant_ is Simon Digby not Peter Hardy. Frank F. Conlon Professor of History University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Co-editor of H-ASIA From deepak at ksu.edu Thu Jan 16 16:09:23 1997 From: deepak at ksu.edu (deepak at ksu.edu) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 97 10:09:23 -0600 Subject: Studies in Ancient Indian Architectture Message-ID: <161227027867.23782.12655821978720030993.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> > Have a look also into the editions and tanslations of AGAMAS by the > French Institute of Pondicherry. There are alot of useful illustrations > concerning the details of tempel construction. > > ULRIKE NIKLAS > U.Niklas at uni-koeln.de > Thanks for the information. Where Can I find these translations here in the US? Any clues? thanks D E E P A K G U P T A ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ email: deepak at ksu.edu Internet: http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~deepak Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Phone: 913-532-0659 / 3777 From u.niklas at Uni-Koeln.DE Thu Jan 16 09:11:14 1997 From: u.niklas at Uni-Koeln.DE (Ulrike Niklas) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 97 10:11:14 +0100 Subject: Studies in Ancient Indian Architectture Message-ID: <161227027859.23782.3009464267875949409.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Wed, 15 Jan 1997 deepak at ksu.edu wrote: > Hi everybody, > > > Can anybody suggest publications that give a comprehensive view of the > research done on Architecture and arts in the ancient times, in last 50 > years. I am interested in studies that address architectural treatises and > methods (vastu purusha mandala and others) in temple design, town planning > and residential design. I have been referring to the paper by Pramod > Chandra, titled 'The study of Indian Temple Architecture' published in > 1975. Anything that lists research in last decades will greatly help. > Thanks, > > sincerely, > > D E E P A K G U P T A > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > email: deepak at ksu.edu Internet: http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~deepak > Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Phone: 913-532-0659 / 3777 > > Have a look also into the editions and tanslations of AGAMAS by the French Institute of Pondicherry. There are alot of useful illustrations concerning the details of tempel construction. ULRIKE NIKLAS U.Niklas at uni-koeln.de From strnad at site.cas.cz Thu Jan 16 08:18:00 1997 From: strnad at site.cas.cz (Jaroslav Strnad) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 97 10:18:00 +0200 Subject: Horses in India Message-ID: <161227027860.23782.1418044216557430360.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Dr. Tritsch, I can supply just few hints on the role of horse in the medieval Indian warfare. Superior horses suitable for military service constituted an important strategic commodity always in short supply in the Indian armies whose core was composed of cavalry units. According to modern estimates, the Delhi Sultanate imported yearly around 10 000 and the Mughal empire around 25 000 Turkish (i.e. Central Asian), Persian and Arabic horses. Throughout the so called "Muhammadan period" horses were the single most important import commodity which appears to have scaled down somewhat the otherwise constantly and markedly active trading balance of the largely self-sufficient subcontinent. It seems that the reason for these huge imports has to be sought, at least partly in the Indian climate. According to Peter Hardy, "... the horse breeds with difficulty or feebly in the extreme south of the Indian peninsula and the military potentialities of the country-bred animal decline sharply towards the south and the east of the sub-continent: although to the extreme north-east, in upper Burma and the territories beyond it, good horses can once again be reared. Apart from this the best Indian breeding grounds for horses are on the broad north-western fringe of the sub-continent." Peter Hardy, War-horse and Elephant in the Delhi Sultanate. A Study of Military Supplies. Oxford 1971, p. 26 (contains a lot of interesting stuff relevant to your theme). See also: J. N. Sarkar, The Art of War in Medieval India. Delhi 1984 (Univ.Bibl. Tuebingen: 25 A 3111), esp. the section "Cavalry", pp. 99-104 on the problem of horse-rearing in India, supported by qoutations from medieval chronicles; Shireen Moosvi, The Economy of the Mughal Empire c. 1595. A Statistical Study. Delhi 1987 (Univ. Bibl. Tuebingen: 28 A 5904), esp. pp. 376-379; on the use of horse in the pre-islamic period, see the interesting iconographical study by: Jean Deloche, Le cheval et son harnachement dans l' art indien. Lausanne, Paris 1986 (Univ.Bibl. Tuebingen 28 B 267). After going through all this, you will probably still feel a need for a more detailed treatment of the exact causes of the Indian horse breeding problem. At least the Turks and Mughals must have understood the horses and everything connected with them very well! If you hit upon a relevant piece of information, I would be interested very much too! Greetings, Dr. Jaroslav Strnad Oriental Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Pod vodarenskou vezi 4 182 08 Praha 8 CZECH REPUBLIC From Peter.Schalk at relhist.uu.se Thu Jan 16 10:46:10 1997 From: Peter.Schalk at relhist.uu.se (Peter.Schalk at relhist.uu.se) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 97 10:46:10 +0000 Subject: Manimekalai Message-ID: <161227027862.23782.13746060401868854399.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> >N. Ganesan referred to a conference at Uppsala in Sweden on the Manimekalai.. >Does anyone have more information about this conference? I am a graduate >student considering doing work on the Manimekalai as part of my dissertation, >and would be interested in hearing from others who have studied or are >studying the epic. Thanks in advance, Katherine Ulrich >(keulrich at midway.uchicago.edu). Answer: The workshop was led by professor Alvappillai Veluppillai and by me and has resulted in a publication called: A Buddhist Woman's Path to Enlightenment. Proceedings of a Workshop on the Tamil Narrative Manimekalai, Uppsala University, May 25-29, 1995 ACTA UNIVERSITATIS UPSALIENSIS, HISTORIA RELIGIONUM 13. SERIES INAUGURATA A CARL-MARTIN EDSMAN ET GEO WIDENGREN, CONTINUATA A JAN BERGMAN, ANDERS HULTG?RD ET PETER SCHALK Editores: Jan Bergman, Anders Hultg?rd, Peter Schalk Peter Schalk, Editor-in-Chief There are ten contributors. Americans are Paula Richman, Anne Monius and Dennis D Hudson. An Israeli is David Shulman, Indians are Ira Nakacuvami, Arankaracan Vijayalatcumi and Pirema Nantakumar. Ilattuttamilar are Ci Patmanatan and A Veluppillai. Swedish is Peter Schalk. 324 pages. The book will be published in the end of January or beginning of February 1997 by Almquist and Wiksell International in Stockholm, Sweden, but there is a problem to reach this publisher quickly. Therefore anybody can put orders to peter.schalk at relhist.uu.se and I shall convey them to the publisher. I am sorry to say that I cannot tell you the prize. Do not hesitate to ask further questions. With the best wishes Peter Schalk From kradhikary at mail.utexas.edu Thu Jan 16 18:37:04 1997 From: kradhikary at mail.utexas.edu (kradhikary at mail.utexas.edu) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 97 12:37:04 -0600 Subject: South Asia Seminar at UT Message-ID: <161227027871.23782.1528850985743305044.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear colleagues: As usual, Asian Studies at UT Austin will have a South Asia Seminar for the Spring Semester 1997. I will be posting all the abstracts and available papers after each seminar. In case you missed some postings please let me know if you would like to have one or two abstracts emailed to you. The seminar shedule is as follows: University of Texas at Austin * Center for Asian Studies Spring 1997 South Asia Seminar Schedule This semester's seminar series topic is "Re-thinking India and the Nineteenth Century." Lectures are Thursdays at 3:30 pm with a reception at 3:00 pm. Location: Meyerson Conference Room, WCH 4.118 January 30 Robert Hardgrave Acting Chairman/Asian Studies & Government Department, The University of Texas at Austin "On the Margin Between Europe and India: Baltazard Solvyns in Calcutta, 1791-1804" February 6 Michael Charlesworth Art & Art History Department, The University of Texas at Austin "Being-thereness in British Art About India" February 13 Susan Burns History Department, University of Texas at Austin "Awakening' in India: Okakura Tenshin's Construction of Pan-Asian Unity" February 20 Mrinalini Sinha Department of History, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale "Refashioning Mother India: Gender, Caste, and National Identity" February 27 Sugata Bose Department of History, Tufts University "Nation, Reason and Religion in 1897: Intimations of an Anti-Colonial Modernity" March 20 Michael H. Fisher Department of History, Oberlin College "South Asian Immigrants to Britain in the Early Nineteenth Century: A Question of Agency" March 27 Veena T. Oldenburg History Department, Columbia University "Writing Masculinity: Transformations in the Relationship of Property and Gender in Colonial Punjab" April 3 Barbara Ramusack History Department, University of Cincinnati "The Medicalization of Childbirth: Maternity Hospitals and Midwives in Madras and Mysore" April 10 Richard Lariviere Asian Studies Department The University of Texas at Austin "The State of Hindu Law in the Nineteenth Century" *** The above schedule is also posted at: http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/conseminar/SouthsemS1997.html Thanks. All the best, kamal From gat4 at columbia.edu Thu Jan 16 18:19:04 1997 From: gat4 at columbia.edu (Gary Tubb) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 97 13:19:04 -0500 Subject: the root of the ear Message-ID: <161227027869.23782.8548764105090819521.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> > Monier-Williams, p. 401, defines cuulaka as "the root of an elephant's ear". > Does anyone happen to know precisely what this is? Queries to other native > speakers of English, American and British, yielded only bemusement. I > presume it to mean the place where the external ear is attached to the scalp. > The relevant definition of 'root' in the Oxford English Dictionary is 4.a., "The embedded or basal portion of the hair, tongue, teeth, fingers, nails, or other members or structures of the body." Among the examples given under this definition is one referring to the roots of a horse's ears. From Max.Nihom at oeaw.ac.at Thu Jan 16 12:36:14 1997 From: Max.Nihom at oeaw.ac.at (Max.Nihom at oeaw.ac.at) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 97 13:36:14 +0100 Subject: the root of the ear Message-ID: <161227027866.23782.16647002468866220708.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Monier-Williams, p. 401, defines cuulaka as "the root of an elephant's ear". Does anyone happen to know precisely what this is? Queries to other native speakers of English, American and British, yielded only bemusement. I presume it to mean the place where the external ear is attached to the scalp. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thank You, Max Nihom From pclaus at haywire.csuhayward.edu Fri Jan 17 01:24:05 1997 From: pclaus at haywire.csuhayward.edu (Peter J. Claus) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 97 17:24:05 -0800 Subject: the root of the ear Message-ID: <161227027873.23782.4575392274469769006.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Elephant-ear is a kind of taro (a plant with alarge edible root) grown esp. in the southern and coastal parts of India (needs a lot of water). It has very large leaves, hence the name. But being an English term, I would not be surprised if ther were a number of totally different plants sharing the name. On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Max Nihom wrote: > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 17:05:17 GMT > From: Max Nihom > Reply-To: indology at liverpool.ac.uk > To: Members of the list > Subject: the root of the ear > > Monier-Williams, p. 401, defines cuulaka as "the root of an elephant's ear". > Does anyone happen to know precisely what this is? Queries to other native > speakers of English, American and British, yielded only bemusement. I > presume it to mean the place where the external ear is attached to the scalp. > > Any suggestions would be much appreciated. > > Thank You, > > > Max Nihom > > > From keulrich at midway.uchicago.edu Fri Jan 17 04:52:35 1997 From: keulrich at midway.uchicago.edu (katherine eirene ulrich) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 97 22:52:35 -0600 Subject: the root of the ear Message-ID: <161227027876.23782.13204933180231058464.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> re: Max Nihom's request for information about "the root of an elephant's ear" (cuulaka): The Oxford English Dictionary includes as a possible definition of "root" the following: "Tge imbedded or pasal portion of the hair, tongue, teeth, fingers, nails, or other members or structures of the body." One of the examples is to a 1523 work on husbandry which refers to "the rotes of the horse eares" From jgardner at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Fri Jan 17 07:50:56 1997 From: jgardner at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (JR Gardner) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 01:50:56 -0600 Subject: Three wise monkeys Message-ID: <161227027877.23782.14337014482861162916.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> from Brigade ROad "cyber cafe"-- the following pops to mind more as curiousity by connection than anything-- the three-monkey bead from Harrapppa anyone know anything about his? jrg On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, John Richards wrote: > Has anyone any idea where the idea of the three wise monkeys, see no > evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, comes from? > > It would seem pretty certainly Eastern - but whether Indian or Chinese > I would be hard put to guess. > > John > > -- > John Richards > Stackpole Elidor (UK) > jhr at elidor.demon.co.uk > Home Page http://www.elidor.demon.co.uk > > From nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov Fri Jan 17 16:53:35 1997 From: nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov (nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 10:53:35 -0600 Subject: Q: Sanskrit-English dictionary Message-ID: <161227027886.23782.18330263589748107032.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Q: Sanskrit-English Dictionary Can anyone suggect some sanskrit-english dictionaries, please? I want to have sanskrit words transliterated in english also, in addition to nagari script. N. Ganesan From tatelman at total.net Fri Jan 17 12:56:21 1997 From: tatelman at total.net (Joel Tatelman) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 12:56:21 +0000 Subject: Q: Sanskrit-English dictionary Message-ID: <161227027889.23782.10076289684924597764.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Regarding a Sanskrit-English Dictionary which uses transliteration as well as devanaagarii, I suppose the obvious choice is M. Monier-Williams' _A Sanskrit-English Dictionary_, Revised Edition, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1899. Reprints are available from Oxford University Press (?75-80) Munshiram Manoharlal in Delhi (probably ?20-30) and for a compact version (in size not contents), Tokyo, Meicho Fukyukai, 1986 (JapYen 15,000 when I bought it, but probably more now). Hope this helps. Joel Tatelman #2-293A Roncesvalles Ave. Toronto, Ontario, M6R 2M3 Canada. Tel.: (416) 535-4997 E-mail: tatelman at total.net From apandey at u.washington.edu Fri Jan 17 23:11:34 1997 From: apandey at u.washington.edu (Anshuman Pandey) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 15:11:34 -0800 Subject: Fonts Question Message-ID: <161227027900.23782.5940419887067767849.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Raghavendra C.S wrote: > Are there any True-Type or Adobe Devanagari Fonts > available for FREE on internet ? I remember acquiring a font called PCS Nepali once from an archive site, but I think that it is a commercial font which someone inadvertently placed at the site thinking it was in the public domain. The quality of the font was commendable, but once had to manually create a character map as there was no documentation accompanying it. I've long since deleted it as I've made myself partial to TeX and it's brilliant devanaagarii Metafonts. Regards, Anshuman Pandey --- Anshuman Pandey | apandey at u.washington.edu | University of Washington "Life is an impossible scheme, and love an imperceptible dream. Face the facts, that's what it's always been. Relax. What you see is what you've seen, What you get is a new philosophy." From csr at wipinfo.soft.net Fri Jan 17 20:22:40 1997 From: csr at wipinfo.soft.net (Raghavendra C.S) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 15:22:40 -0500 Subject: Fonts Question Message-ID: <161227027879.23782.6438386008937891829.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> namaste, Are there any True-Type or Adobe Devanagari Fonts available for FREE on internet ? Regards, - Raghavendra. From apandey at u.washington.edu Fri Jan 17 23:23:20 1997 From: apandey at u.washington.edu (Anshuman Pandey) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 15:23:20 -0800 Subject: Devanagari for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027904.23782.998622331771948991.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Regarding the query of Mr. Raynald Prevereau regarding devanaagarii fonts for Macintosh, there is a font called Kanchi which is available for Macintosh. I last saw the file at the Yamada Language Center site. The file can be directed accessed at the following URL: http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/hindi.html As well as fonts for other South Asian languages, the Yamada archive hosts a number of other language fonts. The general URLM for the Yamada Language Center is: http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada Regards, Anshuman Pandey --- Anshuman Pandey | apandey at u.washington.edu | University of Washington "Life is an impossible scheme, and love an imperceptible dream. Face the facts, that's what it's always been. Relax. What you see is what you've seen, What you get is a new philosophy." From Max.Nihom at oeaw.ac.at Fri Jan 17 14:52:41 1997 From: Max.Nihom at oeaw.ac.at (Max.Nihom at oeaw.ac.at) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 15:52:41 +0100 Subject: the root of the ear Message-ID: <161227027883.23782.8759361724922094325.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I should like to thank the members of 'Indology' who replied to my query. I had access to Websters Dictionary which provides the meaning also furnished by the Oxford Dictionary, but refers only to the roots of teeth, hair and nerves. Again, my thanks. Max Nihom From magier at columbia.edu Fri Jan 17 21:26:12 1997 From: magier at columbia.edu (David Magier) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 16:26:12 -0500 Subject: [Herndonfox@aol.com: further info request] Message-ID: <161227027894.23782.1258307754605176951.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Again, can anyone help in locating a knowledgeable contact in this area of inquiry? Many thanks. David Magier magier at columbia.edu --------------- Return-Path: Received: from mailrelay1.cc.columbia.edu (mailrelay1.cc.columbia.edu [128.59.35.143]) by mailhub2.cc.columbia.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id IAA26049 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 08:26:24 -0500 (EST) From: Herndonfox at aol.com Received: from emout08.mail.aol.com (emout08.mx.aol.com [198.81.11.23]) by mailrelay1.cc.columbia.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id IAA09866 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 08:26:29 -0500 (EST) Received: (from root at localhost) by emout08.mail.aol.com (8.7.6/8.7.3/AOL-2.0.0) id IAA03019; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 08:26:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 08:26:27 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <970117082626_470904014 at emout08.mail.aol.com> To: magier at columbia.edu cc: atipton at ngs.org Subject: further info request David Magier, Librarian : Thanks so much for the many contacts that came my way thanks to you - in particular an anthroplogist and also an expert on the Andaman penal colony. If it wouldn't put you out, I wonder if you could run one more? I checked your data base and will make a couple of calls, but the people who listed festival expertise seemed to be concentrated in very specifc geographic areas... For the National Geographic book chapter on the Andamans, I need to verify a brief but detailed description of Holi and also a Krishna Chanting Festival. My concern is that religious practices evolve differently in different places, and I don't want our facts to be geographically incorrect. Anyone who has a few minutes to comment can email me at herndonfox at aol.com. My colleague Abby Tipton is working on an Indian country story for National Geographic Magazine, and needs help with Diwali as celebrated by Sikhs rather than Hindus. Her email is atipton at ngs.org. Thank you so very much for ALL the help! I'm off to the library collection at the U of Virginia today to do some digging! Catherine Fox From jakub at unipune.ernet.in Fri Jan 17 22:37:10 1997 From: jakub at unipune.ernet.in (Jakub Cejka) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 17:37:10 -0500 Subject: Book Shops in Calcutta (addition) Message-ID: <161227027881.23782.3990838147855121468.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Behind Sanskrit college there's Mahabodhi Society Book Shop - books from MLBD and others. Mailing home reliable. Asiatic Society has sales counter behind "New Market" in the centre Don't miss K.L.M which is just two minutes walk from metro station Central (or walkable distance from Skt college). It's a publisher and dealer (for Skt college, for example) Sorry if too brief, I am in rush Jakub Cejka ______________________________________________________________________________ Dept. of Sanskrit, University of Pune Ganeshkhind, Pune, India 411 007 e-mail: jakub at unipune.ernet.in (valid till June 97 approx.) From raynaldp at bbsi.net Fri Jan 17 22:39:43 1997 From: raynaldp at bbsi.net (Raynald Prevereau) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 17:39:43 -0500 Subject: Devanagari for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027896.23782.880453111632908185.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear indologists, Can anyone please tell me where to find a good set of devanagari fonts for the Mac? I know about the TeX fonts, since I used to work with Tex a few years ago while I was doing my M.A. in Buddhist epistemology at McGill University. They are certainly the best looking devanagari fonts I've seen so far. But I gave up on TeX (OzTeX on the Mac) 3 years ago and hope I won't have to return to it to produce nice Sanskrit documents with my Mac. I very much admire those of you who have the patience to work with Tex, but that is definitely not for me. So, are there any devenagari fonts for the Mac? Thanks in advance for your time. Raynald Prevereau From tatelman at total.net Fri Jan 17 18:22:26 1997 From: tatelman at total.net (Joel Tatelman) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 18:22:26 +0000 Subject: Devanagari for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027902.23782.12219168508086487905.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Raymond Prevereau asks about devanagari fonts for the Macintosh operating system. I recommend MacBilingual Devanagari 7.02 (though there is now probably a newer version), available from Ecological Linguistics, P.O. Box 15156, Washington, D.C. 20003, U.S.A. Ecological Linguistics has fonts for dozens of Asian scripts, including most of those used in SE Asia, the various scripts used in modern Indian languages, the major East Asian scripts, etc. Most are available for the Mac and PC, though a few are Mac-only. I must also acknowledge that I last dealt with E.L. a couple of years ago. I concur with Raymond's high evaluation of the devanagari font for OzTex but like him, demur from using OzTex. In any case, if not quite as elegant, the E.L. font is well-designed and easier to use than some other fonts I've tried. The E.L. fonts are normal Postscript or TrueType fonts and will work with any word processor or page layout application. Regards, Joel. Joel Tatelman #2-293A Roncesvalles Ave. Toronto, Ontario, M6R 2M3 Canada. Tel.: (416) 535-4997 E-mail: tatelman at total.net From garzilli at shore.net Fri Jan 17 23:52:29 1997 From: garzilli at shore.net (Enrica Garzilli) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 18:52:29 -0500 Subject: address Message-ID: <161227027891.23782.5857034918621818066.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Could anybody give me the full address of Prof. Barbara Metcalf at U. of California Davis? Thank you. -- Dr. Enrica Garzilli Univ. of Perugia (ITALY) Editor-in-Chief, IJTS and JSAWS (http://www.shore.net/~india) ************************************************************* From avillarr at is.dal.ca Fri Jan 17 22:09:55 1997 From: avillarr at is.dal.ca (avillarr at is.dal.ca) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 19:09:55 -0300 Subject: Devanagari for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027898.23782.12777799531239101187.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> >Dear indologists, >Can anyone please tell me where to find a good set of devanagari fonts for >the Mac? I know about the TeX fonts, since I used to work with Tex a few The Kaanchi fonts are not bad, they can be found at: http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/hindi.html good luck, A. Villarroel From karenf at cam.org Sat Jan 18 04:04:51 1997 From: karenf at cam.org (Karen Fernandes) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 20:04:51 -0800 Subject: Q: Sanskrit-English dictionary Message-ID: <161227027907.23782.9799807735199806958.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> If anyone is interested in an online sanskrit dictionary, here is the URL. Of course it does not compare to Monier-Williams, but it can serve as a quick and easy reference. http://reality.sgi.com/employees/atul/sanskrit/dict.html Karen From max at newciv.org Fri Jan 17 20:30:02 1997 From: max at newciv.org (Max) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 20:30:02 +0000 Subject: Devanagari for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027914.23782.3175333414775370520.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> At 10:43 PM 1/17/97 GMT, you wrote: >Dear indologists, >Can anyone please tell me where to find a good set of devanagari fonts for >the Mac? there were some public domain fonts around several years ago, of which I put a modified version at: http://www.newciv.org/jhs/fonts/fonts.html these are old-style Mac bitmap fonts in 12 and 25 point, not TrueType or PostScript. I didn't try them on 7.5.x, tho. If you can't retrieve them immediately, I'm reshuffling the sites on newciv.org currently. Ultimately they should resurface at http://www.newciv.org/Sanskrit/ and http://www.newciv.org/Pali/ If so, try again in a day or so. This site contains also TTF and PostScript Roman-Translitared fonts compatible with Prof.Norman's font (which unfortunately do not scale very well at all). If there are problems, pls send me private e-mail and I'll try to take care of it.. Max --------------------------------- Max J. Sandor, PhD max at newciv.org msandor at jccc.medsch.ucla.edu http://www.newciv.org/max/ From rsoneji at mb.sympatico.ca Sat Jan 18 03:05:40 1997 From: rsoneji at mb.sympatico.ca (R. Soneji) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 21:05:40 -0600 Subject: Creation of Durga Message-ID: <161227027905.23782.9119129092013104703.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Tobias Grote-Beverborg wrote: > > Dear Members of the list! > > I have a question concerning the creation of the goddess Durga. > > The myth is that she was created by Shiva who was so enraged about the demon > Mahishasura terrorizing heaven and earth that his face flushed with anger. > Out of that light emmanating from his face a young woman, Durga, was created. > > Can anyone please tell me where I can find that story in the scriptures? > I believe it's in one of the Puraanas. > > Thank You very much. > Yours > Tobias > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~ > Tobias Grote-Beverborg > Theodorstr. 370, 40472 Duesseldorf, Germany > ph/fax: 0211-6581306 > e-mail: grotebev at rz.uni-duesseldorf.de > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~ The story as you have described it is told in the "Devi Mahatmya", a part of the Markandeya Purana. The actual "becoming" (the verb used is "bhu")of the Goddess is described in the dvitiya adhyaya, 9-19. Excellent translations/analyses of the text have been written on the subject by Thomas Coburn: Devi Mahatmya - The Crystallization of the Goddess Tradition. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1984. Encountering the Goddess - A Translation of the Devi Mahatmya and a Study of Its Interpretation. Albany: SUNY, 1991. Recently, Carmel Berkson has studied the myth and its motifs (particularly in relation to the rituals of Maharashtra): The Divine and Demoniac: Mahisa's Heroic Struggle with Durga. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Perhaps the best scholarship on the text as a "living" phenomenon is by Kathleen Erndl, who has studied the text in relation to the Vaisnodevi cult of Northwestern India: Victory to the Mother - The Hindu Goddess of Northwest India in Myth, Ritual and Symbol. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Other general comments are to be found in David Kinsley's "Hindu Goddesses" (Berkley: Univeristy of California Press, 1986). Reference to similar myths concerning Durga are also found in the earlier Visnu Purana (5.1.93) as well as in the Skanda Purana, Devibhagavata Purana. Hope this information is helpful. Regards, Devesh Soneji University of Manitoba rsoneji at mb.sympatico.ca From grotebev at uni-duesseldorf.de Fri Jan 17 21:12:43 1997 From: grotebev at uni-duesseldorf.de (Tobias Grote-Beverborg) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 21:12:43 +0000 Subject: Creation of Durga Message-ID: <161227027893.23782.4460918077026924689.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Members of the list! I have a question concerning the creation of the goddess Durga. The myth is that she was created by Shiva who was so enraged about the demon Mahishasura terrorizing heaven and earth that his face flushed with anger. Out of that light emmanating from his face a young woman, Durga, was created. Can anyone please tell me where I can find that story in the scriptures? I believe it's in one of the Puraanas. Thank You very much. Yours Tobias ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ Tobias Grote-Beverborg Theodorstr. 370, 40472 Duesseldorf, Germany ph/fax: 0211-6581306 e-mail: grotebev at rz.uni-duesseldorf.de ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ From MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN Fri Jan 17 18:20:45 1997 From: MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN (Dr. S. Kalyanaraman) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 23:20:45 +0500 Subject: Q: Sanskrit-English dictionary Message-ID: <161227027887.23782.4346378195105625652.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Monier Williams is of unsurpassed excellence. Kalyanaraman. At 05:20 PM 1/17/97 GMT, you wrote: > > Q: Sanskrit-English Dictionary > >Can anyone suggect some sanskrit-english dictionaries, please? >I want to have sanskrit words transliterated in english also, >in addition to nagari script. > >N. Ganesan > > > From spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Sat Jan 18 16:14:02 1997 From: spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Surya P. Mittal) Date: Sat, 18 Jan 97 11:14:02 -0500 Subject: List of books on Art & Architecture Message-ID: <161227027910.23782.739273407200519487.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> From: D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. E-MAIL TRANSMISSION Our Ref No.: EME/FI-2320-96 Jan. 18, 1997 To: deepak at ksu.edu Dr. Deepak Gupta KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Manhattan Dear Dr. Gupta, In response to your email, we transmit here our three separate listings of titles on historical architecture: "LIST-A" from Sl. no. 1 to 18, and "LIST-B" from Sl. no. 19 to 62 both arranged title-wise, and "LIST-C" from Sl.no.63 to 87 arranged author-wise. The books can be ordered from D K Agencies (P) Ltd. subject to availability. The prices may change in accordance with publishers' current rates. Thanking you and with best wishes, Yours sincerely, SURYA P. MITTAL surya at pobox.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- "LIST - A" 1. AKBAR'S TOMB, SIKANDARAH, NEAR AGRA / described and illustrated by Edmund W. Smith. -- Reprint. -- New Delhi : Archaeological Survey of India, 1994. 35, 23 p. : plates ; 29 cm. $35.40 DK-92430 2. ANGKOR VAT : India's contribution in conservation, 1986-1993 / B. Narasimhaiah. -- New Delhi : Ar- chaeological Survey of India, 1994. xxiii, 85 p. : map, plates (some col.) ; 28 cm. $41.70 DK-90116 3. ARCHITECTURE IN VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN INDIA / edited by Christopher W. London. -- Bombay : Marg Pub- lications, c1994. 148 p. : plates (some col.) ; 33 cm. $53.00 ISBN 81-85026-26-2 DK-90659 4. ARCHITECTURE OF MANASARA / translated from original Sanskrit by Prasanna Kumar Acharya. -- Reprint. -- New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1994. lix, 793 p. ; 25 cm. $50.00 ISBN 81-215-0662-X DK-91894 5. BAROQUE GOA : the architecture of Portuguese India / Jose Pereira. -- New Delhi : Books & Books, 1995. ix, 177 p. : plates ; 25 cm. $56.70 ISBN 81-85016-43-7 DK-91779 6. CONCEPTS AND RESPONSES : international architectural design competition for the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi / [editor, Razia Grover]. -- Ahmedabad : Mapin Pub. Pvt. Ltd., 1992. 184 p. : maps, plates (some col.) ; 34 cm. $80.00 ISBN 0-944142-18-4 DK-81625 7. INDIAN MONOLITHS / Shanti Lal Nagar. -- 1st ed. -- New Delhi : Intellectual Pub. House, 1992. xv, 140 p. : plates ; 29 cm. $33.30 ISBN 81-7076-043-9 DK-78880 8. INDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE : form and transformation : the Karnata Dravida tradition 7th to 13th centuries / Adam Hardy ; foreword by Kapila Vatsyayan. -- New Delhi : Abhinav Publications, 1995. xix, 614 p. : maps, plates ; 28 cm. $111.10 ISBN 81-7017-312-4 DK-93472 9. MONOLITHIC TEMPLES OF MADHYA PRADESH / D Dayalan. -- Delhi : Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 1995. xix, 167 p. : maps, plates ; 25 cm. $63.30 ISBN 81-86050-01-9 DK-92130 10. THE MUKTESVARA TEMPLE IN BHUBANESWAR / Walter Smith. -- 1st ed. -- Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Pub- lishers Private Limited, 1994. xxi, 148 p. : map, plates ; 29 cm. $41.70 ISBN 81-208-0793-6 DK-93577 11. ON THE MUHAMMADAN ARCHITECTURE OF BHAROCH, CAMBAY, DHOLKA, CHAMPANIR, AND MAHMUDABAD IN GUJARAT / by Jas Burgess. -- Reprint. -- New Delhi : Archaeological Sur- vey of India, 1994. ii, 47 p. : plates ; 29 cm. $25.00 DK-92429 12. PALLAVA ARCHITECTURE / Alexander Rea. -- Reprint. -- New Delhi : Asian Educational Services, 1995. xi, 49 p. : plates ; 30 cm. $50.00 ISBN 81-206-1007-5 DK-92035 13. PARASURAMESVARA TEMPLE AT GUDIMALLAM : a probe into its origins / I K Sarma ; foreword by M N Deshpande. -- Nagpur : Dattsons, 1994. vii, 124 p. : map, plates ; 28 cm. $53.30 ISBN 81-7192-015-2 DK-92775 14. PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF INDIAN MONUMENTS / Shanti Lal Nagar. -- New Delhi : Aryan Books International, 1993. xiv, 151 p. : plates (some col.) ; 25 cm. $50.00 ISBN 81-7305-014-7 DK-84670 15. SILPARATNAKOSA : a glossary of Orissan temple ar- chitecture / by Sthapaka Niranjana Mahapatra. -- Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1994. ix, 228 p. : plates ; 25 cm. $33.30 ISBN 81-208-1216-0 DK-93273 16. STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL INDIAN ARCHITECTURE / R. Nath. -- New Delhi : M D Publications Pvt. Ltd., 1995. xvii, 172 p. : plates ; 26 cm. $50.00 ISBN 81-85880-56-5 DK-90930 17. TEMPLE GATEWAYS IN SOUTH INDIA : the architecture and iconography of the Cidambaram Gopuras / James C Harle. -- 2nd rev. ed. -- New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1995. xxvi, 191 p. : plates ; 25 cm. $50.00 ISBN 81-215-0666-2 DK-93260 18. TEMPLES OF INDIA / Krishna Deva. -- New Delhi : Aryan Books International, c1995. 2 v. : plates ; 29 cm. per set. $145.00 Contents: v. 1. Text. xxii, 286 p. ISBN 81-7305-052-X -- v. 2. Plates. xiv, [200] p. ISBN 81-7305-053-8 ISBN 81-7305-054-6 (set) DK-90929 "LIST - B" 19. Agama-kosha = Agama encyclopaedia / [edited] by S.K. Ramachandra Rao, with the assistance of Rama R. Rao. -- 1st ed. -- Bangalore : Kalpatharu Research Academy, c1989- v. : ill. ; 22 cm. -- (Kalpatharu Research Academy publication). $3.20 (v. 1); $2.10 (v. 2-9 each); $29.20 (v. 11) Vol. 11: English and Sanskrit. Vols. 2- lack assis- tant editor. Vols. 2- lack distributor statement. "A project on agama, alaya and aradhana." Encyclopaedic work on temple rituals and architecture. Contents: v. 9. Consecrations -- v. 11. Utsavas. Vols. 9 (156 p.), 1994, 11 (246 p.), 1994., rec'd now; v. 1-8 rec'd earlier; to be complete in 12 v. DK-76299 20. Ahmadabad / K.V. Soundara Rajan. -- 2nd ed. -- New Delhi : Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, 1992. 71 p., xvii p. of plates : ill., folded map ; 22 cm. (ubd.) $1.00 Includes bibliographical references (p. 71). DK-86335 21. Alice Boner diaries : India, 1934-1967 / edited by Georgette Boner, Luitgard Soni, Jayandra Soni. -- Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1993. 300 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm. $29.20 English and German. Includes index. ISBN 81-208-1121-6 DK-84744 22. Architectural design : classic and Indian / by K.R. Moudgil. -- 2nd ed. / revised by Kapil Mehta. -- Delhi, India : New Asian Publishers, 1991. [8], 96 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. $16.70 Bibliography: 4th prelim. page. Includes index. DK-77002 23. Architectural heritage of Shimla. -- [Shimla, India : Himachal Academy of Arts, Culture, and Languages, 1991?]. 1 portfolio ([4] p., 6 leaves of plates) : ill. ; 30 cm. (ubd.) $2.10 DK-75196 24. The architecture of Imambaras / Neeta Das. -- Luck- now : Lucknow Mahotsava Patrika Samiti, 1991. 132 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 x 29 cm. $25.00 25. Bhavanarayana temples : an epigraphical and ar- chitectural study / by Avadhanula Vijaya Kumar Babu. -- Delhi : Sundeep Prakashan, 1991. xxiv, 192 p., [36] p. of plates : ill., 14 maps ; 25 cm. $53.30 Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.-- University of Poona, 1990) Bibliography: p. [181]-188. Includes index. ISBN 81-85067-68-6 DK-75884 26. The Buddhist architecture in Andhra / D. Jithendra Das. -- New Delhi : Books & Books, 1993. xii, 176 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. $43.30 Thesis (Ph. D.)--Nagarjunakonda University, 1991. In- cludes bibliographical references (p. [164]-172). In- cludes index. ISBN 81-85016-35-6 DK-79503 27. Buddhist monastic architecture in Sri Lanka : the woodland shrines / Anuradha Seneviratna, Benjamin Polk. -- New Delhi : Abhinav Publications, 1992. 152 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. $53.30 Bibliography: p. [147]-148. Includes glossary and in- dex. ISBN 81-7017-281-0 DK-75178 28. Calcutta, an artist's impression / by Desmond Doig. -- [Calcutta : Statesman, [1993?]. 104 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. $8.30 Collection from the newspaper, The Statesman. DK-86731 29. Calcutta, then and now / Rathin Mitra. -- 1st ed. -- Calcutta : Ananda Publishers, 1991. 69 p. : ill. ; 21 x 27 cm. $4.20 Description and reproduction of line drawings of the places and buildings in Calcutta. ISBN 81-7066-971-5 DK-77058 30. Calcutta through the eyes of painters : Birla Academy of Art & Culture celebrates Calcutta 300. -- [Calcutta : Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 1990]. [8] p., [107] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 19 x 24 cm. $6.70 DK-77550 31. Cave-temples of the Pallavas / by K.R. Srinivasan. -- New Delhi : Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, 1993. vii, 206 p., lviii p. of plates : ill., maps ; 29 cm. -- (Architectural survey of temples ; no. 1). $23.30 Includes bibliographical references (p. 184). Includes index. DK-86262 32. Citrakarmasastra ascribed to Manjusri : being volume II of Vastuvidyasastra / edited with an intro- duction and an English translation by E.W. Marasinghe. -- 1st ed. -- Delhi, India : Sri Satguru Publications, 1991. lxxi, 238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- (Bibliotheca Indo- Buddhica series ; no. 81). $29.20 In Sanskrit; translation and introductory matter in English. Buddhist architectural work. Includes glossary and index. ISBN 81-7030-252-8 DK-76490 33. Design in India : a challenge of identity / Ashoke Chatterjee. -- Ahmedabad, India : National Institute of Design, [1993]. 11 p. ; 21 cm. (ubd.) $1.00 "Paper presented at the International Conference on Design & Development in South & South East Asia, held at Hong Kong University, 5-8 December 1988." DK-89578 34. Essays in early Indian architecture / Ananda K. Coomaraswamy ; edited and with an introduction by Michael W. Meister. -- New Delhi : Indira Gandhi Na- tional Centre for the Arts ; Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1992. xxviii, 151 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. $33.30 Articles. Includes addenda and corrigenda, bibliogra- phical references and indexes. ISBN 0-19-563094-7 DK-79362 35. The ghats of Mathura and Vrindavan : proposals for restoration / K.T. Ravindran. -- New Delhi : Indian Na- tional Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage, 1990. 166 p. : ill., maps ; 22 x 26 cm. -- (INTACH cultural heritage case studies ; 1). (ubd.) $29.20 Bibliography: p. 164. Includes glossary. ISBN 81-900061-3-4 DK-79104 36. Golconda and Hyderabad / edited by Shehbaz H. Safrani. -- Bombay : Marg Publications, 1992. viii, 152 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 33 cm. $38.00 Contributed articles. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 81-85026-19-X DK-79116 37. Gupta art and architecture : with special reference to Madhya Pradesh / Sudhakar Nath Mishra. -- Delhi : Agam Kala Prakashan, 1992. xvi, 264 p., [57] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. $50.00 Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.-- Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya, 1988). Bibliography: p [245]-252. Includes index. DK-75206 38. Himadri temples, A.D. 700-1300 / Subhashini Aryan. -- Shimla : Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1994. xi, 129 p., [77] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm. $50.00 Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-129). ISBN 81-85952-18-3 DK-91018 39. Himalayan towers ; temples and palaces of Himachal Pradesh / Ronald M. Bernier. -- New Delhi : S. Chand & Co., 1989. xiii, 95 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. $20.80 Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-91). In- cludes index. ISBN 81-219-0391-2 DK-85662 40. HoysaBla architecture : medieval temples of southern Karn/ataka built during HoysaBla rule / Gerard Foekema. -- New Delhi : Books & Books, 1994. 2 v. : ill., 12 maps ; 25 cm. per set. $150.00 Includes bibliographical references. Contents: v. 1. Text, figures, and maps -- v. 2. Plates. ISBN 81-85016-41-0 DK-87969 41. The Hoysala temples / S. Settar. -- Dharwad : In- stitute of Indian Art History, Karnatak University ; Bangalore : Kala Yatra Publications, 1991-1992. 2 v. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. per set. $125.00 Study on the art and architecture of temples con- structed during the region of Hoysalas, 1000-1336 A.D. Bibliography: p. [379]-386 (v. 1). Includes glossary and index. ISBN 81-900172-1-7 DK-77145 42. INCA interior design register : a source book and directory of materials, services and suppliers in the interior decoration field. -- Madras, India : Inca Pub- lications, 1989. 200 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. $12.50 Advertising matter included in paging. DK-66114 43. Indian architecture / by Percy Brown. -- [3rd rev. ed.]. -- Bombay : D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 1956 (1990 printing). 2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm. (v. 1) $65.00; (v. 2) $63.30 Includes bibliographies, chronology, glossaries and in- dexes. Contents: [v. 1]. Buddhist and Hindu periods -- [v. 2]. Islamic period. DK-68290 44. Interior design : an introduction to art, craft, technique, science & profession of interior design / [Ahmed Abdullah Kasu]. -- Bombay : Iquara Publications, 1992. 693 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 x 29 cm. $80.00 Bibliography: p. 693. DK-78730 45. Jaina temples of Western India / by Harihar Singh. -- Varanasi : Parshvanath Vidyashram Research In- stitute, 1982. xvi, 278 p., [64] p. of plates : ill., map ; 29 cm. -- (Parshvanath Vidyashram series ; 26). $16.70 Thesis (Ph.D.)--Banaras Hindu University, 1976. Bibli- ography: p. [245]-252. Includes errata, glossary, and index. DK-33344 46. Kamesvara Temple at Gallavalli / J. Vijaya Lakshmi, M. Krishna Kumari. -- Delhi : Agam Kala Prakashan, 1991. ix, 164 p., [29] p. of plates : geneal. table, ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. $50.00 Bibliography: p. [137]-149. Includes glossary and in- dex. DK-73435 47. Late Hinayana caves of western India / by M.K. Dhavalikar. -- Pune : Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, 1984. 84 p., [38] p. of plates : ill., map ; 28 cm. (ubd.) $10.40 "The study originated in a short paper entitled 'The evolution of the rock-cut Chaityas of Western India, the missing Link' which was published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay, vols. 45-46 (1974)". "Code no M-200." Bibliography: p. 81. Includes index. DK-41661 48. Lucknow monuments / Yogesh Praveen. -- Lucknow, In- dia : Pnar Publications, c1989. xii, 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. $14.60 Bibliography: p. [265]-266. DK-76221 49. Monuments of Kerala / by H. Sarkar. -- 3rd ed. -- New Delhi : Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, 1992. 76 p., xii p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm. (ubd.) $1.30 Includes bibliographical references (p. 76). DK-86339 50. Mysore, the royal city / T.P. Issar. -- Bangalore : Marketing Consultants & Agencies, c1991. 173 p. : ill. (most col.), map ; 29 cm. $37.50 Bibliography: p. 170. DK-76391 51. An outline of Indian temple architecture / by F.H. Gravely. -- Madras : Director of Museums, [Govt. of Tamil Nadu], 1992. 20 p., ii p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm. -- (Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum ; [G.S. III, 2]). (ubd.) $1.80 Originally published: 1st ed. 1936. Includes bibliogra- phical references. Includes index. DK-84508 52. Pandrethan, Avantipur & Martand / by Debala Mitra. -- New Delhi : Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, 1993. 126 p., xxi p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. (ubd.) $1.50 Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-126). DK-86338 53. Preservation of art objects and library materials / O.P. Agrawal. -- 1st ed. -- New Delhi : National Book Trust, India, 1993. xiv, 102 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. -- (Popular science). (ubd.) $3.30 Includes bibliographical references (p. [101]-102). ISBN 81-237-0643-X DK-86766 54. Punjabi baroque and other memories of architecture / Gautam Bhatia. -- New Delhi : Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., c1994. xi, 265 p. : plates 22 cm. (ubd.) $16.30 ISBN 0-14-024075-6 DK-90420 55. The Ramachandra Temple at Vijaya-nagara / Anna L. Dallapiccola ... [et al.]. -- New Delhi : Published by Manohar Publications for American Institute of Indian Studies, New Delhi, 1992. 306 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. -- (Vijayanagara Research Project monograph series ; v. 2). $50.00 Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-306). ISBN 81-85425-27-2 DK-79937 56. Royal patrons and great temple art / edited by Vidya Dehejia. -- Bombay : Marg Publications, c1988. 144 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 33 cm. $39.60 Contributed articles. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 81-85026-02-5 DK-55866 57. The story of the stupa / A.H. Longhurst. -- New Delhi : Asian Educational Services, 1992. vi, 54 p., [43] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. $16.30 Originally published: Colombo : Printed at the Ceylon Govt. Press, 1936. Includes reproduction of the original t.p. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 81-206-0160-2 DK-88880 58. Taj Mahal & the glory of the Mughal Agra / text, John Lall ; photographs, D.N. Dube. -- 4th ed. -- New Delhi : Lustre Press, 1991. 144 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm. $50.00 DK-86251 59. Temples of south India / K.R. Srinivasan. -- New Delhi : National Book Trust, India, 1991. 246 p., [28] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. -- (India - the land and the people) (ubd.) $2.90 Reprint. Originally published: 3rd ed. 1985. Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index. DK-76338 60. Vijayanagara : architectural inventory of the urban core / George Michell. -- 1st ed. -- Mysore : Direc- torate of Archaeology & Museums, Govt. of Karnataka, 1990. 2 v. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. -- (Vijayanagara Research Centre series ; no. 5). per set. $37.50 Includes index. Contents: v. 1. Texts, maps, line drawings -- v. 2. Plates. DK-81605 61. The Vijayanagara courtly style : incorporation and synthesis in the royal architecture of southern India, 15th-17th centuries / George Michell. -- New Delhi : Published by Manohar Publications for American In- stitute of Indian Studies, 1992. viii, 198 p. : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm. -- (Vijayanagara Research Project monograph series ; v. 3) $33.30 Bibliography: p. 78-82. Includes glossary and index. ISBN 81-85425-29-9 DK-75193 62. Young designers, '91-'92 : graduates from the Na- tional Institute of Design / [editors, M.P. Ranjan, Binita Desai & Aditi Ranjan]. -- Ahmedabad : National Institute of Design, c1993. 189 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. (ubd.) $10.00 Includes indexes. DK-83939 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. Fax: (+91-11) 5598898, 5558898 A/15-17 Mohan Garden Phones: (011) 5598897, 5598899 Najafgarh Road E-mail: dka at pobox.com New Delhi - 110 059. E-Mail: indbook.dka at axcess.net.in Our Webpage http://www.dkagencies.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Sat Jan 18 16:16:33 1997 From: spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Surya P. Mittal) Date: Sat, 18 Jan 97 11:16:33 -0500 Subject: contact Message-ID: <161227027912.23782.424423552265520077.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> In continuation of my previous email: "LIST - C" 63. Ahmad, Maqbool, 1931- Khajuraho : erotica and temple architecture / Maqbool Ahmad. -- New Delhi, India : Asian Publication Serv- ices, 1993. 80 p., [50] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes passages in Sanskrit (roman). Originally published: 1985. Includes bibliographical references (p. [76]-80). 1. Khajuraho, India--Antiquities. 2. Architecture, Hindu--India--Khajuraho. 3. Architecture, Temple-- India--Khajuraho. $25.00 DK-99827 64. Becker-Ritterspach, Raimund O. A. (Raimund Otto Artur), 1942- Water conduits in the Kathmandu Valley / Raimund O.A. Becker-Ritterspach. -- New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1995. 2 v. : ill., 8 maps ; 29 x 41 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-100) (v. 1). Includes index. Vol. 2: Drawings. ISBN 81-215-0690-5 1. Fountains--Nepal--Kathmandu Valley--Designs and plans. 2. Architecture--Nepal--Kathmandu Valley. $100.00 per set. DK-97985 65. Behera, Karuna Sagar, 1939- Konarak : the heritage of mankind / K.S. Behera. -- New Delhi : Aryan Books International, 1996. 2 v. (xxix, 359 p., [68] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-344). Includes index. Contents: v. 1. Religion, history and architecture -- v. 2. Art and culture. ISBN 81-7305-076-7 1. Sun Temple (Konarak, India). 2. Konarak, India-- Antiquities. 3. Konarak, India--History. 4. Architecture--India--Konarak. 5. Art--India--Konarak. $140.00 per set. DK-97096 66. Das, Neeta. The architecture of imambaras / Neeta Das. -- 1st ed. -- [Lucknow] : Lucknow Mahotsav Patrika Samiti, 1991. 132 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 x 29 cm. English and Hindi. Study of meeting places used mainly by Shia Muslims especially during Muharram ceremonies in Lucknow. Includes bibliographical references (p. 131). Includes indexes. 1. Architecture, Islamic--India--Lucknow. $25.00 DK-94022 67. Dorjee, Pema, 1957- Stupa and its technology : a Tibeto-Buddhist perspec- tive / by Pema Dorjee ; foreword by M.C. Joshi. -- 1st ed. -- New Delhi : Published by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, in association with Motilal Banar- sidass Publishers, Delhi, 1996. xxxiv, 189 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-182). Includes index. ISBN 81-208-1301-4 1. Stupas--Tibet (China). 2. Architecture, Buddhist-- Tibet (China). $37.50 DK-99797 68. Gopinatha Rao, C. H. (Coimbatore Hanumantha Rao), 1935- Astrology in house buildings / C.H. Gopinatha Rao. -- Madras : [C.H. Gopinatha Rao], 1995. 153 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Originally published: Madras : Tamil Kadal Pathippagam, 1986. 1. Astrology and architecture. 2. Architecture, Domes- tic. 3. House construction. $10.00 (ubd.) DK-96310 69. Govindadeva : a dialogue in stone / edited by Mar- garet H. Case ; photographs by Robyn Beeche. -- New Delhi : Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts : Distributed by Aryan Books International, 1996. xxi, 305 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 32 cm. -- (Vraja Nathadvara prakalpa ; v. 2). Includes passages in Sanskrit. Papers presented at a conference held in April 1991. Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-291). Includes index. ISBN 81-85503-03-6 1. Govindadeva Temple (Vrindaban, India)--Congresses. 2. Architecture, Temple--India--Vrindaban--Congresses. $111.10 DK-99755 70. Grover, Satish, 1940- Islamic architecture in India / Satish Grover. -- 1st ed. -- New Delhi : Galgotia Pub. Co., 1996. xi, 179 p. : ill. (most col.), map ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]). Includes index. ISBN 81-85989-03-6 1. Architecture, Islamic--India. 2. Architecture, Mogul--India. $90.00 DK-99571 71. Kannan, Karumuttu, 1953- Vastu sastra, as I know it / Karumuttu Kannan. -- 1st ed. -- Madurai, Tamilnadu, India : Guruvayoorappan Investments, 1995. 38 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. 1. Architecture, Indic. 2. Architecture--India. $4.20 (ubd.) DK-96981 72. Mohan, V. K. (Varigapalli Krishna Reddy, 1948- Art and architecture of the Telugu Cola temples / V.K. Mohan. -- New Delhi : Kaveri Books, 1996. xv, 244 p., [38] p. of plates : ill., 5 maps ; 29 cm. Running title: The art and architecture of Telugu Cola temples. Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Telugu University, 1994. Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-204). Includes index. ISBN 81-7479-007-1 1. Art, Chola--India--Andhra Pradesh. 2. Architecture, Chola--India--Andhra Pradesh. 3. Architecture, Hindu--India--Andhra Pradesh. $85.00 DK-97629 73. Muralidhar Rao, D. (Derebail), 1946- Vaastu shilpa shaastra / D. Muralidhar Rao. -- 2nd enl. & rev. ed. -- Bangalore : S.B.S. Publishers Dis- tributors : Distributors, Sapna Book Stall, 1995. xiii, 225 p. ; 24 cm. Includes passages in Sanskrit (Devanagari and roman); meanings in English. Cover title on jacket: Hidden treasure of vastu shilpa shastra and Indian traditions. "Fourth reprint ... "--T.p. verso. Includes index. ISBN 81-7285-093-X (pbk.) 1. Architecture--India. 2. Architecture, Ancient-- India. 3. Architecture, Hindu. 4. India-- Civilization. $12.50 (ubd.) DK-97161 74. Naidu, Thalapaneni Subramanyam, 1952- The sacred complex of Tirumala Tirupati : the structure and change / T. Subramanyam Naidu. -- 1st ed. -- Madras : Institute of South Indian Studies : Selling rights, New Century Book House, 1993. xii, 320 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 22 cm. Running title: Tirumala Tirupati. Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Mysore. Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-313). Includes index. 1. Tirumala (Temple). 2. Sri Venkatesvara (Hindu deity)--Cult. 3. Temples, Hindu--India--Tirupati. 4. Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--India--Tirupati. 5. Worship (Hinduism). 6. Architecture, Hindu. $12.50 (ubd.) DK-97919 75. Nath, R. (Ram), 1933- Medieval Indian history and architecture / R. Nath. -- New Delhi : APH Pub. Corp., 1995. xvi, 331 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes passages in Sanskrit (Devanagari and roman). Articles; most previously published. Includes bibliographical references. Includes index. ISBN 81-7024-697-0 1. India--History--1000-1765. 2. Mogul Empire. 3. Ar- chitecture, Medieval--India. 4. Architecture, Mogul-- India. $53.30 DK-94559 76. Naravane, M. S. (Mukund Shridhar), 1929- Forts of Maharashtra / M.S. Naravane. -- New Delhi : APH Pub. Corp., 1995. xx, 508 p. : ill., 4 maps ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 81-7024-696-2 1. Fortification--India--Maharashtra. $100.00 DK-94067 77. Pichard, Pierre. Tanjavur Brhadisvara : an architectural study / Pierre Pichard. -- New Delhi : Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts ; Pondicherry : Ecole Francaise D'extreme-Orient ; [New Delhi : Distributor, Aryan Book International], 1995. 244 p. : ill., maps ; 38 cm. -- (Monument and the living presence). "Errata" slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-233). Includes index. ISBN 81-85503-04-4 1. Brhadisva Temple (Tanjavur, India). 2. Architecture, Chola--India--Tanjavur. 3. Architecture, Temple-- India--Tanjavur. $66.70 DK-100291 78. Puri, B. B. Vedic architecture and art of living / by B.B. Puri. -- New Delhi : Vastu Gyan Publication, c1995. xii, 245, [3] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. "A book on vastu shastra"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [248]). ISBN 81-900614-0-2 1. Architecture, Hindu--India. 2. Architecture, Ancient--India. $34.60 DK-99111 79. Ramachandra Murthy, N. S. (Nanduri Sree), 1943- Forts of Andhra Pradesh : from the earliest times upto 16th c. A.D. / N.S. Ramachandra Murthy. -- Delhi : Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, [1996]. xxii, 323 p., [36] p. of plates : ill., map ; 29 cm. Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.-- Karnatak University, 1981) under the title: Forts and their importance in the history of Andhra from the ear- liest times up to 1600 A.D. Imprint date from label mounted on t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-290). Includes index. ISBN 81-86050-03-5 1. Fortification--India--Andhra Pradesh. 2. Andhra Pradesh (India)--History. 3. Andhra Pradesh (India)-- Antiquities. 4. Andhra Pradesh (India)--Defenses. $100.00 DK-97450 80. Ramachandra Rao, S. K. (Saligrama Krishna), 1927- The hill-shrine of Vengadam : art, architecture and agama of Tirumala Temple / by S. K. Ramachandra Rao. -- 1st ed. -- Bangalore : Kalpatharu Research Academy, 1993. 320 p., [27] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. -- (Kalpatharu Research Academy publication). Includes passages in Sanskrit. "A project on Venkatesa-seva-karma." 1. Tirumala (Temple). 2. Architecture, Temple-- India--Tirupati. 3. Architecture, Hindu--India-- Tirupati. 4. Art, Temple--India--Tirupati. $12.50 DK-95290 81. Sharma, Dharnidhar. Dharnidhar's vastu guide : broad guidelines on the an- cient Indian architecture (vastu-shastra) / [Dharnidhar Sharma]. -- Mumbai : Dharnidhar Communications, 1996. 56 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Originally published: 1994. 1. Architecture--India. 2. Architecture, Ancient-- India. 3. Architecture, Hindu. $12.50 (ubd.) DK-101023 82. Somasundaram Pillai, J. M., b. 1892. The great temple at Tanjore / by J.M. Somasundaram Pil- lai. -- Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India : Tamil Univer- sity, 1994. iv, 117, [1] p., [23] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Originally published: 2nd ed., rev. and enl. Tanjore : Tanjore Palace Devastanams, 1958. Includes reproduc- tion of the original t.p. "Tamil University publication no. 192"--T.p. verso. "Eighth World Tamil Conference revolving fund publication"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [118]). Includes index. ISBN 81-7090-240-1 1. Sri Brihadisvara Temple (Tanjore, India). 2. Temples, Hindu--India--Tanjore (District). 3. Ar- chitecture, Chola--India--Tanjore (District). $3.30 (ubd.) DK-97304 83. Tirupati Reddy, Gouru, 1935- Golden proverbs of vaasthu / Gouru Tirupati Reddy. -- 1st ed. -- Proddatur, Cuddapah Dist. : Gouru Vaasthu Planners ; Hyderabad, A.P., India : For copies, Prajahita Publishers, 1996. 64 p. ; 10 x 12 cm. Translated from Telugu. Translation of: Vaasthu suktulu. 1. Architecture--Quotations, maxims, etc. $1.00 (ubd.) DK-99572 84. Tirupati Reddy, Gouru, 1935- Industries and vaasthu / Gouru Tirupati Reddy. -- 1st ed. -- Proddatur : For copies, Prajahitha Publishers, 1994. 32 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. 1. Architecture--Religious aspects--Hinduism. $1.00 (ubd.) DK-93950 85. Tirupati Reddy, Gouru, 1935- The secret world of vaasthu : English version of the Telugu book Vaasthu sasthra vastavalu' / author, Gouru Tirupati Reddy ; English version, Padullaparti Chandra Sekhar. -- 1st ed. -- Proddatur, A.P., India : For copies, Prajahita Publishers, 1994. 320 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. 1. Architectural design. 2. Architecture, Domestic-- India--Designs and plans. $12.50 (ubd.) DK-94945 86. Unseen presence : the Buddha and Sanchi / edited by Vidya Dehejia ; with photographs by K.B. Agrawala. -- Mumbai : Marg Publications, 1996. xxxi, 134 p. : ill. (most col.) ; 34 cm. Contributed articles. Includes bibliographical references. Includes index. ISBN 81-85026-32-7 1. Stupas--India--Sanchi. 2. Architecture, Buddhist-- India--Sanchi. 3. Monuments--India--Sanchi. $58.00 DK-99199 87. Verma, Chob Singh, 1952- The wonder that was Sikri / Chob Singh Verma. -- Delhi : Rahul Pub. House, 1996. vii, 84 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [77]-79). Includes index. ISBN 81-7388-064-6 1. Fatehpur Sikri (India)--History. 2. Architecture, Islamic--India--Fatehpur Sikri. 3. Mogul Empire. 4. India--History--1500-1765. $20.80 DK-97521 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. Fax: (+91-11) 5598898, 5558898 A/15-17 Mohan Garden Phones: (011) 5598897, 5598899 Najafgarh Road E-mail: dka at pobox.com New Delhi - 110 059. E-Mail: indbook.dka at axcess.net.in Our Webpage http://www.dkagencies.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ deepak at ksu.edu wrote: > > Does anybody know contact address or > email of Raimundo Panikkar? > > Thanks in advance. > regards > deepak > > > D E E P A K G U P T A > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > email: deepak at unix.ksu.edu Internet: http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~deepak > Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Phone: 913-532-0659 / 3777 From joe at sfbooks.com Sun Jan 19 14:40:47 1997 From: joe at sfbooks.com (joe at sfbooks.com) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 97 08:40:47 -0600 Subject: Book Review: ANCIENT CHOLISTAN - Archaeology and Architecture Message-ID: <161227027916.23782.14638585730384690090.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> (A copy of this message has also been posted to the following newsgroups: sci.archaeology) Reposting from soc.culture.pakistan.history. While the following is, patently, a puff piece, and regrettably uninformative about the book itself (I really wish I could tell whether this was the truly-at-last full report on Mughal's explorations, or simply a book about them), the comments on Mughal's work are essentially unexaggerated, and come from the most respected scholars. I'll be looking for this book. Joe Bernstein From: "Ms. Iraj S. Ali" Subject: Book Review: ANCIENT CHOLISTAN - Archaeology and Architecture Message-ID: > >ANCIENT CHOLISTAN: Archaeology and Architecture >BY: Mohammad Rafique Mughal >ISBN 969 0 01350 5. Copyright @ 1997 >PUBLISHED BY: Ferozsons, 60, Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Lahore, Pakistan >Tel: 042-6301196-98, Fax: 042-6369204 > > > REVIEWS: > > "This book is a splendid report on the pioneering archaeological > research undertaken by Dr. M. Rafique Mughal in Cholistan. His > discoveries along the Hakra River have revolutionized our understanding > of the Harappan Civilization. Dr. Mughal's contribution to South Asian > archaeology ranks with those of Sir John Marshall, Ernest J. H. Mackay > and M. S. Vats and their excavations of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. > Rafique Mughal is our modern day Sir Aurel Stein". > > Dr. Gregory L. Possehl, Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Anthropology, > University of Pennsylvania, USA. In his book on Harappan Civilization > and Rojdi (1989), he wrote, "Mughal's findings on the Pakistan side of > the border represent one of the most impressive archaeological feats of > this century in the subcontinent". > > > "This volume represents a monument in the study of South Asian > archaeology. Rafique Mughal offers us a pioneering analysis of Harappan > settlement patterns and new insights into the formative processes and > nature of the Indus Civilization". > - Dr. C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Professor and Chairman, Dept. of > Anthropology, Harvard University, USA. > > > "This survey is a landmark in the history of the archaeology of the > Indo-Pakistan subcontinent, providing us with a clear image of the > evolution of the settlement patterns from the prehistorical periods till > the historical time..." > -Dr. Jean-Francois Jarrige, Director, Musee Guimet, Paris France. > > > "A magnificent job and a landmark accomplishment not only for > discovering and recording so many sites but for the sensitive and > meaningful way the author has described them. Everyone will have to > acknowledge that the scale of contribution of Dr. Mughal is foundational > to the whole study of the early human culture in that part of the > subcontinent". > -Professor Walker A. Fairservis Jr.,Dept of Anthropology and History, > Vassar College, USA. > > > "Mughal's exploration and research in this formidable region certainly > ranks as an Herculean accomplishment and as one of the most important > scholarly contributions to South Asian archaeology since the discovery > of Mohen-jo-Daro". > -Dr. Louis Flam, in Studies in the Archaeology of India and Pakistan, > 1986. > > > "A brilliant script which has opened new chapter of Harappan research. > Mughal's careful research and analysis will provide a source of study > for generations". > -Dr. Michael Jansen, Professor and Dean, Aachen University, Germany. > > > > ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Mohammad Rafique Mughal, T.I. > > The author is an eminent archaeologist and scholar of international > repute who was awarded Tamgha-i-Imtiaz in recognition of his outstanding > contributions. > > Born in 1936 at Gujranwala, received MA degree in History with > Archaeology from Punjab University, Lahore in 1958, and Ph.D. in > Anthropology from prestigious University of Pennsylvania, USA in 1970. > As Visiting Professor, he taught at the University of California, > Berkeley, USA in 1977, Pennsylvania University, 1989 and Punjab > University, 1982 and 1992. He was appointed Archaeological Advisor to > the Government of Bahrain for two years in 1980. He was also a Senior > Fulbright Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania during 1988-89. > > In Pakistan, he held several positions in the Department of Archaeology > and Museums during his 38 years long career and finally as Director > General of Archaeology and Museums for about three years until his > retirement in September 1996. As field archaeologist he organized and > directed 40 major archaeological field projects. His most brilliant and > outstanding work was in Cholistan during 1974-77, the results of which > are presented in this book. As director of conservation of monuments and > development of museums, nearly 50 schemes were prepared under his > supervision. > > He has served on the Boards of several organizations relating to culture > and heritage. on the international level, he is an elected Member of La > Societe Asiatique, Paris; German Archaeological Institute, Berlin; > International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences, Gent > (Belgium) and Honorary Fellow of Society Antiquarian, London. He has > participated in several international symposia and conferences and has > traveled extensively. > > Dr. Mughal has produced number of research papers among which several > were published in scholarly journals of England, France, Italy, Germany, > USA, Japan, Iran and India. In addition, he has written six book and > more are in press. > >(End) From lehmann at alcor.concordia.ca Sun Jan 19 15:11:59 1997 From: lehmann at alcor.concordia.ca (Jutta K. Lehmann) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 97 10:11:59 -0500 Subject: Devanagari for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027917.23782.7965892528086945874.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> >Dear indologists, >Can anyone please tell me where to find a good set of devanagari fonts for >the Mac? I know about the TeX fonts, since I used to work with Tex a few >years ago while I was doing my M.A. in Buddhist epistemology at McGill >University. They are certainly the best looking devanagari fonts I've seen >so far. But I gave up on TeX (OzTeX on the Mac) 3 years ago and hope I >won't have to return to it to produce nice Sanskrit documents with my Mac. >I very much admire those of you who have the patience to work with Tex, but >that is definitely not for me. So, are there any devenagari fonts for the >Mac? Thanks in advance for your time. > >Raynald Prevereau There are several devanagari fonts for the Mac, some commercial or semi-commercial. I use one called U.B.C. Nagari designed by Prof. Aklujkar at U.B.C. and distributed at Religious Studies at McGill. But the best font is the new Wikner font for LaTeX which I use. Its advantage over the original Velthuis font as far as I am concerned is the fact that with one stroke you can translate all the devanagari into Roman transliteration and vica versa. Really neat. If you wish more info and you are in Montreal (which I suspect), give me a call at 844-6267 and I can give you more details. There are now preprocessors for both Velthuis and Wikner available for the Mac. Best wishes Julian Woods (ex Religious Studies at McGill) P.S. I can understand your frustration with LaTeX but once you have mastered it it performs like a dream. From sohail at u.washington.edu Sun Jan 19 19:59:11 1997 From: sohail at u.washington.edu (Naseem Hines) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 97 11:59:11 -0800 Subject: Devanagari for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027921.23782.142912020038272138.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Try Jaipur. I am pretty happy with it, except, the bindu in meN or haiN sometimes hides in the matraas and there is no provision for a bindu under the retro D or Rh. On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Raynald Prevereau wrote: > Dear indologists, > Can anyone please tell me where to find a good set of devanagari fonts for > the Mac? I know about the TeX fonts, since I used to work with Tex a few > years ago while I was doing my M.A. in Buddhist epistemology at McGill > University. They are certainly the best looking devanagari fonts I've seen > so far. But I gave up on TeX (OzTeX on the Mac) 3 years ago and hope I > won't have to return to it to produce nice Sanskrit documents with my Mac. > I very much admire those of you who have the patience to work with Tex, but > that is definitely not for me. So, are there any devenagari fonts for the > Mac? Thanks in advance for your time. > > Raynald Prevereau > > > > From y.r.rani at mail.utexas.edu Sun Jan 19 21:23:09 1997 From: y.r.rani at mail.utexas.edu (y.r.rani at mail.utexas.edu) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 97 15:23:09 -0600 Subject: Devanagari for the Mac (Jaipur font) Message-ID: <161227027923.23782.15841014464239103226.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Naseem Hines wrote: >Try Jaipur. I am pretty happy with it, except, the bindu in meN or haiN >sometimes hides in the matraas and there is no provision for a bindu under >the retro D or Rh. > For retroflexes such as "D or Rh," and also for Urdu letters which require a dot, such as k or j, all you have to do in Jaipur is to hold down the shift and the option key at the same time, and type the backslash / key. Then, type the desired retroflex consonant, and a dot should automatically appear under it. I does on my keyboard, at any rate. I do, however, think that Jaipur is old and ugly and there are other much more aesthetically pleasing fonts. From aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca Mon Jan 20 01:16:07 1997 From: aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca (Ashok Aklujkar) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 97 17:16:07 -0800 Subject: puurvapadalopa-samaasa?? Message-ID: <161227027924.23782.12582210748444232851.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> While I am thinking about compounds that could possibly be explained as instances of puurva-pada-lopa, I wish to mention one other possibility of interpreting ratanasaasane. One quite common meaning of ratna/ratana is 'the best of a kind' (jaatau jaatau yad utk.r.s.ta.m tad ratnam ity abhidhiiyate; I think Malli-naatha cites this in one of his commentaries). So ratanasaasana can be the equivalent of saasana-ratana 'the best of teachings.' On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 jonathan.silk at wmich.edu wrote: > In the Pali Jaataka i.303, top, we find the word ratanasaasane. The English > translators, of course without note, take this as teaching of the 3 jewels. > My questions: 1) Is there such a thing as *puurvapadalopasamaasa?? I know > about, and know of references to, madhyamapadalopa-s, but nothing with > puurva-. I am assuming, of course, that it is ti- (= tri) which is being > elided. 2) Are there any other examples of this usage in Pali or similar > uses in Skt? > > Any hints in any direction most happily accepted. > > Jonathan Silk > > From Toru.Tomabechi at orient.unil.ch Sun Jan 19 16:39:16 1997 From: Toru.Tomabechi at orient.unil.ch (Toru Tomabechi) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 97 17:39:16 +0100 Subject: Devanagari for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027919.23782.3938175466772108316.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Jutta K. Lehmann wrote: > P.S. I can understand your frustration with LaTeX but once you have > mastered it it performs like a dream. Absolutely true! For me, it seems to require an enormous patience (and money) to work with commercial word-processors! Toru Tomabechi University of Lausanne From vidynath at math.ohio-state.edu Mon Jan 20 12:44:48 1997 From: vidynath at math.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath Rao) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 97 07:44:48 -0500 Subject: Addr. of Sparreboom? Message-ID: <161227027930.23782.2499603159635757150.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I looking for addresses, either e-mail or ordinary mail, at which I can contact M. Sparreboom, the author of `Chariots in the Veda'. I tried both South Asia Gopher and some of the article databases, but the name is seems to be missing from all of them. Thanks in advance. -Nath From MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN Mon Jan 20 02:59:57 1997 From: MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN (Dr. S. Kalyanaraman) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 97 07:59:57 +0500 Subject: Sarasvati Sindhu Civilization Message-ID: <161227027926.23782.11060774070754786213.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Hi, We owe our deepest thanks to Joe Bernstein for re-focussing on the archaeological perspective of ancient India (cf. Review of Dr. Rafique Mughal's Ancient Cholistan). The locus and dates of the Cholistan settlements are of great significance. An earlier report of Rafique Mughal (cf. Gregory Possehl (ed.), Harappan civilization, 1982) will be of interest and complements my reviews on the Sarasvati river: "On the Pakistan side (cholistan which is an extension of Marusthali or Thar desert), archaeological evidence now available overwhelmingly affirms that the Hakra was a perennial river through all its course in Bahawalpur during the fourth millennium B.C. and the early third millennium B.C... About the end of the second, or not later than the beginning of the first millennium B.C. the entire course of the Hakra seems to have dried up... This forced the people to abandon most of the Hakra flood plain..." Hakra is the ancient Sarasvati> Based on geological observations, it is possible to establish that the river extended upto the Gulf of Khambat and near Lothal (Arabian sea). It is also possible to establish that the mighty river was carrying the waters from the Himalayan glaciers from two massifs: the Mt. Kailas (which is now the source of the Sutlej) and Har-ki-dun glacier (which is now the source of the Yamuna, a tributary of the Ganges). Early third millennium B.C., it should certainly have been possible for Balarama to travel along the Sarasvati river from Dwaraka to Mathura visiting the pilgrimage sites. Yamuna captured, at Paonta sahab, the waters of the Tons river (from Har-ki-dun) flowing into the Sarasvati; and the aandhi phenomenon (sandstorms) quickened the pace of the drying up of this river which was massive enough to carry the waters now flowing into both the Sutlej and the Yamuna. (cf. Kalyanaraman, Information studies, March, 1996; Valdiya, Resonance, May 199! 6; Kal yanaraman, Xth World Sanskrit Conference, 1997) The ancient Sutlej drained into the Sarasvati at Shatrana. If Rigved is ecstatic about any river, it is the Sarasvati. Kalibangan, also on Sarasvati, has yielded radiocarbon samples dated to circa. 2920 to 2550 B.C. More on this on http://www.investindia.com Combined with the work of Ghosh, 1950-51 along the Ghaggar (or Hakra or Saagara), Mughal's work in Cholistan enables us to redefine the locus of the civilization as a maritime civilization nurtured on the banks of two rivers (the Sarasvati and the Sindhu). It would appear that the Sarasvati nourished the substantial number of settlements of the civilization (of both ancient Cholistan and ancient Marusthal; i.e. 1200 of the 1600 Harappan vintage). As the river dried up, settlements advanced eastward into the Ganga-Yamuna doab and along the coastline (cf. Pravara river (an estuary of Godavari) settlement of Daimabad). Dr. S. Kalyanaraman, 19 Temple Avenue #4, Srinagar Colony Saidapet, Chennai 600015 Tel.+91 44 2354640; email:mdsaaa48 at giasmd01.VSNL.net.in Website:http://www.investindia.com From strnad at site.cas.cz Mon Jan 20 07:00:10 1997 From: strnad at site.cas.cz (Jaroslav Strnad) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 97 09:00:10 +0200 Subject: Horses in India Message-ID: <161227027928.23782.6238647034228624468.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear netters, Let me apologise for my mistaken ascription of the book "Horse and Elephant in the Delhi Sultanate" to Peter Hardy. Its author is, of course, Simon Digby. Thanks to Frank Conlon for correcting in a private e-mail my unintentional mistake. Thanks, _____________________________ PhDr. Jaroslav Strnad Oriental Institute Czech Academy of Sciences Pod vodarenskou vezi 4 182 08 Praha 8 CZECH REPUBLIC e-mail: strnad at orient.cas.cz ______________________________ From jonathan.silk at wmich.edu Tue Jan 21 00:36:38 1997 From: jonathan.silk at wmich.edu (jonathan.silk at wmich.edu) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 97 19:36:38 -0500 Subject: reference in Shorter pw? Message-ID: <161227027931.23782.11515706421738943682.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I wonder if someone with access to the _Sanskrit-Woerterbuch in Kurzerer Fassung_ could very quickly look up something for me: A reference I have says "Accordin g to Boehtlingk (dict. vol. VI, page 130) Sitaa is a "Beiname" of the Ganges." Is this a reference to this shorter dictionary? Is the mention of Sitaa found on that page? (It is not in the big dictionary, which I do have.) Thanks in advance! Jonathan Silk From AmitaSarin at aol.com Tue Jan 21 02:18:12 1997 From: AmitaSarin at aol.com (AmitaSarin at aol.com) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 97 21:18:12 -0500 Subject: Heeni Message-ID: <161227027935.23782.10322333890865959956.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Does anyone know of a place (city or village) called Heeni in Rajasthan? Probably somewhere near Ajmer or Udaipur, or someplace in between. Much obliged for a more accurate fix. Best regards, Amita Sarin From joe at sfbooks.com Tue Jan 21 12:14:36 1997 From: joe at sfbooks.com (joe at sfbooks.com) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 97 06:14:36 -0600 Subject: Usenet soc.history.ancient vote in progress Message-ID: <161227027937.23782.16307625296988655000.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> This is to advise those of you who may be infrequent visitors to the Usenet that voting for the proposed news group soc.history.ancient is now in progress. You should be able to find a copy of the CFV or 2nd CFV article in these news groups: news.announce.newgroups news.groups humanities.classics sci.archaeology sci.archaeology.moderated sci.classics soc.history soc.history.medieval soc.history.moderated soc.history.war.misc Only interested Usenet participants should look at or respond to the Call For Votes article. We, the proponents of soc.history.ancient, are not soliciting disinterested votes. The CFV articles contain the charter for the proposed group and procedures for voting. Please send all questions to me via private email. Joe Bernstein -- Joe Bernstein, writer, bank clerk, and bookstore worker speaking for myself alone but... co-proponent for soc.history.ancient, soon to be voted on in news.announce.newgroups From kradhikary at mail.utexas.edu Tue Jan 21 14:57:55 1997 From: kradhikary at mail.utexas.edu (kradhikary at mail.utexas.edu) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 97 08:57:55 -0600 Subject: Devanagari for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027939.23782.5539927182921545253.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I am sure you must have used 'Jaipur', and Madhushree and Manjushree. If not try them. kamal All the best, kamal From girish at mushika.wanet.com Tue Jan 21 17:36:38 1997 From: girish at mushika.wanet.com (girish at mushika.wanet.com) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 97 09:36:38 -0800 Subject: Shabara Bhasyam edition Message-ID: <161227027947.23782.2807756768410112174.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I am trying to purchase a copy of the following book: >> >> AUTHOR: Jaimini. >> TITLE: The Mimansa darsana / Jaimini. >> PUBLISHED: Osnabruck : Biblio Verlag, 1983. >> DESCRIPTION: 2 v. ; 22 cm. >> SERIES: Bibliotheca Indica v. 45 >> NOTES: Sanskrit text. >> Reprint. Originally published: Calcutta : Asiatic Society of >> Bengal, 1873-1889. >> On facsim. of original t.p. for v. 1: The aphorisms of the >> Mimamsa / by Jaimini ; with the commentary of Savara-Svamin >> ; edited by Mahesachandra Nyayaratna. South Asia books can not get it. Does anyone know of a source for it? Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------- Girish Sharma San Diego, CA girish at mushika.wanet.com From nozawa at la.numazu-ct.ac.jp Tue Jan 21 01:04:42 1997 From: nozawa at la.numazu-ct.ac.jp (Nozawa Masanobu) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 97 10:04:42 +0900 Subject: reference in Shorter pw? Message-ID: <161227027933.23782.12038784305717557468.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> jonathan.silk wrote? >I wonder if someone with access to the _Sanskrit-Woerterbuch in Kurzerer >Fassung_ could very quickly look up something for me: A reference I have says >"Accordin >g to Boehtlingk (dict. vol. VI, page 130) Sitaa is a "Beiname" of the >Ganges." Is this a reference to this shorter dictionary? Is the mention of >Sitaa found on > that page? (It is not in the big dictionary, which I do have.) >Thanks in advance! > >Jonathan Silk Yes, it is found on the page. The explanation of "3. sita" is given as this: 3. sita 1)Adj. (f. aa) a) weiss, hellfarbig, ...... -- f) Bein. der Ganga in sitaasitaa. ?? ---------------------------------------------- From kamal at link.lanic.utexas.edu Tue Jan 21 16:53:53 1997 From: kamal at link.lanic.utexas.edu (Kamal Adhikary) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 97 10:53:53 -0600 Subject: Fonts Question Message-ID: <161227027943.23782.13619430114181215310.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Nepali is not a commercial font. You can get it from the following URL: http://www.catmando.com/news/janmabhumi/jnmbhumi.htm Kamal _______________ Kamal R. Adhikary, Ph.D. Asian Studies,UT, Austin Email:kamal at asnic.utexas.edu On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Anshuman Pandey wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Raghavendra C.S wrote: > > > Are there any True-Type or Adobe Devanagari Fonts > > available for FREE on internet ? > > I remember acquiring a font called PCS Nepali once from an archive site, > but I think that it is a commercial font which someone inadvertently > placed at the site thinking it was in the public domain. The quality of > the font was commendable, but once had to manually create a character map > as there was no documentation accompanying it. I've long since deleted it > as I've made myself partial to TeX and it's brilliant devanaagarii > Metafonts. > > Regards, > Anshuman Pandey > > --- > Anshuman Pandey | apandey at u.washington.edu | University of Washington > > "Life is an impossible scheme, and love an imperceptible dream. > Face the facts, that's what it's always been. Relax. What you > see is what you've seen, What you get is a new philosophy." > > > > From mmdesh at umich.edu Tue Jan 21 15:55:35 1997 From: mmdesh at umich.edu (Madhav Deshpande) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 97 10:55:35 -0500 Subject: Devanagari for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027941.23782.11395597424191890807.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Members, Since Kamal Adhikari has referred to my Mac fonts, Madhushree and Manjushree, if anyone is interested in finding more about them, please email me directly : mmdesh at umich.edu All the best, Madhav Deshpande On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Kamal R. Adhikary wrote: > I am sure you must have used 'Jaipur', and Madhushree and Manjushree. If > not try them. > > kamal > > All the best, > kamal > > > > From raynaldp at bbsi.net Tue Jan 21 17:00:04 1997 From: raynaldp at bbsi.net (Raynald Prevereau) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 97 12:00:04 -0500 Subject: Thank you Message-ID: <161227027945.23782.8054063126798564764.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Thanks to all of you who replied to my message regarding the availablility of Devanagari fonts for the Mac. I now have several options to choose from. Thank you all. Raynald From reusch at uclink4.berkeley.edu Tue Jan 21 21:58:15 1997 From: reusch at uclink4.berkeley.edu (B. Reusch) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 97 13:58:15 -0800 Subject: A meter in the Bhagavata Purana Message-ID: <161227027949.23782.18044867498139977916.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> A collegue who is not on any online discussion list has asked if I can post up the following for him. His dissertation is due soon and a little last minute help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Svicchaabhih. Beatrice >> It's about a poetic meter that I have found in the Bhagavata that I >>cannot identify. The meter is clearly within the trishtubh category (11 >>syllables per pada), but Apte does not identify its specific type within >>this category in the rather comprehensive listing in the back of The >>Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary of poetic meters. Here is the >>pattern with letter abbreviations (L = laghu or light syllable; G = guru >>or long or heavy syllable; / = gana or divider of syllable groups) >>indicating the pattern of light and heavy syllables within the pada of >>this particular verse: L L L / G L G / G L G / L G This pattern appears prominently in the 31st chapter of the tenth book of the Bhagavata, verses 1 through 18. Is this metrical pattern an unidentified pattern, or is there a source for identifying this specific pattern in this important chapter of the Bhagavata, and if so, what is the source and what is this pattern called? Graham From jonathan.silk at wmich.edu Wed Jan 22 00:29:22 1997 From: jonathan.silk at wmich.edu (jonathan.silk at wmich.edu) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 97 19:29:22 -0500 Subject: quick check of Atthasaalinii Message-ID: <161227027953.23782.4426012633433831163.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Another appeal for a quick reference: In the Pali text Atthasaalinii, ed. Mueller (PTS), p. 246 at the top, the yogaavacarakulaputtaa are compared to paccantavaasino amaccaa, frontier dwelling minis ters, who defeat bandits who are identified with "twelve kinds of immoral consciousness." I no longer have the Pali text at hand, but I need to know the Pali t erm for "twelve kinds of immoral consciousness." Is it akusalacittaani? Would someone mind just checking this quickly for me? Sorry to trouble the list with such silly questions! J Silk From a2795850 at smail1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE Wed Jan 22 01:58:12 1997 From: a2795850 at smail1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE (Arash Zeini) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 02:58:12 +0100 Subject: Shabara Bhasyam edition Message-ID: <161227027955.23782.13307765385565698513.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Girish Sharma wrote: > I am trying to purchase a copy of the following book: > > >> > >> AUTHOR: Jaimini. > >> TITLE: The Mimansa darsana / Jaimini. > >> PUBLISHED: Osnabruck : Biblio Verlag, 1983. > >> DESCRIPTION: 2 v. ; 22 cm. > >> SERIES: Bibliotheca Indica v. 45 > >> NOTES: Sanskrit text. > >> Reprint. Originally published: Calcutta : Asiatic Society of > >> Bengal, 1873-1889. > >> On facsim. of original t.p. for v. 1: The aphorisms of the > >> Mimamsa / by Jaimini ; with the commentary of > Savara-Svamin > >> ; edited by Mahesachandra Nyayaratna. > > > South Asia books can not get it. Does anyone know of a source for it? > Thank you. > Dear Girish, You could contact the: JAYALAKSHMI BOOK HOUSE 6 Appar Swami Koil Street MYLAPORE MADRAS 600004 India They are very helpful. Best wishes, Arash ------------ Arash Zeini e-mail: a2795850 at smail.rrz.uni-koeln.de Tel/Fax: 0049-221-4303060 ------------ From pmg6s at faraday.clas.virginia.edu Wed Jan 22 12:52:27 1997 From: pmg6s at faraday.clas.virginia.edu (Patricia Meredith Greer) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 07:52:27 -0500 Subject: Lalla Message-ID: <161227027969.23782.17423108566267339786.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Does anyone know of any recent work that has been or is being done on the medieval poetess Lalla of Kashmir? I have looked at the work of Grierson and Barnett, Kaul, Kotru, Silburn and Temple. Thanks! Patricia Greer History of Religion University of Virginia From mhcrxlc at dir.mcc.ac.uk Wed Jan 22 09:49:18 1997 From: mhcrxlc at dir.mcc.ac.uk (L.S. Cousins) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 09:49:18 +0000 Subject: quick check of Atthasaalinii Message-ID: <161227027967.23782.5446625686812949306.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> jonathan.silk at wmich.edu asks: >In the Pali text Atthasaalinii, ed. Mueller (PTS), p. 246 at the top, the >yogaavacarakulaputtaa are compared to paccantavaasino amaccaa, frontier >dwelling ministers, who defeat bandits who are identified with "twelve >kinds of immoral >consciousness." I no longer have the Pali text at hand, but I need to >know the Pali term for "twelve kinds of immoral consciousness." Is it >akusalacittaani? Yes. MANCHESTER, UK Email: mhcrxlc at dir.mcc.ac.uk From u.niklas at Uni-Koeln.DE Wed Jan 22 08:56:32 1997 From: u.niklas at Uni-Koeln.DE (Ulrike Niklas) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 09:56:32 +0100 Subject: Studies in Ancient Indian Architectture Message-ID: <161227027963.23782.10543308176322067155.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Thu, 16 Jan 1997 deepak at ksu.edu wrote: >......... > Thanks for the information. Where Can I find these translations here > in the US? Any clues? > thanks > > > D E E P A K G U P T A > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > email: deepak at ksu.edu Internet: http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~deepak > Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Phone: 913-532-0659 / 3777 > Just check for instance under "Rauravagama" and "Ajitagama" (I dont know exactly which one contains the illustrations). - They are published in a series (formerly) called PUBLICATION DE L INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE PONDICHERRY (the name has now slightly changed - but all the Agamas are still under that name.) - You could also ask for a catalogue of the publications of the INDOLOGY Dept. Write to: Mrs. Anurupa Naik (Librarian) Centre d Indologie Institut Francais de Pondichery / Ecole Francaise d Extreme Orient 19, rue Dumas Pondicherry 605001 INDIA Bye, ULRIKE From keulrich at midway.uchicago.edu Wed Jan 22 16:05:54 1997 From: keulrich at midway.uchicago.edu (katherine eirene ulrich) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 10:05:54 -0600 Subject: Commentaries on Devimahatmya Message-ID: <161227027976.23782.16886792123387141033.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Regarding Swami Vishvarupananda's request for information about the seven commentaries on the Devimahatmya: They can be found in _Durgasaptasati, with Seven Sanskrit Commentaries: Durgapradipa - Guptavati - Caturdhari - SAntanavi - Nagojibhatti - Jagaccandracandrika - Damsoddhara._ Edited by Vyankataramatmaja Harikrsnasarma (Delhi: Butala and Co., 1984). Thomas Coburn's book _Encountering_the_Goddess_ (mentioned in R. Soneji's post) has a chapter on the commentaries. Coburn says that there are actually 67 commentaries (p. 5, 121), according to Theodore Aufrecht's _Catalogus_Catalogorum:_An_Alphabetical_Register_of_Sanskrit_Works_and_Authors (Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1891-1903). Hope this helps, Katherine Ulrich From John.Powers at anu.edu.au Wed Jan 22 00:16:28 1997 From: John.Powers at anu.edu.au (John.Powers at anu.edu.au) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 10:16:28 +1000 Subject: Devanagari for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027951.23782.7589487872674327649.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Kamal wrote: >I am sure you must have used 'Jaipur', and Madhushree and Manjushree. If >not try them. > I've used the Jaipur font, and in my opinion it's the most elegant-looking Devanagari font for Mac. Does anyone know how to purchase a copy? John Powers Faculty of Asian Studies Australian National University From spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Wed Jan 22 15:38:44 1997 From: spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Surya P. Mittal) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 10:38:44 -0500 Subject: [Herndonfox@aol.com: Andamans] Message-ID: <161227027957.23782.2312318334550784871.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> From: D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. E-MAIL TRANSMISSION To : Our Ref No.: EME/FI- 2323-96 Jan. 21, 1997 Appended below is a list of books on ANDAMANS. These books may be ordered through D. K. Agencies (P) Ltd. Shall be supplied subject to availability and current prices. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands : challenges of develop- ment / edited by V. Suryanarayan, V. Sudarsen. -- Delhi : Konark Publishers, c 1994. xiv, 202 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Contributed articles and seminar papers. Includes bibliographical references. Includes index. ISBN 81-220-0338-9 1. Andaman Nicobar Islands (India)--History. 2. Tribes--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 3. Ecology--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 4. Natural resources--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. $16.70 DK-88307 2. Basic statistics, 1991, Andaman & Nicobar Islands . -- Port Blair : Issued by Statistical Bureau, Andaman & Nicobar Administration, [1992]. xlvii, 326 p. ; 16 cm. "Seventeenth in the series"--Pref. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Statistics. $1.70 (ubd.) DK-83978 3. Basic statistics, 1992, Andaman & Nicobar Islands . -- Port Blair : Issued by Statistical Bureau, Andaman & Nicobar Administration, [1993?]. xlv, 309 p. ; 16 cm. "Eighteenth in the series"--Pref. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Statistics. $1.70 (ubd.) DK-99625 4. Basic statistics, 1993, Andaman & Nicobar Islands . -- Port Blair : Issued by Statistical Bureau, Andaman & Nicobar Administration, [1994?]. xxxix, 232 p. ; 14 cm. "Nineteenth in the series"--Pref. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Statistics. $2.10 (ubd.) DK-99626 5. Chakraborty, Dilip Kumar, 1946- The great Andamanese : struggling for survival / Dilip Kumar Chakraborty. -- Calcutta : Seagull Books, on be- half of the Anthropological Survey of India, 1990. iv, 83 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm. -- (ASI Andaman and Nicobar Island tribe series). Bibliography: p. [81]-83. Includes glossary. ISBN 81-7046-076-X 1. Andamanese (Indic people). 2. Negritos. 3. Ethnology--India--Andaman and Nicobar Island. 4. Tribes--India-Andaman and Nicobar Island. $4.20 (ubd.) DK-65557 6. Chaudhry, S. (Shelley). Andaman and Nicobar Islands : a pictorial / text, S. Chaudhry ; photos, P.K. De, B.P. Maiti. -- New Delhi : Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1988. 48 p. : chiefly ill. (most col.), map ; 28 cm. Map on lining papers. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Description and travel--Views. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Social life and customs. $7.50 DK-59345 7. Chawla, Sumedha. Bibliography on Andaman and Nicobar Islands : covering anthropology, biology, geography, geology, history, statistics, etc. / by Sumedha Chawla, T.N. Pandit. -- Calcutta : Anthropological Survey of India, Govt. of India, 1981. xiii, 138 p., [2] p. of plates : maps ; 22 cm. Includes addenda and index. 1. Andaman Islands--Bibliography. $2.00 DK-30515 8. Das, Hari Hara, 1938- The land of the coral beds : Andaman and Nicobar Is- lands / Hari Hara Das, Rabindranath Rath. -- Berhampur, Orissa, India : Shantilata Das, [1988?]. iii, 126 p. ; 22 cm. Bibliography: p. [123]-126. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India). $10.40 DK-67901 9. Das, S. T. (Shiva Tosh), 1935- The Andaman & Nicobar Islands : a study of habitat, economy & society : from tradition to modernity / S.T. Das. -- 1st ed. -- New Delhi : Sagar, 1982. 107 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Bibliography: p. 106-107. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Civilization. 2. Ethnology--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 3. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Social conditions. $4.20 DK-28236 10. Dass, F. A. M. The Andaman Islands / F.A.M. Dass ; foreword by C.J. Varkey. -- New Delhi : Asian Educational Services, 1988. 129 p., [23] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. Reprint. "First published: 1937"--T.p. verso. ISBN 81-206-0408-3 1. Andaman Islands. 2. Andamanese (Indic people). $6.70 DK-57888 11. Dutta, Pratap Chandra, 1930- The great Andamanese : past and present Pratap C. Dutta. -- Calcutta : Anthropological Survey of India, 1978. x, 77, 8 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. "Published on the occasion of the silver jubilee of An- daman and Nicobar Regional Office of the Anthropologi- cal Survey of India." "References": p. [61]-68. Includes index. 1. Ethnology--India--Andaman Islands. 2. Andaman Islands--Economic conditions. $1.60 (ubd.) DK-14653 12. Economic development alternatives : Andaman & Nicobar Islands / editors, B.R. Virmani, Klaus J. Voll. -- New Delhi : Vision Books, 1989. 160 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Revised version of the papers presented at the Seminar on Economic, Employment-generating and Ecological Con- siderations for the Development of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, held at New Delhi in March 1987. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 81-7094-044-3 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Economic condi- tions. $12.10 DK-62033 13. Ghosh, A. (Ambica Prasad), 1921- Development strategy for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands / A. Ghosh. -- New Delhi : Classical Pub. Co., 1994. ix, 419 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Running title: Andaman and Nicobar Islands; cover title on jacket: A study on the development strategy for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Includes bibliographical references (p. 418-419). ISBN 81-7054-187-5 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Economic condi- tions. $27.90 DK-90653 14. Gupta, Bandana, 1926- The Andamans : land of the primitives / Bandana Gupta. -- Calcutta : Jijnasa Pub. Dept., 1976. 102, [8] p. : ill., [2] maps ; 22 cm. "Jijnasa: Best Books". 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands--Social life & customs. $2.10 DK-5454 15. A History of our relations with the Andamanese : compiled from histories and travels, and from the records of the Government of India / M.V. Portman. -- New Delhi : Asian Educational Services, 1990. 2 v. (ix, 875 p.) ; 25 cm. Reprint. Originally published: Calcutta : Office of the Supt. of Govt. Print., India, 1899. Includes reproduction of the original t.p. ISBN 81-206-0608-6 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--History. 2. An- daman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Description and travel. $66.30 DK-68597 16. India. Office of the Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. District census handbook : village & town directory : village & town-wise primary census abstract : Andaman and Nicobars districts / B.K. Singh, Director of Census operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. -- [Delhi : Controller of Publications, 1987]. xi, 237 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm. -- (Census of India, 1981. Series 24, Andaman & Nicobar Islands ; pt. XIII-A & B) 1. India--Census, 1981. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981. 3. Cities and towns--India-- Andaman and Nicobar Islands--Diectories. 4. Villages-- India--Andamand and Nicobar Islands--Directories. $1.90 DK-52516 17. India. Office of the Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Fertility tables / B.K. Singh, director of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. -- [Delhi : Con- troller of Publications, 1985]. xii, 345, 13 p. ; 29 cm. -- (Census of India, 1981 : series 24 : Andaman & Nicobar Islands ; pt. VI A & B) "PRG 2.81 (A & N Islands)/300-1985 (DSK. II)" 1. India--Census, 1981. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981. 3. Fertility, Human--India-- Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 4. Andaman and Nicobar Is- lands (India)--Population. $2.40 DK-42657 18. India. Office of the Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. General economic tables and social and cultural tables / B.K. Singh, director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. -- [Delhi : Controller of Publica- tions, 1985]. vii, 497 p. ; 28 cm. -- (Census of India, 1981 : series 24 : Andaman and Nicobar Islands ; pts. III A & B and IV A) "PRG 485 (A & N Islands)/300-1985 (DSK. II)" 1. India--Census, 1981. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981. 3. Labour and laboring classes--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands--Census. $3.00 DK-41809 19. India. Office of the Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. General population tables and general primary census abstract / Brajesh Kumar Singh, Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. -- [Delhi : Controller of Publications, 1985] viii, 189 p. : ill., v maps ; 30 cm. -- (Census of In- dia, 1981. Series 24, Andaman and Nicobar Islands ; pt. II A and B). PRG.427 (A&N Islands)/300-1983 (DSK.II) 1. India--Census, 1981. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981. 3. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Population. 4. India--Population. $1.80 DK-46870 20. India. Office of the Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Household population by religion of head of household : up to tehsil and town level / B.K. Singh, Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. -- [Delhi : Controller of Publications, 1985]. iii, 27 p. ; 30 cm. -- (Census of India, 1981. Series 24, Andaman & Nicobar Islands ; paper 1 of 1985) PRG.498 (A & N Islands)/300-1985 (DSK.II) 1. India--Census, 1981. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981. 3. India--Population. 4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Population. $1.00 (ubd.) DK-46927 21. India. Office of the Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Household tables / B.K. Singh, Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. -- [Delhi : Controller of Publications, 1987]. xiii, 192, 16 p. ; 30 cm. -- (Census of India, 1981. Series 24, Andaman and Nicobar Islands ; pt. VIII A & B) English and Hindi. Added title in Hindi. Added series title in Hindi. PRG.3.81 (A. & N. Islands)/300-1987 (DSK.II) 1. India--Census, 1981. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981. 3. India--Population. 4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Population. $1.40 (ubd.) DK-54119 22. India. Office of the Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Household tables on scheduled tribes / B.K. Singh, Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Is- lands. -- [Delhi : Controller of Publications, 1992]. xxix, 64 p. ; 28 cm. -- (Census of India, 1981. Series 24, Andaman and Nicobar Islands ; pt. VIII A & B) (i)). English and Hindi, parallel translation. Added title in Hindi. Added series title in Hindi. PRG.9.81 (A. & N. Islands)/300-1992 (DSK.II) 1. India--Census, 1981. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981. 3. Andaman and Nicobar-Islands, (India)--Scheduled tribes--Census, 1981. $1.30 (ubd.) DK-78017 23. India. Office of the Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Language data based on household schedule mainly spoken in the household / B.K. Singh, Director of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. -- [Delhi : Con- troller of Publications, 1987]. viii, 35 p. ; 27 cm. -- (Census of India, 1981. Series 24, Andaman & Nicobar Islands ; paper 1 of 1987). Tables. Cover title: Households and household popuplation by language mainly spoken in the household. PRG.4.81 (A. & N. Islands)/300-1988 (DSK.II) 1. India--Census, 1981. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981. 3. India--Population. 4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Population. 5. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Languages--Statistics. $1.00 (ubd.) DK-55438 24. India. Office of the Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Migration tables / B.K. Singh, director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. -- [Delhi : Controller of Publications, 1985]. v, 295, 13 p. ; 29 cm. -- (Census of India, 1981 : series 24 : Andaman and Nicobar Islands ; pt. V A & B) "PRG 1.81 (A & N Islands)/300-1985 (DSK.II)" 1. India--Census, 1981. 2. Andaman & Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981. 3. Migration, Internal--India-- Andaman Nicobar Islands. $2.10 DK-42133 25. India. Office of the Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A portrait of population of Andaman & Nicobar islands / Balwant Singh, Deputy Director. -- [Port Blair] : Directorate of Census Operation, Andaman & Nicobar Is- lands, [1989]. x, 153 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), folded map ; 21 cm. -- (Census of India, 1981. Series 24, A & N Islands). PRG.7.81 (A & N Island)/300-1988 (DSK.II) 1. India--Census, 1981. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981. 3. India--Population. 4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Population. $1.10 (ubd.) DK-62714 26. India. Office of the Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Special survey report on Port Blair. -- [Delhi : Con- troller of Publications, 1990]. xvi, 178 p., [22] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 29 cm. -- (Census of India, 1981, Series 24, Andaman and Nicobar Island). Added title in Hindi. Added series title in Hindi. Bibliography: p. 172-177. PRG.8.81 (A & N Islands)/300-1990 (DSK.II). 1. India--Census, 1981. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981. 3. Port Blair, India-- Description. 4. Port Blair, India--Social conditions. 5. Port Blair, India--Economic conditions. $8.20 DK-71528 27. India. Office of the Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Special tables for scheduled tribes / B.K. Singh, Director of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Is- lands. -- [Delhi : Controller of Publications, 1988]. ii, 74 p. ; 28 cm. -- (Census of India, 1981. Series 24, Andaman & Nicobar Islands ; pt. IX). PRG.5.81 (A & N Islands)/300-1988 (DSK.II) 1. India--Census, 1981. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981. 3. India--Population. 4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Population. 5. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Scheduled tribes--Census. $1.00 (ubd.) DK-56852 28. India. Office of the Director of Census Operations, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Tables on houses and disabled population / Jagdish Sagar, director of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. -- [Delhi : Controller of Publications, 1984]. iii, 27 p. ; 30 cm. -- (Census of India, 1981 : series 24 : Andaman & Nicobar Islands ; pt. VII). "PRG.452 (A&N.Is)/300-1984 (DSK.II)" 1. India--Census, 1981. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981. 3. Apartment houses--India-- Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 4. Handicapped--India-- Andaman and Nicobar Islands. $1.00 (ubd.) DK-40012 29. India. Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner. Census atlas. -- New Delhi : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, c 1989. x, 75 p. : 34 maps (some col.) ; 29 cm. -- (Census of India, 1981. Series 24, Andaman and Nicobar Islands ; pt. XII). Imprint on back cover: Delhi : Controller of Publica- tions. PRG.6.81 (A & N Islands)/300-1988 (DSK.II) 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1981-- Maps. $2.80 (ubd.) DK-65661 30. India. Parliament. Estimates Committee. Sixth report : Ministry of Home Affairs, Andaman and Nicobar Islands : action taken by government on the recommendations contained in the eighty-first report of Estimates Committee (Eighth Lok Sabha), presented to Lok Sabha on 23.8.90 / Estimates Committee (1990-91), Ninth Lok Sabha. -- New Delhi : Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1990. vii, 62 p. ; 24 cm. Chairman: Jaswant Singh. "Corrigenda ... ": [1] leaf tipped in. EC.no. 1232. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Social condi- tions. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Economic conditions. 3. Public administration--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. $1.00 (ubd.) DK-74277 31. India. (Republic.) Parliament. House of the People. Committee on Public Undertakings. Fourth report : action taken by Government on the recommendations contained in the Fifty-fourth report of the Committee on Public Undertakings (Sixth Lok Sabha), on Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest and Plan- tation Development Corporation Ltd. (Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation), presented to Lok Sabha and laid in Rajya Sabha on 22 Dec. 1980 / Committee on Public Undertakings, 1980-81, Seventh Lok Sabha. -- New Delhi : Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1980. vii, 22 p. ; 25 cm. Cover title. Chairman: Bansi Lal. Date of presentation stamped on cover. "Corrigenda ... " slip tipped in. C.P.U. no. 411. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest and Plantation Development Corporation Ltd. 2. Forests and forestry-- India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. $1.00 (ubd.) DK-23393 32. India (Republic). Parliament. House of the People. Committee on Public Undertakings. Fifty-fourth report on Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest and Plantation Development Corporation Ltd., Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Department of Agriculture, presented in Lok Sabha and laid in Rajya Sabha on 30-4-1979 / Committee on Public Undertakings, 1978-79, Sixth Lok Sabha. -- New Delhi : Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1979. vii, 18 p. ; 25 cm. Cover title. Chairman: Jyotirmoy Bosu. "C.P.U. no. 399." "Corrigenda ... "Slip tipped in. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest and Plantation Development Corporation Ltd. 2. Forests and forestry-- India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 1.00 (ubd.) DK-17260 33. India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. Committee on the Wel- fare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Thirtieth report : Ministry of Welfare : socio-economic conditions of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, presented to Lok Sabha on -- laid in Rajya Sabha on --- / Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (1987-88), Eighth Lok Sabha. -- New Delhi : Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1987. v, 83 p. ; 25 cm. Cover title. Chairman: Ram Ratan Ram. SCTG. no. 400 1. Untouchables--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands-- Social conditions. 2. Untouchables--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands--Economic conditions. 3. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Scheduled tribes--Social con- ditions. 4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)-- Scheduled tribes--Economic conditions. $1.00 (ubd.) DK-61108 34. India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. Committee on the Wel- fare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Forty-first report : Ministry of Welfare : action taken by government on the recommendations contained in the thirtieth report (Eighth Lok Sabha) on the Ministry of Welfare, socio-economic conditions of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, presented to Lok Sabha on 28 Nov. 1988, laid in Rajya Sabha on 28 Nov. 1988 / Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (1988-89) Eighth Lok Sabha. -- New Delhi : Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1988. v, 39 p. ; 25 cm. Cover title. Chairman: Arvind Netam. Date of presentation stamped on cover. "Corrigenda ... " Slip tipped in. SCTC.no. 42. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Scheduled tribes--Social conditions. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Is- lands (India)--Scheduled tribes--Economic conditions. 3. Untouchables--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands-- Social conditions. 4. Untouchables--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands--Economic conditions. $1.50 (ubd.) DK-63630 35. Iqbal Singh, Narayan, 1912- The Andaman story / N. Iqbal Singh. -- New Delhi : Vikas Pub. House, c 1978. xv, 321, [20] p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Bibliography: p. [307]-312. Includes index. 1. Andaman Islands--History. 2. Ethnology--India-- Andaman Islands. $6.30 DK-12781 36. Island development : technology options / editors, S.N. Dwivedi, Pradeep Chaturvedi ; preface, S.Z. Qasim. -- New Delhi : Indian Association for the Advancement of Science : Distributed by Sreedeep Publications, 1988. xiii, 244 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Papers presented at the Workshop on S & T Inputs for Island Development, organised by the Indian Association for the Advancement of Science, on 14th November 1987. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Islands--India--Congresses. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Economic conditions--Congresses. 3. Lakshadweep (India)--Economic conditions--Congresses. 4. Technology--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands-- Congresses. 5. Technology--India--Lakshadweep-- Congresses. 6. Marine engineering--India--Congresses. $12.50 DK-56300 37. Kaul, Ranjana. Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the sun / text by Ranjana Kaul ; photographs by Ashok Dilwali ; foreword by T.S. Oberoi. -- New Delhi : Spantech Publishers, 1989. 102 p. : chiefly col. ill., map ; 25 x 28 cm. ISBN 81-85215-03-0 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Description and travel--Views. $29.20 DK-61400 38. Kloss, C. Boden (Cecil Boden), b. 1877. In the Andamans and Nicobars : the narrative of a cruise in the schooner 'Terrapin', with notices of the islands, their fauna, ethnology, etc. / C. Boden Kloss. -- New Delhi : Asian Educational Services, 1994. xvi, 373 p., [56] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Originally published: London : John Murray, 1903. In- cludes reproduction of the original t.p. Travel account of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 1901, by an ethnologist and natural historian. Includes bibliographical references. Includes index. ISBN 81-206-0959-X 1. Kloss, C. Boden (Cecil Boden), b. 1877--Journeys-- Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Is- lands (India)--Description and travel. 3. Ethnology-- India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. $41.30 DK-90377 39. Lal, Parmanand. Andaman Islands : a regional geography / Parmanand Lal. -- Calcutta : Anthropological Survey of India, Govt. of India, 1976. vi, 228, [8] p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. -- (Memoir - Anthropological Survey of India ; no. 25). A revision of the author's thesis, Banaras Hindu University, 1963. Includes bibliographical references, index, and tables. 1. Andaman Islands--Description, geography. 2. Andaman Islands--Social conditions. 3. Andaman Islands-- Economic conditions. $3.20 DK-6286 40. Malhotra, O. P. (Om Prakash). Tribal education in Andaman and Nicobar Islands / O.P. Malhotra. -- New Delhi : S. Chand, 1986. xv, 328 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Running title: Bay tribals on the march. Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Patna Univer- sity, 1979) under the title: Education of tribal com- munities in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands : with spe- cial reference to the Nicobarese tribe of Nicobar. Bibliography: p. 319-328. 1. Nicobarese--Education. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Is- lands (India)--Scheduled tribes--education. 3. Tribes and tribal system--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 4. Ethnology--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. $16.70 DK-47529 41. Malhotra, R. (Rikshesh), 1950- The Indian islanders : an anthropological perspective / R. Malhotra ; foreword, Indera Paul Singh. -- 1st ed. -- New Delhi, India : Mittal Publications, 1989. xvii, 186 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Revised versions of some previously published articles. With reference to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Includes bibliographies and index. ISBN 81-7099-148-X 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Social life and customs. 2. Tribes--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. $9.20 DK-61925 42. Mann, Rann Singh, 1936- The Bay Islander / R.S. Mann. -- Bidisa : Institute of Social Research and Applied Anthropology ; Calcutta : distributors, Subarnarekha, [1978?] 156 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Bibliography: p. [153]-156. Ethnographic study of the people of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 1. Ethnology--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 2. Nicobarese. 3. Andaman and Nicobar Islands--History. $3.30 DK-17759 43. Manoharan, S. A descriptive and comparative study of Andamnese lan- guage / S. Manoharan. -- Calcutta : Anthropological Survey of India, Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, 1989. ii, ii, 180 p. : map ; 24 cm. Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Calcutta, 1981. Bibliography: p. [177]-180. 1. Andamanese language. $15.00 DK-67387 44. Mathur, L. P. (Laxman Prasad), 1922- Kala pani : history of Andaman & Nicobar Islands : with a a study of India's freedom struggle / L.P. Mathur. -- Delhi : Eastern Book Corp., 1985, c 1984. vi, 288 p. ; 23 cm. Bibliography: p. [273]-278. Includes index. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--History. 2. India--History--Freedom movement, 1857-1947. 3. India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947. 4. Prisoners--India. 5. India--Pol. & govt.--1765-1947. 6. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Social life and customs. $25.00 DK-40182 45. Miniature India : Andaman & Nicobar Islands : guide book / [compiled by V. Veeriah]. -- 3rd ed. -- Port Blair, Andamans : Vanathi Book House, 1987. 49 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., folded maps ; 19 cm. Caption title: Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Description and travel--Guide-books. $1.00 (ubd.) DK-56531 David Magier wrote: > > Can anyone help Catherine Fox contact any scholars who are specializing > in the Andamans? I've already sent her a general bibliography... > Thanks. David Magier > --------------- > > From: Herndonfox at aol.com > Received: from emout18.mail.aol.com (emout18.mx.aol.com [198.81.11.44]) > by mailrelay1.cc.columbia.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP > id BAA11167 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:07:32 > Received: (from root at localhost) > by emout18.mail.aol.com (8.7.6/8.7.3/AOL-2.0.0) > id BAA12859 for magier at columbia.edu; > Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:07:27 -0500 (EST) > Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:07:27 -0500 (EST) > Message-ID: <970113193650_1045072826 at emout18.mail.aol.com> > To: magier at columbia.edu > Subject: Andamans > > I am researching a book chapter on India's Andaman Islands for National > Geographic, trying to verify a variety of facts. Alas, I did not come up > with any contacts on the Columbia list -- do you know of anyone? > Anthropology, history of the penal colony, flora and fauna?! If anyoneoccurs > to you, please do reply. Cheers, > Catherine Fox From spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Wed Jan 22 15:49:43 1997 From: spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Surya P. Mittal) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 10:49:43 -0500 Subject: [Herndonfox@aol.com: Andamans] Message-ID: <161227027959.23782.14879944640617431435.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> My settings of netscape does not allow me to send very long msgs. this is the remaining part of the list of books on Andamans. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 46. Miniature India : Andaman & Nicobar Islands : guide book / [compiled by V. Veeriah]. -- 4th ed. -- Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Vanathi Book House, 1988. 51 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., folded maps ; 19 cm. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Description and travel--Guide-books. $1.00 (ubd.) DK-65787 47. Mouat, Frederic John, 1816-1897. The Andaman islanders / Frederic J. Mouat. -- Delhi : Mittal Publications, 1979. viii, 367 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., [1] fold. map ; 23 cm. Reprint of the 1863 ed. published by Hurst and Black- ett, London, under title: Adventures and researches among the Andaman islanders. Appendix (p. [345]-367): The zoology of the Andaman Is- lands, by Edward Blyth. Includes bibliographical references, erratum, and tables. 1. Andaman Islands--Description and travel. 2. Andaman Islands--History. $10.00 DK-18776 48. Mouat, Frederic John, 1816-1897. The Andaman islanders / Frederic J. Mouat. -- 1st In- dian ed. -- New Delhi : Mittal Publications, 1989. viii, 367 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Reprint. Originally published: Adventures and researches among the Andaman islanders. London : Hurst and Blackett, 1863. Includes erratum. 1. Andaman Islands--Description and travel. 2. Andaman Islands--Social life and customs. $25.00 DK-63210 49. Mouat, Frederic John, 1816-1897. The Andaman islanders / Frederic John Mouat. -- New Delhi, India : Mittal Publications, 1995. viii, 367 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Caption title: Adventures and researches among the An- daman islanders. Originally published: Adventures and researches among the Andaman islanders. London : Hurst and Blackett, 1863. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Description and travel. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Social life and customs. $25.00 DK-94075 50. Myka, Frank P. (Frank Paul), 1966- Decline of indigenous populations : the case of the Andaman islanders / Frank P. Myka ; foreword by G. Prakash Reddy. -- Jaipur : Rawat Publications, c 1993. 150 p. : maps ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-146). Includes index. ISBN 81-7033-208-7 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Population. 2. Andamanese (Indic people)--Population. $16.70 DK-83650 51. Narang, S. K. (Sudarshan Kumar), 1936- Under the shadow of death : story of Japanese occupa- tion of Andaman & Nicobar Islands / S.K. Narang. -- Delhi : Savita Prakashan, [1988] 217 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--History-- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945. $7.50 DK-59241 52. Pandya, Vishvajit, 1956- Above the forest : a study of Andamanese ethnoanemol- ogy, cosmology, and the power of ritual / Vishvajit Pandya. -- Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1993. xxxi, 319 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-313). Includes index. ISBN 0-19-562971-X 1. Andamanese (Indic people)--Rituals. 2. Andamanese (Indic people)--Social life and customs. 3. Ethonology--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. $24.60 DK-80560 53. Portman, M. V. (Maurice Vidal). Manual of the Andamanese languages / M.V. Portman. -- Delhi : Manas Publications, 1992. vi, 229 p. ; 22 cm. English and Andamanese (roman). Spine title: Andamanese languages; caption title: An- damanese manual. Reprint. "First published, 1887"--T.p. verso. ISBN 81-7049-058-8 1. Andamanese language--Vocabulary. $20.00 DK-78177 54. Rao, Sunita. Treasured islands! : an environmental handbook for teachers in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands / Sunita Rao. -- New Delhi : Kalpavriksh ; Port Blair : Andaman and Nicobars Environmental Action Team, 1996. xi, 94 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm. "Sponsored by Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) through Centre for Environment Education (CEE) under the Environmental Orientation to School Education (EOSE) scheme, and by World Wide Fund for Nature- India." Includes bibliographical references (p. 94). 1. Ecology--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands-- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Marine resources--India-- Andaman and Nicobar Islands--Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Handbooks, manuals, etc. $8.30 (ubd.) DK-98436 55. Tables on houses and household amenities / Ashok Kumar, Director of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. -- [Port Blair] : Directorate of Census Opera- tions, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, [1995]. xvi, 195 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm. -- (Census of India, 1991. Series 27, Andaman and Nicobar Islands ; pt. VII). English and Hindi; parallel translation. Added title in Hindi. Added series title in Hindi. Imprint on back cover: Delhi : Controller of Publica- tions. PRG.1.91 (A & N)/300-1993 (DSK.II). 1. Households--India--Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 2. Public utilities--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 3. India--Census, 1991. 4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Census, 1991. $3.90 DK-99050 56. Tamta, B. R. Andaman and Nicobar Islands / B.R. Tamta. -- 1st ed. -- New Delhi : National Book Trust, India, 1992. viii, 175 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (most col.), map ; 22 cm. -- (India - the land and the people). Bibliography: p. [174]-175. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India). $3.60 (ubd.) DK-79755 57. Temple, Richard Carnac, bart ., Sir , 1850-1931. Imperial gazetteer of India : provinsial series : An- daman and Nicobar Islands / [written by Sir Richard C. Temple, bart.]. -- New Delhi : Asian Educational Serv- ices, 1994. viii, 88 p. : folded col. map ; 23 cm. Spine title: Gazetteer : Andaman and Nicobar Islands; half title: Gazetterr : Andaman and Nicobar Islands; caption title: Provincial gazetteers of India : Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Author's name from pref. Originally published: Calcutta : Supt. of Govt. Print., 1909. Includes reproduction of the original t.p. Includes index. ISBN 81-206-0876-3 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Gazetteers. $10.00 DK-86067 58. Temple, Richard Carnac, bart., Sir, 1850-1931. Imperial gazetteer of India : provincial series : An- daman and Nicobar Islands / [written by Sir Richard C. Temple, bart.]. -- New Delhi : Usha Publications, 1985. viii, 88 p. : folded map ; 22 cm. Spine title: Andaman and Nicobar Islands; caption title: Provincial gazetteers of India. Author statement from pref. Reprint. Originally published: Calcutta : Supt. of Govt. Print., 1909. Includes reproduction of the original t.p. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--Gazetteers. $6.30 DK-44510 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanking You, Yours sincerely Surya P. Mittal surya at pobox.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. Fax: (+91-11) 5598898, 5558898 A/15-17 Mohan Garden Phones: (011) 5598897, 5598899 Najafgarh Road E-mail: dka at pobox.com New Delhi - 110 059. E-Mail: indbook.dka at axcess.net.in Our Webpage http://www.dkagencies.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Magier wrote: > > Can anyone help Catherine Fox contact any scholars who are specializing > in the Andamans? I've already sent her a general bibliography... > Thanks. David Magier > --------------- > > Received: from mailrelay1.cc.columbia.edu (mailrelay1.cc.columbia.edu > From: Herndonfox at aol.com > Received: from emout18.mail.aol.com (emout18.mx.aol.com [198.81.11.44]) > by mailrelay1.cc.columbia.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP > id BAA11167 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:07:32 -0500 > Received: (from root at localhost) > by emout18.mail.aol.com (8.7.6/8.7.3/AOL-2.0.0) > id BAA12859 for magier at columbia.edu; > Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:07:27 -0500 (EST) > Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:07:27 -0500 (EST) > Message-ID: <970113193650_1045072826 at emout18.mail.aol.com> > To: magier at columbia.edu > Subject: Andamans > > I am researching a book chapter on India's Andaman Islands for National > Geographic, trying to verify a variety of facts. Alas, I did not come up > with any contacts on the Columbia list -- do you know of anyone? > Anthropology, history of the penal colony, flora and fauna?! If anyone occurs > to you, please do reply. Cheers, > Catherine Fox From Bruce.Sullivan at nau.edu Wed Jan 22 18:25:09 1997 From: Bruce.Sullivan at nau.edu (Bruce.Sullivan at nau.edu) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 11:25:09 -0700 Subject: Indra weakened Message-ID: <161227027981.23782.12698877121081812447.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dominique: While .Rgveda 1.32 may suggest this myth (in its next-to-last verse), full versions can be found in the Mahaabhaarata: 5.9-17 is a long account that has Indra hiding in water. 12.272-73 (= Ganguli & Roy 12.281-82) has Indra hiding in a lotus filament. There are many renditions of the story. Bruce M. Sullivan Northern Arizona University From spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Wed Jan 22 16:38:23 1997 From: spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Surya P. Mittal) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 11:38:23 -0500 Subject: Shabara Bhasyam edition Message-ID: <161227027961.23782.17764420031790604102.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> As per our records: Jaimini. [Mimamsasutra. Hindi & Sanskrit.] Mimamsa darsana : sarala Hindi anuvad sahitam / [Maharsi Jaimini] ; sampadakah, Rama Sarma. -- samsodhita samskaranam. -- Bareli, UP : Samskrti Samsthanam, 1983. 368 p. ; 18 cm. In Sanskrit; translation and introd. in Hindi. Author statement from Jacket. US$2.00 DKS-072 This book was published by Samskrti Samsthan in 1983. I am not sure about its current availability and price, but we can try, if you so desire. Best wishes, Yours sincerely Surya P. Mittal surya at pobox.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. Fax: (+91-11) 5598898, 5558898 A/15-17 Mohan Garden Phones: (011) 5598897, 5598899 Najafgarh Road E-mail: dka at pobox.com New Delhi - 110 059. E-Mail: indbook.dka at axcess.net.in Our Webpage http://www.dkagencies.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Girish Sharma wrote: > > I am trying to purchase a copy of the following book: > > >> > >> AUTHOR: Jaimini. > >> TITLE: The Mimansa darsana / Jaimini. > >> PUBLISHED: Osnabruck : Biblio Verlag, 1983. > >> DESCRIPTION: 2 v. ; 22 cm. > >> SERIES: Bibliotheca Indica v. 45 > >> NOTES: Sanskrit text. > >> Reprint. Originally published: Calcutta : Asiatic Society of > >> Bengal, 1873-1889. > >> On facsim. of original t.p. for v. 1: The aphorisms of the > >> Mimamsa / by Jaimini ; with the commentary of > Savara-Svamin > >> ; edited by Mahesachandra Nyayaratna. > > South Asia books can not get it. Does anyone know of a source for it? > Thank you. > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Girish Sharma > San Diego, CA > girish at mushika.wanet.com From jdwhite at unccvm.uncc.edu Wed Jan 22 16:57:17 1997 From: jdwhite at unccvm.uncc.edu (jdwhite at unccvm.uncc.edu) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 11:57:17 -0500 Subject: Software Shops in Delhi, etc. Message-ID: <161227027978.23782.13840867309711909984.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Does anyone know of good and reputable software shops in Delhi or elsewhere in India for purchasing various India-produced software: CDAC language materials, CD Rom, etc.? I shall be in India in March and again in July and August and would very much like to look over what is being produced now: especially for use in Sanskrit, art history, cultural history, religious studies, etc. courses and for library materials? Dan White From srini at engin.umich.edu Wed Jan 22 18:12:51 1997 From: srini at engin.umich.edu (Srinivasan Pichumani) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 13:12:51 -0500 Subject: Creation of Durga Message-ID: <161227027979.23782.14441052219766951620.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> R. Soneji gave a list of books on Durga Saptashati (=Devi Mahatmyam). Here is one more, plus a question: Devi Mahatmyam Translated & with a commentary by Swami Siddhinathananda. Bharatiya Vidya bhavan, Kulapati Munshi Marg, Bombay. This book was reviewed in Vedanta Kesari (Oct. 1996) by P.S. Ramamurti. Question: In the above review Ramamurti says: "There are seven existing commentaries on Devi Mahatmyam." Does anyone know more about these commentaries? Thanks and Om, Swami Vishvarupananda I looked up the following title in our library catalog a while ago for a friend... it lists the seven commentaries. Guptavati is by the famous Bhaaskararaaya. _________ Uniform title: Puranas. Markandeyapurana. Devimahatmya. Title: Durgasaptasati : Durgapradipa-Guptavati-Caturdhari, Santanavi-Nagojibhatti-Jagaccandracandrika-Damsoddhara iti saptatikasamvalita / Vyankataramatmaja Harikrsnasarmana sangrhita. Published: Delhi : Butala, 1984. Description: 286 p., <1> leaf of plates : port. ; 25 cm. Contributors: Sarma, Harikrsna Vyankatarama. Notes: In Sanskrit. Reprint. Originally published: Bombay : Khemaraja Srikrshnadasa, 1894. Summary: Hindu mythological text on the glory and achievements of Durga, Hindu deity; with commentaries from tantric point of view. ________________ -Srini. From ssa at violet.berkeley.edu Wed Jan 22 21:20:25 1997 From: ssa at violet.berkeley.edu (ssa at violet.berkeley.edu) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 13:20:25 -0800 Subject: Pt. T.S. Srinivasa Sastri Message-ID: <161227027984.23782.8490326276857361727.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Some of the students, colleagues, friends and disciples of the late Pt. T.S. Srinivasa Sastri, formerly of the Deccan College Sanskrit Dictionary Department, have been talking about the establishment of a trust to aid Sanskrit scholarship and perpetuate the memory of this remarkable man. Some possible projects in this connection would be publications, a scholarship, etc. This project will be coordinated by Dr. V. N. Jha of the Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit, Pune University, Pune 411007 If you are interested in participating in or supporting this undertaking please contact me or Dr. Jha. R. P. Goldman Sarah Kailath Professor in India Studies Chairman Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies Center for South Asia Studies University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-2540 sseas at violet.berkeley.edu Phone: (510) 642-4089 Fax: (510) 643-2959 From ARB at maestro.com Wed Jan 22 18:52:07 1997 From: ARB at maestro.com (ARB) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 13:52:07 -0500 Subject: Bibliotheca Himalayica Reprints available Message-ID: <161227027982.23782.9536901331848899080.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Asian Rare Books in New York City has a very few out-of-print titles in the reprint series called Bibliotheca Himalayica. We have the titles by Kirkpatrick, Turner, Hamilton and Edgar. Priced reaonably! Ask for details--email Asian Rare Books ARB at maestro.com website www.columbia.edu/cu/ccs/cuwl/clients/arb/ From thillaud at unice.fr Wed Jan 22 13:06:13 1997 From: thillaud at unice.fr (thillaud at unice.fr) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 14:06:13 +0100 Subject: Indra weakened Message-ID: <161227027971.23782.1115431623138370541.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Indologist, I remember a story where Indra after killing Vrtra was weakened, flight and hide in a reed. He go out only after an other god (Agni, Brhaspati ?) find him and praise him. But, after some research, I was unable to find te source of this story. Can someone help me (first and best versions) ? Many thanks, -------------------------------------------------------------- Dominique Thillaud - Universite de Nice - Sophia Antipolis email : thillaud at unice.fr From omkar at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Wed Jan 22 08:51:37 1997 From: omkar at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Swami Vishvarupananda) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 14:21:37 +0530 Subject: Creation of Durga Message-ID: <161227027965.23782.16032977538225120567.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> R. Soneji gave a list of books on Durga Saptashati (=Devi Mahatmyam). Here is one more, plus a question: Devi Mahatmyam Translated & with a commentary by Swami Siddhinathananda. Bharatiya Vidya bhavan, Kulapati Munshi Marg, Bombay. This book was reviewed in Vedanta Kesari (Oct. 1996) by P.S. Ramamurti. Question: In the above review Ramamurti says: "There are seven existing commentaries on Devi Mahatmyam." Does anyone know more about these commentaries? 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If anybody needs a hand I'll be happy to help. __ __ ___ __ ___ __ |_) |_ * | * __ (_ /_|| * (_ /_| (_ * | | ) | | | |_) | \ | B.Philip Jonsson _ _ . _ _ || Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha || "Peace is not simply the absence of war. It is not a passive state of being. We must wage peace, as vigilantly as we wage war." (XIV Dalai Lama) "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" From g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no Wed Jan 22 16:27:42 1997 From: g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no (g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 17:27:42 +0100 Subject: Indra weakened Message-ID: <161227027974.23782.16430011610230956313.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dominique Thillaud asked: > I remember a story where Indra after killing Vrtra was weakened, >flight and hide in a reed. He go out only after an other god (Agni, >Brhaspati ?) find him and praise him. But, after some research, I was >unable to find te source of this story. > Can someone help me (first and best versions) ? One version is to be found in SatapathabrAhmaNa 1.6.4. This has been translated by Jean Varenne, Mythes et l?gendes ... 1967, p. 100 f. (Maladie d'Indra). But Indra does not hide in a reed here, but 'il se cacha, et s'en fut au plus lointain des lointains': parAH parAvataH. Best wishes, Georg v.Simson Professor Georg von Simson University of Oslo Department of East European and Oriental Studies Box 1030, Blindern 0315 Oslo, Norway From raynaldp at bbsi.net Thu Jan 23 03:18:14 1997 From: raynaldp at bbsi.net (Raynald Prevereau) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 22:18:14 -0500 Subject: Devanagari fonts for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027987.23782.4160172737431225925.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> >You will find a useful free utility for typing with special characters and >fonts at: > >http://www.sil.org/computing/silkey.html > >For those of you that use Windows there is a similar program at the same >site, which is well worth a look-around in any case. > >It takes a bit of simple programming to make Silkey work. If anybody needs >a hand I'll be happy to help. > > >__ __ ___ __ ___ __ >|_) |_ * | * __ (_ /_|| * (_ /_| (_ * >| | ) | | | |_) | \ > | >B.Philip Jonsson What a wonderful utility! It makes typing all the diacritics in romanised Sanskrit so much easier than the usual shift + option + deadkey + letter! I haven't explored all the possibilities of SILKey (with Devanagari fonts, for instance), but I readily recommand it to everyone. And it's free. Thank you Mr. Jonsson. Raynald Prevereau From holba at beba.cesnet.cz Wed Jan 22 22:07:32 1997 From: holba at beba.cesnet.cz (Jiri Holba) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 23:07:32 +0100 Subject: Vajracchedika Message-ID: <161227027986.23782.1505290358456978541.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear List Members: 1) Who can recommend me good books or articles to Vajracchedika (Diamond-cutter sutra)? I am preparing a translation of this sutra with a commentary for publishing. 2) Which sanskrit text of Vajracchedika is the best and standart now? Conze`s edition (Roma 1957) has mistakes (cf. G. Schopen "Studies in the Literature of the Great Vehicle", p. 96-97). Thanks for your help! Jiri Holba holba at mbox.cesnet.cz From pmg6s at faraday.clas.virginia.edu Thu Jan 23 11:57:57 1997 From: pmg6s at faraday.clas.virginia.edu (Patricia Meredith Greer) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 06:57:57 -0500 Subject: Bibliotheca Himalayica Reprints available Message-ID: <161227027989.23782.4636338852630068801.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Please send more details! If you need an address, it is: Patricia Greer, 817 Blenheim Ave., charlottesville, VA 22902. Thanks! On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, ARB wrote: > Asian Rare Books in New York City has a very few > out-of-print titles in the reprint series called > Bibliotheca Himalayica. We have the titles by > Kirkpatrick, Turner, Hamilton and Edgar. > Priced reaonably! Ask for details--email > Asian Rare Books ARB at maestro.com > website www.columbia.edu/cu/ccs/cuwl/clients/arb/ > > From pmg6s at faraday.clas.virginia.edu Thu Jan 23 12:11:16 1997 From: pmg6s at faraday.clas.virginia.edu (Patricia Meredith Greer) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 07:11:16 -0500 Subject: Devanagari fonts for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027991.23782.12702595589204609516.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Can someone tell me if there is a site to download the KayMan program for a PC? Thanks! Patricia Greer On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Raynald Prevereau wrote: > >You will find a useful free utility for typing with special characters and > >fonts at: > > > >http://www.sil.org/computing/silkey.html > > > >For those of you that use Windows there is a similar program at the same > >site, which is well worth a look-around in any case. > > > >It takes a bit of simple programming to make Silkey work. If anybody needs > >a hand I'll be happy to help. > > > > > >__ __ ___ __ ___ __ > >|_) |_ * | * __ (_ /_|| * (_ /_| (_ * > >| | ) | | | |_) | \ > > | > >B.Philip Jonsson > > What a wonderful utility! It makes typing all the diacritics in romanised > Sanskrit so much easier than the usual shift + option + deadkey + letter! I > haven't explored all the possibilities of SILKey (with Devanagari fonts, > for instance), but I readily recommand it to everyone. And it's free. Thank > you Mr. Jonsson. > > Raynald Prevereau > > > > From witzel at husc3.harvard.edu Thu Jan 23 13:59:50 1997 From: witzel at husc3.harvard.edu (witzel at husc3.harvard.edu) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 08:59:50 -0500 Subject: Summer Skt at Harvard Message-ID: <161227027995.23782.6877715243650206783.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> SUMMER SANSKRIT at HARVARD. Like last year, I got several inquiries regarding our offering of Introductory Sanskrit this summer, -- taught here since 1988. The offical new dates & fees are not yet finalized; I add **last year's** data as a guideline. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANS S-101 Elementary Sanskrit (8 units) Monday-Thursday 3:30 - 6 p.m. June 24 - August 16; exam period Aug. 13-16 Instructor: Michael Witzel This course, equivalent to two semesters of course work, will enable students to acquire the basic reading skills in Sanskrit. Stress will be placed on learning the Devanagari script, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. Emphasis will also be given to correct translation of passages from simple narrative literature to the epics. Fees: Application fee (nonrefundable $35) Tuition (credit or non-credit): 8 unit course: $ 2,820 Health insurance $95 (required if not covered by an American carrier) On-campus housing (if desired): room and board, eight week session: $ 2,360 (Housing deposit $ 510) Registration by mail, fax (credit card only, with full tuition and fees) through June 5. Late registration June 6 - June 28 ($50 late fee). Catalogues/Information from Harvard Summer School, 51 Brattle Street, Cambridge MA 02138, USA phone 617- 495 4024 On-line catalogue: ================= http://www.harvard.edu/summer gopher.harvard.edu Telnet: vine.harvard.edu (at the login type: courses and RETURN) via modem: 617 496 8500, choose option 4 (vine): select Harv.Univ. course catalogs then elect Summer school for catalogue and all other info. For assistance call 617 496 2001 (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Witzel Department of Sanskrit Wales Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Studies Chair, Committee on South Asian Studies 53 Church Street Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138, USA phones: - 1- 617 - 495 3295 (messages) Electronic Journal of 496 8570 Vedic Studies fax: 496 8571 EJVS-list at shore.net email: witzel at husc3.harvard.edu http://www.shore.net/~india/ejvs From grotebev at uni-duesseldorf.de Thu Jan 23 12:30:53 1997 From: grotebev at uni-duesseldorf.de (Tobias Grote-Beverborg) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 12:30:53 +0000 Subject: DK agencies Message-ID: <161227027993.23782.15266999647898587099.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Members of the List! I would like to share a rather personal impression about the book listings of DK agencies. In my opinion they shouldn't be distributed on the Indology Mail List but instead should be send to the personal e-mail address of the person concerned. It's not that I don't appreciate the service Mr. Mittal is offering and that one day I could be grateful for his assistance but it always takes a while to download these rather long messages just to put them in the trash immediately after I find out that they are of no use for me. After all they are a kind of advertisements and the question is whether this mailing list is the right place for them? Meanwhile I have his address and believe that I could contact him when I'm in need of his kind and excellent service. I hope noone feels offended by my frankness and please, accept my sincere apologies if I did hurt anybody's feelings. You are welcome to share Your opinion with me and to correct me if I'm mistaken in my perception, either on this list or to my private e-mail account. Yours Tobias ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tobias Grote-Beverborg Theodorstr. 370, 40472 Duesseldorf, Germany ph/fax: 0049-211-6581306 e-mail: grotebev at rz.uni-duesseldorf.de ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From bpj at netg.se Thu Jan 23 16:00:19 1997 From: bpj at netg.se (bpj at netg.se) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 18:00:19 +0200 Subject: Devanagari fonts for the Mac Message-ID: <161227027997.23782.6825757425510110315.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> At 13:24 23.1.1997 +0000, Patricia Meredith Greer wrote: >Can someone tell me if there is a site to download the KayMan program >for a PC? Thanks! >Patricia Greer Sure, you will find that, too somewhere under: http://www.sil.org/computing/ It is _KeyMan_, with an E, btw. Actually it is possible to use the same rule-files with these two programs, if they are written with this in mind... Neat! __ __ ___ __ ___ __ |_) |_ * | * __ (_ /_|| * (_ /_| (_ * | | ) | | | |_) | \ | B.Philip Jonsson _ _ . _ _ || Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha || "Peace is not simply the absence of war. It is not a passive state of being. We must wage peace, as vigilantly as we wage war." (XIV Dalai Lama) "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" From aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca Fri Jan 24 05:41:33 1997 From: aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca (Ashok Aklujkar) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 21:41:33 -0800 Subject: A meter in the Bhagavata Purana Message-ID: <161227027999.23782.15332211662188237546.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> In response to the query regarding the metre in Bhagavat 10.31, my son Muktak tells me that Apte does list the meter on p. 16 of Appendix A (II) in Vol. 3, by the names Raajaha.msii and Vibhuu.sa.naa. Arindam Chakravarti told him that from verse 10.31.01 the name Indiraa is commonly applied to the meter. It is a variety of Kaamadaa. On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, B. Reusch wrote: > A collegue who is not on any online discussion list has asked if I can post > up the following for him. His dissertation is due soon and a little last > minute help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > Svicchaabhih. > Beatrice > > >> It's about a poetic meter that I have found in the Bhagavata that I > >>cannot identify. The meter is clearly within the trishtubh category (11 > >>syllables per pada), but Apte does not identify its specific type within > >>this category in the rather comprehensive listing in the back of The > >>Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary of poetic meters. Here is the > >>pattern with letter abbreviations (L = laghu or light syllable; G = guru > >>or long or heavy syllable; / = gana or divider of syllable groups) > >>indicating the pattern of light and heavy syllables within the pada of > >>this particular verse: > L L L / G L G / G L G / L G > This pattern appears prominently in the 31st chapter of the tenth book of the > Bhagavata, verses 1 through 18. Is this metrical pattern an unidentified > pattern, or is there a source for identifying this specific pattern in this > important chapter of the Bhagavata, and if so, what is the source and what is > this pattern called? > Graham > > > > From thillaud at unice.fr Fri Jan 24 10:35:52 1997 From: thillaud at unice.fr (thillaud at unice.fr) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 97 11:35:52 +0100 Subject: Indra weakened, end Message-ID: <161227028003.23782.5716058046586497234.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Many thanks to Georg von Simson and Bruce Sullivan. Their references were exactly that I needed. No more is necessary. -------------------------------------------------------------- Dominique Thillaud - Universite de Nice - Sophia Antipolis email : thillaud at unice.fr From omkar at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Fri Jan 24 07:36:18 1997 From: omkar at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Swami Vishvarupananda) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 97 13:06:18 +0530 Subject: Commentaries on Devimahatmya Message-ID: <161227028001.23782.12894904073021113876.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Many thanks for the references. Om Swami Vishvarupananda -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks in advance, Paul Kekai Manansala From thillaud at unice.fr Sat Jan 25 07:26:04 1997 From: thillaud at unice.fr (thillaud at unice.fr) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 97 08:26:04 +0100 Subject: Pronominalization Message-ID: <161227028007.23782.15972889120576159301.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> >Hello all, > >Does anyone know of any examples of pronominalization >in Indo-Aryan languages other than Magahi and Maithili >languages? S.K. Chatterji gave this example from Bihar: > > maraliauk = "I have struck him for your benefit" > (mar-al "struck" + -i- "I" + -au- "for you" > + -k "him") > Linguists know there is a tendance to agglutination (as in turkish) in some flexionnal languages. An example is modern italian where the phenomen exist partially (but ask a good italian speaker for correct examples). Reversely some think flexion comes from agglutination, vocative and imperative beeing the nude word, case and personnal desinences beeing ancient particles or pronouns agglutinated to the word (as vedic particles become in sanskrit preverbs or propositions). But the whole process take a very long time, too long to obtain a sure proof! Yours, -------------------------------------------------------------- Dominique Thillaud - Universite de Nice - Sophia Antipolis email : thillaud at unice.fr From aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca Sun Jan 26 02:54:32 1997 From: aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca (Ashok Aklujkar) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 97 18:54:32 -0800 Subject: Elephant processions, naaga temples Message-ID: <161227028010.23782.16951657064558091247.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I received the following queries from a person planning to visit Kerala (especially the Trichur and Cochin areas probably from 10-14 February. When are the elephants taken out in procession and in which areas? What are the addresses of snake shrines or naaga temples that one should visit? Are there privately owned sacred places falling in this category? Any help that individuals knowledgeable about Kerala and its culture can provide will be gratefully received. If communication through fax or telephone is more convenient, kindly use the following numbers: fax: 604-822-8937. Tel: 604-822-5185 or 604-274-5353. Ashok Aklujkar, Professor, Asian Studies, University of B.C., Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z2. From HFArnold at aol.com Sun Jan 26 00:56:27 1997 From: HFArnold at aol.com (HFArnold at aol.com) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 97 19:56:27 -0500 Subject: Shabara Bhasyam edition Message-ID: <161227028009.23782.508602089846910933.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Tue, Jan 21, Girish Sharma wrote: "I am trying to purchase a copy of the following book: >> >> AUTHOR: Jaimini. >> TITLE: The Mimansa darsana / Jaimini. >> PUBLISHED: Osnabruck : Biblio Verlag, 1983. >> DESCRIPTION: 2 v. ; 22 cm. >> SERIES: Bibliotheca Indica v. 45 >> NOTES: Sanskrit text. >> Reprint. Originally published: Calcutta : Asiatic Society of >> Bengal, 1873-1889. >> On facsim. of original t.p. for v. 1: The aphorisms of the >> Mimamsa / by Jaimini ; with the commentary of Savara-Svamin >> ; edited by Mahesachandra Nyayaratna. South Asia books can not get it. Does anyone know of a source for it? Thank you." You can probably get this edition of the Sabara Bhasyam from: Otto Harrassowitz Internationale Buchhandlung Asien-Abteilung Postfach 2929, Taunusstrasse 5 6200 Wiesbaden Germany but it will cost you plenty. I believe that the Anandasrama edition is still available for a lot less. Yrs. Harold F. Arnold From pmg6s at faraday.clas.virginia.edu Sun Jan 26 13:22:32 1997 From: pmg6s at faraday.clas.virginia.edu (Patricia Meredith Greer) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 97 08:22:32 -0500 Subject: Indic baby names with a link to SURYA Message-ID: <161227028014.23782.9680550666367819244.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> How about "Savitri" -- she has a wonderful myth, and is daughter of Surya. Patricia Greer On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Surya P. Mittal wrote: > Dear Indologists, > > Yes, this mail comes from the same person who is being > considered as the one who is trying to convert INDOLOGY > into a commercial place. I will respond to this topic on > a later date. > > Right now I want a suggestion from all my friends on Indology > on a topic which is more of a personal nature: > > Most of you are already aware that my name is Surya Prakash > (Sun Light). And my wife's name is Monika (very European name > indeed). We were blessed with a lovely daughter on 25th Dec. > (Santa's gift on X-Mas 1996). We are finding it a little > difficult to finalise her name as we are looking for an > Indic baby name with some link to "Surya". An option that > I have is "ARUNIMA" (pronounced arunimA). Can INDOLOGISTS > suggest a few options ? > > Please excuse me for using INDOLOGY once again for personal > interests! > > Regards, > Surya P. Mittal > surya at pobox.com > > > > From spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Sun Jan 26 17:47:05 1997 From: spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Surya P. Mittal) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 97 12:47:05 -0500 Subject: Indic baby names with a link to SURYA Message-ID: <161227028012.23782.8164843992601660016.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Indologists, Yes, this mail comes from the same person who is being considered as the one who is trying to convert INDOLOGY into a commercial place. I will respond to this topic on a later date. Right now I want a suggestion from all my friends on Indology on a topic which is more of a personal nature: Most of you are already aware that my name is Surya Prakash (Sun Light). And my wife's name is Monika (very European name indeed). We were blessed with a lovely daughter on 25th Dec. (Santa's gift on X-Mas 1996). We are finding it a little difficult to finalise her name as we are looking for an Indic baby name with some link to "Surya". An option that I have is "ARUNIMA" (pronounced arunimA). Can INDOLOGISTS suggest a few options ? Please excuse me for using INDOLOGY once again for personal interests! Regards, Surya P. Mittal surya at pobox.com From rsoneji at mb.sympatico.ca Sun Jan 26 18:59:34 1997 From: rsoneji at mb.sympatico.ca (R. Soneji) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 97 12:59:34 -0600 Subject: Indic baby names with a link to SURYA Message-ID: <161227028019.23782.7085065866813018925.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Surya P. Mittal wrote: > > Dear Indologists, > > Yes, this mail comes from the same person who is being > considered as the one who is trying to convert INDOLOGY > into a commercial place. I will respond to this topic on > a later date. > > Right now I want a suggestion from all my friends on Indology > on a topic which is more of a personal nature: > > Most of you are already aware that my name is Surya Prakash > (Sun Light). And my wife's name is Monika (very European name > indeed). We were blessed with a lovely daughter on 25th Dec. > (Santa's gift on X-Mas 1996). We are finding it a little > difficult to finalise her name as we are looking for an > Indic baby name with some link to "Surya". An option that > I have is "ARUNIMA" (pronounced arunimA). Can INDOLOGISTS > suggest a few options ? > > Please excuse me for using INDOLOGY once again for personal > interests! > > Regards, > Surya P. Mittal > surya at pobox.com Though the first and most common name that came to mind was Usa, on later speculation, the following also seemed appopriate: Amsumati - possessing (mat) rays (amsu) Bhanumati - possessing (mat) sun-like nature (bhanu) Dinakartri - maker (f - kartri) of day (dina) Jyoti - light Prabha/Prabhavati - the luminous Prakasini - shining one Tejasvini - having tejas Tejomayi - made of tejas Ullasini - forth (ut) shining/delighting (lasini) Devesh Soneji University of Manitoba rsoneji at mb.sympatico.ca From JS253 at hermes.cam.ac.uk Sun Jan 26 15:24:53 1997 From: JS253 at hermes.cam.ac.uk (J. Shaw) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 97 15:24:53 +0000 Subject: Indic baby names with a link to SURYA Message-ID: <161227028015.23782.328102440279417287.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> My friends' baby girl is called Suraya, what about that? Regards, J.Shaw On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Patricia Meredith Greer wrote: > How about "Savitri" -- she has a wonderful myth, and is daughter of > Surya. > Patricia Greer > On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Surya P. Mittal wrote: > > > Dear Indologists, > > > > Yes, this mail comes from the same person who is being > > considered as the one who is trying to convert INDOLOGY > > into a commercial place. I will respond to this topic on > > a later date. > > > > Right now I want a suggestion from all my friends on Indology > > on a topic which is more of a personal nature: > > > > Most of you are already aware that my name is Surya Prakash > > (Sun Light). And my wife's name is Monika (very European name > > indeed). We were blessed with a lovely daughter on 25th Dec. > > (Santa's gift on X-Mas 1996). We are finding it a little > > difficult to finalise her name as we are looking for an > > Indic baby name with some link to "Surya". An option that > > I have is "ARUNIMA" (pronounced arunimA). Can INDOLOGISTS > > suggest a few options ? > > > > Please excuse me for using INDOLOGY once again for personal > > interests! > > > > Regards, > > Surya P. Mittal > > surya at pobox.com > > > > > > > > > > > > From l.m.fosse at internet.no Sun Jan 26 15:53:47 1997 From: l.m.fosse at internet.no (Lars Martin Fosse) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 97 16:53:47 +0100 Subject: Indic baby names with a link to SURYA Message-ID: <161227028017.23782.8819580923451942854.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> >> > Most of you are already aware that my name is Surya Prakash >> > (Sun Light). And my wife's name is Monika (very European name >> > indeed). We were blessed with a lovely daughter on 25th Dec. >> > (Santa's gift on X-Mas 1996). We are finding it a little >> > difficult to finalise her name as we are looking for an >> > Indic baby name with some link to "Surya". An option that >> > I have is "ARUNIMA" (pronounced arunimA). Can INDOLOGISTS >> > suggest a few options ? A few suggestions: May I remind you that Surya in the Veda also occurs in the feminine form, "suuryaa". Maybe you could use that. Surya is also called Vivasvat, so maybe you could use Vivasvatii. Best regards, Lars Martin Fosse From kradhikary at mail.utexas.edu Mon Jan 27 15:09:37 1997 From: kradhikary at mail.utexas.edu (kradhikary at mail.utexas.edu) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 09:09:37 -0600 Subject: Indic baby names with a link to SURYA Message-ID: <161227028025.23782.3564960664309743180.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> How about AbhA? kamal >Dear Indologists, > >Yes, this mail comes from the same person who is being >considered as the one who is trying to convert INDOLOGY >into a commercial place. I will respond to this topic on >a later date. > >Right now I want a suggestion from all my friends on Indology >on a topic which is more of a personal nature: > >Most of you are already aware that my name is Surya Prakash >(Sun Light). And my wife's name is Monika (very European name >indeed). We were blessed with a lovely daughter on 25th Dec. >(Santa's gift on X-Mas 1996). We are finding it a little >difficult to finalise her name as we are looking for an >Indic baby name with some link to "Surya". An option that >I have is "ARUNIMA" (pronounced arunimA). Can INDOLOGISTS >suggest a few options ? > >Please excuse me for using INDOLOGY once again for personal >interests! > >Regards, >Surya P. Mittal >surya at pobox.com All the best, kamal From dmenon at pacific.net.sg Mon Jan 27 01:35:34 1997 From: dmenon at pacific.net.sg (Das Menon) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 09:35:34 +0800 Subject: Elephant processions, naaga temples Message-ID: <161227028021.23782.13569408221166587505.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The biggest event during which elephants are taken out in procession is during the Pooram festival which takes place usually the first week of May, so it is not applicable here. The other "contrived" event during which elephants are taken out in procession is the "gaja mela" which is around the 17th of January. So it is also out. Neverthless most of the Krishna or Vishnu temples around Trichur (now changed to Trissur) does take out a single elephant on procession as part of the daily 'seeveyli', with the Guruyaur temple (19 miles from Trissur) having a three elephant procession in the morning. The largest of the Krishna Temple in Trissur Town itself is Thiruvambaady. The other temple in the vicinity (around 16 miles) is the Sree Ram temple in Thriprayaar, where also there is a daily seeveyli with elephants. There are no naga temples per se in Kerala, but almost all temples have a site for naga idols. Most of the naga "kaavu"s can be found in traditional Nair ancestrel homes. One need to search this out. A word of caution - most of these temples will only admit a hindu into its premises, also without exception any male entering the temple should be wearing the traditional 'dhoti' and either should be bare chested or have an 'anghavastram' draped over the shoulders, and certainly no footwear! Regards...Das At 03:01 AM 1/26/97 GMT, Ashok Aklujkar wrote: >I received the following queries from a person planning to visit Kerala >(especially the Trichur and Cochin areas probably from 10-14 February. > >When are the elephants taken out in procession and in which areas? > >What are the addresses of snake shrines or naaga temples that one should >visit? Are there privately owned sacred places falling in this category? > >Any help that individuals knowledgeable about Kerala and its culture can >provide will be gratefully received. If communication through fax or >telephone is more convenient, kindly use the following numbers: fax: >604-822-8937. Tel: 604-822-5185 or 604-274-5353. > >, Professor, Asian Studies, University of B.C., Vancouver, >Canada V6T 1Z2. > > From gjh8 at columbia.edu Mon Jan 27 16:02:57 1997 From: gjh8 at columbia.edu (Gary J Hausman) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 11:02:57 -0500 Subject: Elephant processions, naaga temples Message-ID: <161227028030.23782.15883801034233362464.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> In the neighboring state of Tamilnadu, in Kanyakumari District, the Nagercoil temple is said to have snakes residing in it, which are fed with milk. I did not attempt to confirm this - but I can confirm that there are snake idols in the temple. Gary Hausman On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Das Menon wrote: > > There are no naga temples per se in Kerala, but almost all temples have a > site for naga idols. Most of the naga "kaavu"s can be found in traditional > Nair ancestrel homes. One need to search this out. > > A word of caution - most of these temples will only admit a hindu into its > premises, also without exception any male entering the temple should be > wearing the traditional 'dhoti' and either should be bare chested or have an > 'anghavastram' draped over the shoulders, and certainly no footwear! > > Regards...Das > > At 03:01 AM 1/26/97 GMT, Ashok Aklujkar wrote: > >I received the following queries from a person planning to visit Kerala > >(especially the Trichur and Cochin areas probably from 10-14 February. > > > >When are the elephants taken out in procession and in which areas? > > > >What are the addresses of snake shrines or naaga temples that one should > >visit? Are there privately owned sacred places falling in this category? > > > >Any help that individuals knowledgeable about Kerala and its culture can > >provide will be gratefully received. If communication through fax or > >telephone is more convenient, kindly use the following numbers: fax: > >604-822-8937. Tel: 604-822-5185 or 604-274-5353. > > > >, Professor, Asian Studies, University of B.C., Vancouver, > >Canada V6T 1Z2. > > > > > > > > From g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no Mon Jan 27 11:32:19 1997 From: g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no (g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 12:32:19 +0100 Subject: Indic baby names with a link to SURYA Message-ID: <161227028023.23782.3844153380299187486.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Surya P. Mittal wrote: >Right now I want a suggestion from all my friends on Indology >on a topic which is more of a personal nature: > >Most of you are already aware that my name is Surya Prakash >(Sun Light). And my wife's name is Monika (very European name >indeed). We were blessed with a lovely daughter on 25th Dec. >(Santa's gift on X-Mas 1996). We are finding it a little >difficult to finalise her name as we are looking for an >Indic baby name with some link to "Surya". An option that >I have is "ARUNIMA" (pronounced arunimA). Can INDOLOGISTS >suggest a few options ? Why not Usha (ushA, f., since Vedic times beside ushas, 'dawn')? Regards Georg v.Simson Professor Georg von Simson University of Oslo Department of East European and Oriental Studies Box 1030, Blindern 0315 Oslo, Norway From schopra at cabler.cableregina.com Mon Jan 27 16:14:26 1997 From: schopra at cabler.cableregina.com (schopra at cabler.cableregina.com) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 16:14:26 +0000 Subject: Indic baby names with a link to SURYA Message-ID: <161227028028.23782.10266498807401040765.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> >Surya P. Mittal wrote: >> >> Dear Indologists, >> >> Dear Mr. Mittal: Consider a few more names for the daughter of surya and Monica: Suuramonica Monsuuryajaa suuryajaa suuryaa suryabhaamini suuryawati suurmati suryushaa - almost Russian! Regards. From girish at mushika.wanet.com Tue Jan 28 00:23:02 1997 From: girish at mushika.wanet.com (girish at mushika.wanet.com) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 16:23:02 -0800 Subject: Svara for Yajurveda mantra Message-ID: <161227028039.23782.16993033667923633699.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> In the Shuklayajurveda mantra 32.6, the second paada, yena sva.h ... I found one reference with no svara for sva.h, while five others have what appears like an anudaatta with a small vertical line on the left side (|_____). In the Rigveda for this mantra the word has a svarita. Could someone please explain the meaning of the yajurveda marking? Thanks for any help you can provide. ----------------------------------------------------------- Girish Sharma San Diego, CA girish at mushika.wanet.com From chattrj at is3.nyu.edu Mon Jan 27 22:54:16 1997 From: chattrj at is3.nyu.edu (chattrj at is3.nyu.edu) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 17:54:16 -0500 Subject: Indic baby names with a link to SURYA Message-ID: <161227028034.23782.16143399849193948293.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> "sAyan" is a synonym for "sUrya". So, how about "sAyanI"or, even, "sAyanA"? Since we are talking about Indic names...I thought I'd ask you folks if anyone knows the meaning of the GArgi. I know who she is in the upanishhads, but what does the name mean? Thanks. :Sudipto Chatterjee _______________________________________________________ In the flood of your tears, where Rain Tells stories of someone else's pain-- That's where on my own I'll meet with you alone. :Suman Chatterjee I taught a peasant how to write the word 'plough', and he taught me how to drive it. :Augusto Boal (Theatre of the Oppressed) _______________________________________________________ From wgw at dnai.com Tue Jan 28 03:50:07 1997 From: wgw at dnai.com (wgw at dnai.com) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 19:50:07 -0800 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <161227028043.23782.3196231827830222018.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> My training is in English Literature (William Blake, John Milton, 17th-century Radical Dissent pamphlet literature). However, as a practicing Vaisnava for many years, I am familiar with much of the great literature written originally in Sanskrit. Now I find that Kaavya has become more than a personal interest; it has become a professional interest. I have been bumbling in the dark trying to master the secondary literature. Perhaps some members of this conference know who the great Kaavya critics are, especially ones who are currently alive and well with whom I could develop an intellectual relationship. Much of what I have read seems to be a waste of my time. I have encountered some gems (e.g. D. Wulff, V.N. Misra, R. Goldman), but an awful lot of the literature seems to be eurocentric, racist and sexist, etc. I can, of course, read through all that, but it seems much simpler to find out who writes on Kaavya that actually likes what he or she is writing about and has some respect for the culture that produced it. Thank you, Bill One who desires domination over a kingdom or an empire should worship the Manus. One who desires victory over an enemy should worship the demons, and one who desires sense gratification should worship the moon. But one who desires nothing of material enjoyment should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead. SB 2.3.9 PLEASE NOTE CHANGES IN CONTACT INFORMATION: William G Wall, Ph.D. Institute for Vaisnava Studies Graduate Theological Union PO Box 11216 Berkeley CA 94712 (510) 649-8229 (office) email: wgw at dnai.com Bharata.Srestha.HDG at com.bbt.se From grotebev at uni-duesseldorf.de Mon Jan 27 21:48:11 1997 From: grotebev at uni-duesseldorf.de (Tobias Grote-Beverborg) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 21:48:11 +0000 Subject: DKA : Tobias Grote-Beverborg Message-ID: <161227028032.23782.15319624614739254372.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> At 18:02 27.01.1997 -0500, D.K. Agencies (P) Ltd. wrote: >From: D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. > >Dear Dr. Grote-Beverborg, > >I am in receipt of your email sent to the members of Indology >concerning my long emails to the group containing book-lists. I >fully agree with you on the fact that it is a painful work to >download the long emails and putting them in the trash box >immediately after finding that they are irrelevant. I, being a >member of a couple of mailing lists, find it very time consuming >even at my end. > >I am not sure about the status of internet and telecoms in >Dusseldorf, but you will be surprised to know that the >monopolistic supplier of Internet connections to business houses >and individuals in India, VSNL, had about 60 telephone lines only >in Delhi till about two months back. They have recently been >upgraded to 214 which is also not sufficient to cope up with the >traffic. These phone lines are terribly slow at times. >Furthermore, some email providers (only emailing facility) charge >for every kilobyte, even if it is incoming. > >We, at DKA, have always considered ourselves as information >providers rather that being mere booksellers. It may be of >interest to mention here that we catalogue over 5,500 Indian >Publications every year of academic interest in English language >alone, which is close to 250% as compared to our National Library >in Calcutta. > >Considering them as advertisements would have been appropriate >for sure, if : > > DKA would have floated information on new books > without having a relevance to any prior communication. > > DKA would have floated information on commercially > viable publications only. You might have well noticed > that we sent offer for books which were priced at one > dollar or two. You will appreciate that those items are > published by those who respond very seldom to your > communications / orders and thereby we always loose in > such order (not to talk of any profits). > > DKA would have floated information on available books only. > We had mentioned books dating to 1970s and 1980s (some of > them are long out of print as well). The purpose was not to > obtain orders but to give a comprehensive information. I > am sure many of those books would be available in the > library of researcher's own organisation or inter-library > loan. > >It was very interesting for me when I received communications >about more than 20 different titles out of 58 books on Andamans. >More interesting was the fact that those were neither from >Catherine Fox nor Columbia Univ., the originator of the query >on Andamans. > >We had a very long in-house discussion on the problem, as we >ourselves would not like INDOLOGY to be a commercial platform in >any manner, and at the same time not deprive the researchers and users >of the relevant information. An idea which popped-up during that >discussions was to reduce the book-info for transmission to INDOLOGY >to , While this will >certainly reduce the size of emails from DKA (and we have no objections >in doing so), in my personal view it makes it look more like an >advertisement due to the lacking information, bibliographic and Library >of Congress Subject Headings. > >Please excuse me if my letter hurts your feelings and also for being so >long. I have put my views in a very straight forward and frank manner. >And would like to have your valued views. We have always been guided by >people like you. > >I am not sending a copy of this communications to the LIST, but >please feel free to do so if you find it appropriate. > >Kind regards, > Yours sincerely > Surya P. Mittal > surya at pobox.com >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From: >D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. Fax: (+91-11) 5598898, 5558898 >A/15-17 Mohan Garden Phones: (011) 5598897, 5598899 >Najafgarh Road E-mail: dka at pobox.com >New Delhi - 110 059. E-mail: custserv at dkagencies.com > > Our Webpage http://www.dkagencies.com > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Tobias ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ //OM// SARVE BHAVANTU SUKHINAH/ SARVE SANTU NIRAMAYAH/ SARVE BHADRANI PASYANTU/ MA KASCHIT DUKHA BHAG BHAVET/ OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tobias Grote-Beverborg Theodorstr. 370, 40472 Duesseldorf, Germany ph/fax: 0049-211-6581306 e-mail: grotebev at rz.uni-duesseldorf.de http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/4957 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From grotebev at uni-duesseldorf.de Tue Jan 28 01:11:18 1997 From: grotebev at uni-duesseldorf.de (Tobias Grote-Beverborg) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 01:11:18 +0000 Subject: DKA Tobias Message-ID: <161227028041.23782.12033383921621294673.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Members of the list! Once again I have been assigned to a title I (yet) don't deserve. I'm not a >Dr.< but if at all a >Mr.<, that means an ordinary student of Indology at Cologne University, Germany. As I'm now writing anyway to the LIST I might as well share with You that I regard the discussion I currently had with Mr. Mittal as closed. Mr. Mittal has been so kind and patient with me to explain his point of view and my apprehension that INDOLOGY gets floated with commercial messages doesn't apply to Mr. Mittal's thorough and helpful research on rare literature. I'm grateful to all of You to provide me the platform to discuss controversial issues and to exchange personal views as such. Thus I felt free to post Mr. Mittal's reply to the LIST so that You can follow our open and frank exchange of thoughts. I have answered him personally as I don't believe that the further discussion concerns the topics which INDOLOGY is provided for. By the way I would like to thank everybody replying to my DURGA query. You provided me with exactly the sources I was looking for. Yours Tobias ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ //OM// SARVE BHAVANTU SUKHINAH/ SARVE SANTU NIRAMAYAH/ SARVE BHADRANI PASYANTU/ MA KASCHIT DUKHA BHAG BHAVET/ OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tobias Grote-Beverborg Theodorstr. 370, 40472 Duesseldorf, Germany ph/fax: 0049-211-6581306 e-mail: grotebev at rz.uni-duesseldorf.de http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/4957 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From joe at sfbooks.com Tue Jan 28 13:59:58 1997 From: joe at sfbooks.com (joe at sfbooks.com) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 07:59:58 -0600 Subject: Indic baby names with a link to SURYA Message-ID: <161227028046.23782.9941396638818274944.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Hi folks >Yes, this mail comes from the same person who is being >considered as the one who is trying to convert INDOLOGY >into a commercial place. I will respond to this topic on >a later date. Your response stole my fire, but I still want to support it. I am grateful for the bibliographies you post; they demonstrate dedication to sharing information in a major way.I have a bias here, actually. I work at a science fiction bookstore, which is where I have computer access too (hence my e-mail address), and I see no harm when I'm on rec.arts.sf.written in using, besides my own files and the references the store owns, our shelves as bibliographic resources! So far, none of your bibliographies since I joined INDOLOGY has been of direct use to me (neither on a topic of central interest to me, nor with many books in English when on topics of peripheral interest - I don't know any South Asian languages, I confess). But the day will come when I'm full of questions to this list, and I can only hope you'll be as generous then as you are now. Even though you've got a new baby! Congratulations! I won't comment on possible names, because I once had a friend named Savitri and am strongly biased. :-) Joe Bernstein who, while posting at all to this list, really ought also to mention that I will *someday* put together the time to review Prof. Kalyanaraman's paper, etc., about the Sarasvati; but I know little geology and not that much more about pre-Iron Age archaeology, so don't know what I can usefully say. From A.Raman at massey.ac.nz Mon Jan 27 23:11:07 1997 From: A.Raman at massey.ac.nz (Anand Venkt Raman) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 12:11:07 +1300 Subject: Indic baby names with a link to SURYA Message-ID: <161227028036.23782.5562475359540315148.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> It means daughter of Gargya I think. Her name is actually Vacakanavi or something in the Up, and she is called Gargi Vacakanavi. - & From A.Raman at massey.ac.nz Mon Jan 27 23:36:02 1997 From: A.Raman at massey.ac.nz (Anand Venkt Raman) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 12:36:02 +1300 Subject: Indic baby names with a link to SURYA Message-ID: <161227028037.23782.284616969994130202.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Every now and again I get caught by typing "r" to reply to the poster and instead get the entire list. Apologies for my prev post which was intended for Mr Chatterjee. - & From fo6x049 at public.uni-hamburg.de Tue Jan 28 12:49:57 1997 From: fo6x049 at public.uni-hamburg.de (Barbara Bomhoff) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 13:49:57 +0100 Subject: Indic name GArgI Message-ID: <161227028044.23782.11297783931405189724.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Sudipto Chatterjee wrote: > "sAyan" is a synonym for "sUrya". So, how about "sAyanI"or, even, "sAyanA"? > > Since we are talking about Indic names...I thought I'd ask you folks if > anyone knows the meaning of the GArgi. I know who she is in the upanishhads, > but what does the name mean? I have looked in Maneka Gandhi's: The Penguin Book of Hindu Names, Viking, New Delhi 1992. On page 128 it says: GArgI: 1) churn; a vessel for holding water. 2) a BrahmavAdinI or learned woman born in the GArga family (M.Bh.) Hope it can be of any use! Barbara From magier at columbia.edu Tue Jan 28 19:14:13 1997 From: magier at columbia.edu (David Magier) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 14:14:13 -0500 Subject: EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: LC Message-ID: <161227028047.23782.14338686824180530465.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The following event announcement is being forwarded to your mailing list or listserv from the EVENTS CALENDAR section of SARAI (South Asia Resource Access on the Internet), at the request of event organizers. Please attempt to contact Library of Congress directly for any further information. I have no further information on this event. David Magier SARAI ==================================================== AREA STUDIES COLLECTIONS and PROGRAMS FOR SCHOLARS A special program of the US Library of Congress Saturday, February 15, 1997 2:00-4:00pm Hispanic Reading Room (LJ-205) Thomas Jefferson Building Library of Congress Washington, DC In 1997, three area studies divisions of Library of Congress (Asian, European, and African and Middle Eastern) will be joining a fourth division (Hispanic) in new reading rooms in the Thomas Jefferson Building. Come and hear about plans for these remarkable collections in their resplendant new quarters. Learn about the Federal Research Division, which produces the popular "country studies" books. Get a briefing on special research opportunities at the Library of Congress and the projects of Scholars Programs. Selected items of unique interest from the area studies collections will be displayed, and informational brochures made available. From pclaus at haywire.csuhayward.edu Wed Jan 29 16:29:50 1997 From: pclaus at haywire.csuhayward.edu (Peter J. Claus) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 97 08:29:50 -0800 Subject: New Message Message-ID: <161227028059.23782.14415047315528360450.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Date: January 28, 1997 Indology List indology at Liverpool.ac.uk Dear Members, Gary Hausman wrote: " In the neighboring state of Tamilnadu, in Kanyakumari District, the Nagercoil temple is said to have snakes residing in it, which are fed with milk. I did not attempt to confirm this - but I can confirm that there are snake idols in the temple." I am not very familiar with Kerala temples, but the Naga temples in coastal Karnataka, immediately to the north, are Subramania temples. There is a complete merger of these two identities: although the temples are called Subramania temples, the representation is of a Naga. They are important temples, being the place families see as their "root", muula stana. Besides this, the countryside is dotted with naga bana, 'Naga forests', tiny plots of untouched forest (often on valuable agricultural lands) which contain naga shrines. Does anyone know how Subramaniam so thoroughly became equated with Naga? Elsewhere in South Asia is the naga so closely identified with (not only fertility, but) family origin? Peter J. Claus fax: (510) 704-9636 pclaus at csuhayward.edu From rmanring at indiana.edu Wed Jan 29 13:52:09 1997 From: rmanring at indiana.edu (Rebecca Manring) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 97 08:52:09 -0500 Subject: addresses Message-ID: <161227028054.23782.8530913851187993637.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I am looking for addresses of the following scholars who presented papers at the recent conference in Bangalore: Chandicharan Goswami (Dergaon) Parameswara Aithal (Heidelberg) Adrian Burton (Canberra) Boris Oguibenine (Strasbourg) Thank you for your help. Rebecca Manring India Studies Indiana University From WIKNER at nacdh4.nac.ac.za Wed Jan 29 07:12:46 1997 From: WIKNER at nacdh4.nac.ac.za (Charles Wikner) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 97 09:12:46 +0200 Subject: Svara for Yajurveda mantra Message-ID: <161227028051.23782.3459666261825438648.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Girish Sharma wrote: > In the Shuklayajurveda mantra 32.6, the second paada, yena sva.h ... > I found one reference with no svara for sva.h, while five others > have what appears like an anudaatta with a small vertical line on > the left side (|_____). In the Rigveda for this mantra the word > has a svarita. > > Could someone please explain the meaning of the yajurveda marking? That accent mark indicates jaatya svarita (non-Taittiriiya Yajurveda) -- see table on page 24 of ISCII (1991) standard. The word sva.h is listed with svarita in Monier-Williams' Dictionary (i.e. it should be jaatya). Regards, Charles Wikner. wikner at nacdh4.nac.ac.za From chibbard at pobox.upenn.edu Wed Jan 29 16:59:15 1997 From: chibbard at pobox.upenn.edu (Elliot Stern) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 97 11:59:15 -0500 Subject: saamaanaadhikara.nyam Message-ID: <161227028055.23782.4845022421776833484.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I hope that the message below, which I apparently sent to myself on 4 January rather than to the Indology list, is still of some interest to some members of the list, even though discussion of this thread otherwise closed in December 1996. In a contribution of 5 December 1996 John Dunne wrote: "For the purposes of this discussion, what is interesting about the above quoted statement is simply that Vaacaspati appears to presume the same type of gloss given by Kar.nakagomin, Raamaanuja, and so forth." Vyoma'siva works with a similar gloss in the kaalavaidharmyam section of Vyomavatii (ed. Gaurinath Sastri, 1.126.16-17): "atha vibhinnavi'se.sa.nanimittayorekasminnarthe v.rtte.h saamaanaadhikara.nyam, da.n.diiti pratyeye da.n.do vi'se.sa.na.m puru.sa iti". In the original saamaanaadhikara.nyam query, dated 3 December 1996, Halina Marlewicz sought a source in the Mahaabhaa.syam for the quotation "bhinnaprav.rttinimittaanaa.m 'sabdaanaa.m ekasminnarthe saamaanaadhikara.nyam". While it does not appear anywhere in that text, Kaiyya.ta reads a variant of the Kaa'sikaa definition in his comment on Mahaabhaa.syam on A.s.taadhyaayii 1.2.42 (Rohtak ed., 2.62.16.17): "bhinnaprav.rttinimittaprayuktasyaanekasya 'sabdasyaikasminnarthe v.rtti.h saamaanaadhikara.nyamucyate". Elliot M. Stern 552 South 48th St. Philadelphia, PA 19143 From MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN Wed Jan 29 07:58:10 1997 From: MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN (Dr. S. Kalyanaraman) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 97 12:58:10 +0500 Subject: Mohenjodaro was on the banks of the Sarasvati river Message-ID: <161227028049.23782.16998547591698318604.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Hi, Re: Mohenjo-daro was on the banks of the Sarasvati river Marshall's report (1931, pp.1-6) which includes a superb map, reads thus: "(Mohenjo-daro) stands on what is known locally as "The Island"-- a long, narrow strip of land between the main river bed and the Western Nara loop, its precise position being 27.19N by 68.8E, some 7 miles by road from Dokri on NW Railway, and 25 from Larkana town... Twelve centuries ago, when the Arabs first came to Sind, there were two great rivers flowing through the land: to the west, the Indus; to the east, the Great Mihran, also known as the Hakra or Wahindah. Of these two rivers the eastern one seems to have been the more important... Major Raverty, the foremost authority on the subject, concluded that at the time of the Arab invasion the main channel of the Great Mihran flowed a line roughly coincident with the existing Eastern Nara canal, which was once an important river bed (i.e. it passed close by the city of Alor...flowed...west of Umarkot, and so the Rann of Cutch (then an estuary of the sea) and by the Kori creek to the Arabian Sea. cf. Raverty, 'The Mihran of Sind and its tributaries' JASB, Vol. LXI, 1892, pp. 156-508). According to him, the terminal course of the Indus, which flows by Mohenjo-daro, was then a subsidiary branch of the Mihran, but its course was not the same as at present... the existence of two important Chalcolithic sites of Mohenjo-daro and Jhukar, the one in the near vicinity of the Indus, the other of the Western Nara loop..." Griffin Vyse (Geological notes on the river Indus, JRAS, Vol.X, 1878) recalls Pottinger's observations that Alexander the Great had also sailed to the great lake and to the sea by this 'eastern branch of the Indus'..."the eastern or greater arm of the Mikran described by Rashid-ud-deen as branching off from above Mansura to the east, to the borders of Kach, and known by the name of sindh Sagara (Elliot, vol. i, p. 49). This ancient river is also identical with the Sankra Nala which was constituted by Nadir Shah the boundary between his dominions and those of the Emperor of Delhi." It has elsewhere been concluded that the Sarasvati river had flown from the Har-ki-dun glacier (Bandarpunch massif, WGarhwal) to the Rann of Kutch through the Ghaggar-Hakra channels and flowed into the Arabian sea near Lothal (Gulf of Khambat), nourishing over 1200 ancient settlements on the banks of the river, along the edges of the Great Indian desert (combined Marusthali and Cholistan). Now it can be seen that Mohenjo-daro was also on the banks of one of the channels of Sarasvati, what is now called the Western Nara loop. With Harappa located on Ravi, accessible to Kalibangan (on the banks of the Sarasvati in Ganganagar, Rajasthan), the locus of the civilization shifts to the banks of the Sarasvati river. Regards, Dr. S. Kalyanaraman, Sarasvati Sindhu Research Centre, 19 Temple Avenue #4, Srinagar Colony Saidapet, Chennai 600015, India Tel. +91 44 2354640; Fax. 4996380 email:mdsaaa48 at giasmd01.VSNL.net.in Website:http://www.investindia.com From magier at columbia.edu Wed Jan 29 18:59:11 1997 From: magier at columbia.edu (David Magier) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 97 13:59:11 -0500 Subject: addresses Message-ID: <161227028057.23782.16555509157962375619.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> > I am looking for addresses of the following scholars who presented papers > at the recent conference in Bangalore: > > Chandicharan Goswami (Dergaon) > Parameswara Aithal (Heidelberg) > Adrian Burton (Canberra) > Boris Oguibenine (Strasbourg) Prof. Oguibenine (but not the others, as yet) is listed in the online International Directory of South Asia Scholars (accessible by web through SARAI - South Asia Resource Access on the Internet). His entry, dated Sept. 1996, contains the following contact information (aside from the description of his work). Professor Boris Oguibenine University of Strasbourg France Mailing Address: 14 rue Descartes Le Portique 67000 Strasbourg France Phone: 03-88-41-7832 FAX: 03-88-37-1593 email: oguibeni at monza.u-strasbg.fr ====== I hope this is helpful. David Magier SARAI From pmg6s at faraday.clas.virginia.edu Wed Jan 29 21:49:48 1997 From: pmg6s at faraday.clas.virginia.edu (Patricia Meredith Greer) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 97 16:49:48 -0500 Subject: book-lists Message-ID: <161227028061.23782.7112952578210499135.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> please send the lists on Eunuchs! thanks. Patricia Greer On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Surya P. Mittal wrote: > Dear INDOLOGISTS, > > On request of some researchers we had recently created lists > of books on: > 1) NYAYASUTRA and NYAYABHASYA > 2) SAIVA SIDDHANTA > 3) Studies on EUNUCHS IN INDIA > As the lists (1) and (2) above are quite long ones, I have not posted > them to LIST, though the researcher had asked so. Interested > readers are requested to send an email to me so that I may send the > same to them. > > We shall have no problem in sending the paper-version, if so > desired. > > Regards, > Yours sincerely > Surya P. Mittal > surya at pobox.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From: > D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. Fax: (+91-11) 5598898, 5558898 > A/15-17 Mohan Garden Phones: (011) 5598897, 5598899 > Najafgarh Road E-mail: dka at pobox.com > New Delhi - 110 059. E-Mail: custserv at dkagencies.com > > Our Webpage http://www.dkagencies.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > From spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Wed Jan 29 23:16:06 1997 From: spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Surya P. Mittal) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 97 18:16:06 -0500 Subject: book-lists Message-ID: <161227028052.23782.4099751452764365100.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear INDOLOGISTS, On request of some researchers we had recently created lists of books on: 1) NYAYASUTRA and NYAYABHASYA 2) SAIVA SIDDHANTA 3) Studies on EUNUCHS IN INDIA As the lists (1) and (2) above are quite long ones, I have not posted them to LIST, though the researcher had asked so. Interested readers are requested to send an email to me so that I may send the same to them. We shall have no problem in sending the paper-version, if so desired. Regards, Yours sincerely Surya P. Mittal surya at pobox.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. Fax: (+91-11) 5598898, 5558898 A/15-17 Mohan Garden Phones: (011) 5598897, 5598899 Najafgarh Road E-mail: dka at pobox.com New Delhi - 110 059. E-Mail: custserv at dkagencies.com Our Webpage http://www.dkagencies.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From asia at netway.at Thu Jan 30 00:12:54 1997 From: asia at netway.at (asia) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 00:12:54 +0000 Subject: Invitation Message-ID: <161227028062.23782.9350955053209839938.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear INDOLOGISTS to all friends of fine books about asia We invite you to visit our homepage: http://www.netway.at/sachsenmaier-verlag/ Kind regards Sachsenmaier, editor /// ----/ // /// R.H.SACHSENMAIER VERLAG asia at netway.at // / / // // / P.O.BOX 107 - A-6026 INNSBRUCK - AUSTRIA //--- / ----/ // //--- / TEL++43(0)512 278872 FAX+43(0)512 278844 _// /_ ___/ // _// /_http://www.netway.at/sachsenmaier-verlag/ From kamal at link.lanic.utexas.edu Thu Jan 30 15:36:41 1997 From: kamal at link.lanic.utexas.edu (Kamal Adhikary) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 09:36:41 -0600 Subject: Devanagari fonts for the Mac Message-ID: <161227028071.23782.9661470825854560467.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Colleagues, The recent issue (Fall 1996) of "Sagar, South Asia Graduate Research Journal" has been posted online. You can reach it at: http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/sagar/sagar.main.html Thanks. kamal _______________ Kamal R. Adhikary, Ph.D. Asian Studies,UT, Austin Email:kamal at asnic.utexas.edu >?From QE4K-MCZK at j.asahi-net.or.jp 31 1997 Jan +0900 00:10:28 Date: 31 Jan 1997 00:10:28 +0900 From: QE4K-MCZK at j.asahi-net.or.jp Subject: death in the ancient India Dear Colleagues, Prof. Yuda (Kanagawa Uni.), who is a specialist in Upanishad, Shankara and Nietze, is now writing on the problem of death in the ancient india. So he reads Vedas, Braahmana, Upanishad, Dharmashaastra, Mahaabhaarata and Paali texts. He wants to read excellent papers written in western language (English, Germany and French) on this thema. Please give me some informations on this matter. Yours sincerely, Kaie Mochizuki Rissho Uni. qe4k-mczk at asahi-net.or.jp From l.m.fosse at internet.no Thu Jan 30 09:33:56 1997 From: l.m.fosse at internet.no (Lars Martin Fosse) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 10:33:56 +0100 Subject: addresses Message-ID: <161227028066.23782.6824510472780162366.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> > >A work of K. Parameswara Aithal was published by Motilal Banarasidass >and a work of Boris Oguibenine was published by Bhandarkar Oriental >Research Institute. The respective publishers should be able to >give the desired addresses. I don't remember the exact address, but K. P. Aithal works at the Suedasien Institut in Heidelberg. The address runs something like this: Suedasien Institut der Universitaet Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld Heidelberg Germany You might give it a try. Lars Martin Fosse From spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Thu Jan 30 16:42:15 1997 From: spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Surya P. Mittal) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 11:42:15 -0500 Subject: addresses Message-ID: <161227028064.23782.6332259665545299110.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> We do not have the addresses of any of these scholars but the following information might be of some use. A work of K. Parameswara Aithal was published by Motilal Banarasidass and a work of Boris Oguibenine was published by Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. The respective publishers should be able to give the desired addresses. Regards, Surya P. Mittal surya at pobox.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. Fax: (+91-11) 5598898, 5558898 A/15-17 Mohan Garden Phones: (011) 5598897, 5598899 Najafgarh Road E-mail: dka at pobox.com New Delhi - 110 059. E-Mail: custserv at dkagencies.com Our Webpage http://www.dkagencies.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 17:23 01/29/97 GMT, you wrote: >I am looking for addresses of the following scholars who presented papers >at the recent conference in Bangalore: > >Chandicharan Goswami (Dergaon) > >Parameswara Aithal (Heidelberg) > >Adrian Burton (Canberra) > >Boris Oguibenine (Strasbourg) > >Thank you for your help. > > >Rebecca Manring >India Studies >Indiana University From g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no Thu Jan 30 13:04:49 1997 From: g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no (g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 14:04:49 +0100 Subject: addresses Message-ID: <161227028069.23782.2972197653118321545.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The address of Dr. Parameswara Aithal is: Suedasien-Institut der Universitaet Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 330 D-69120 Heidelberg Germany Best regards, Georg v.Simson From nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov Thu Jan 30 20:08:55 1997 From: nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov (nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 14:08:55 -0600 Subject: Q: Elegy Literature Message-ID: <161227028074.23782.14328983937821474978.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> 1/30/97 Q: Elegy Literature *********************** Are there any paper/books regarding elegy literature in Indic languages? What are the famous laments, mourning songs, elegies in sanskrit, tamil etc., I guess the query is appropriate on Gandhi's death anniversary, N. Ganesan nas_ng at lms420.jsc.nasa.gov From rsoneji at mb.sympatico.ca Thu Jan 30 20:39:07 1997 From: rsoneji at mb.sympatico.ca (R. Soneji) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 14:39:07 -0600 Subject: Ankalaparamecuvari Message-ID: <161227028072.23782.9144802105966614469.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Does anyone have the e-mail/mailing address of Eveline Meyer, the author of "Ankalaparamecuvari - A Goddess of Tamilnadu, Her Myths and Cult"? Thanks in Advance, Devesh Soneji University of Manitoba rsoneji at mb.sympatico.ca From vidya at cco.caltech.edu Fri Jan 31 00:46:34 1997 From: vidya at cco.caltech.edu (Vidyasankar Sundaresan) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 16:46:34 -0800 Subject: death in the ancient India Message-ID: <161227028076.23782.16083748789623732147.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> In April 1994, Prof. Lance Nelson posted the following references to INDOLOGY, re: death and dying in advaita vedanta. They should be useful. R. Balasubramanian, "The Advaita View of Death and Immortality," in Death and Immortality in the Religions of the World, ed. Paul and Linda Badham (New York: Paragon House, 1987), 121ff. Debabrata Sinha, "On Immortality and Death--Notes in a Vedantic Perspective" in Perspectives on Vedanta: Essays in Honor of Professor P. T. Raju, ed. S. S. Rama Rao Pappu (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1988), 170-181. S. Vidyasankar From spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Thu Jan 30 22:13:10 1997 From: spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Surya P. Mittal) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 17:13:10 -0500 Subject: Address Message-ID: <161227028068.23782.15596867372426768691.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Jan. 30, 1997 Dear Mr. Rebecca Manring: One of my colleagues was able to find the address : Mr. Adrian Burton AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CANBERRA ACT 0200 / Australia Sri Chandicharan Goswami DOWERAH COLLEGE Dergaon ASSAM / India Dr Boris Oguibenine Head Institute of South Asian Studies UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG II 22 rue Descartes F-67084 Strasbourg Cedex / France Mr Parameswara Aithal RUPRECHT-KARLS - UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG Grabengasse 1, Postfach 105760 D-69047 HEIDELBERG/Germany Hope these serve the purpose. Regards, Your sincerely, Surya P. Mittal surya at pobox.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: D.K. AGENCIES (P) LTD. Fax: (+91-11) 5598898, 5558898 A/15-17 Mohan Garden Phones: (011) 5598897, 5598899 Najafgarh Road E-mail: dka at pobox.com New Delhi - 110 059. E-mail: custserv at dkagencies.com Our Webpage http://www.dkagencies.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From pmg6s at faraday.clas.virginia.edu Fri Jan 31 12:38:09 1997 From: pmg6s at faraday.clas.virginia.edu (Patricia Meredith Greer) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 07:38:09 -0500 Subject: Amrtam Message-ID: <161227028092.23782.14745761143525904813.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> You would be very interested to see a new book by David G. White, _Alchemical Body_, U Chicago. He deals with the issue you mention, and much more! Patricia Greer UVA On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Dr. S. Kalyanaraman wrote: > This subject of death in ancient India, brings to mind one nagging lexical issue: > amrtam. > > amrtam has alchemical overtones; it seems to refer > to the imperishable nature of gold as the early seekers > found means to smelt rocks, extract and purify the metal. > And hence, extension of the concept of imperishability > to the body...?? > > Regards, Kalyanaraman. > > > At 12:53 AM 1/31/97 GMT, you wrote: > > > >In April 1994, Prof. Lance Nelson posted the following references to > >INDOLOGY, re: death and dying in advaita vedanta. They should be useful. > > > >R. Balasubramanian, "The Advaita View of Death and Immortality," in Death > >and Immortality in the Religions of the World, ed. Paul and Linda Badham > >(New York: Paragon House, 1987), 121ff. > > > >Debabrata Sinha, "On Immortality and Death--Notes in a Vedantic > >Perspective" in Perspectives on Vedanta: Essays in Honor of Professor P. > >T. Raju, ed. S. S. Rama Rao Pappu (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1988), 170-181. > > > >S. Vidyasankar > > > > > > > > > > From MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN Fri Jan 31 03:30:53 1997 From: MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN (Dr. S. Kalyanaraman) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 08:30:53 +0500 Subject: Amrtam Message-ID: <161227028077.23782.5503248344252653336.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> This subject of death in ancient India, brings to mind one nagging lexical issue: amrtam. amrtam has alchemical overtones; it seems to refer to the imperishable nature of gold as the early seekers found means to smelt rocks, extract and purify the metal. And hence, extension of the concept of imperishability to the body...?? Regards, Kalyanaraman. At 12:53 AM 1/31/97 GMT, you wrote: > >In April 1994, Prof. Lance Nelson posted the following references to >INDOLOGY, re: death and dying in advaita vedanta. They should be useful. > >R. Balasubramanian, "The Advaita View of Death and Immortality," in Death >and Immortality in the Religions of the World, ed. Paul and Linda Badham >(New York: Paragon House, 1987), 121ff. > >Debabrata Sinha, "On Immortality and Death--Notes in a Vedantic >Perspective" in Perspectives on Vedanta: Essays in Honor of Professor P. >T. Raju, ed. S. S. Rama Rao Pappu (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1988), 170-181. > >S. Vidyasankar > > > > From aktor at coco.ihi.ku.dk Fri Jan 31 08:21:40 1997 From: aktor at coco.ihi.ku.dk (Mikael Aktor) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 09:21:40 +0100 Subject: death in the ancient India Message-ID: <161227028082.23782.15121655578152059331.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> At 04:35 PM 1/30/97 GMT, you wrote: >Prof. Yuda (Kanagawa Uni.) ... is now writing on the problem of death in the ancient >india. ... He wants to read excellent papers written in western language (English, >Germany and French) on this thema. Please give me some informations on this matter. Klaus-Werner Mu?ller, _Das Brahmanische Totenritual nach der AntyeSTipaddhati des NaaraayaNabhaTTa_, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 1992. Best regards Mikael Aktor, Research Fellow, cand.phil. Department of History of Religions, University og Copenhagen, Njalsgade 80, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark. Phone: (45) 3532 8954 - Fax: (45) 3532 8956 - E-mail: aktor at coco.ihi.ku.dk From MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN Fri Jan 31 04:48:55 1997 From: MDSAAA48 at GIASMD01.VSNL.NET.IN (Dr. S. Kalyanaraman) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 09:48:55 +0500 Subject: address Message-ID: <161227028079.23782.16753018824127155981.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Hi, I shall be grateful if you can help with the email addresses of Prof. Asko Parpola and Michael Jansen Regards, Kalyanaraman. From APYXNCA at ccn4.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk Fri Jan 31 11:20:59 1997 From: APYXNCA at ccn4.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk (CLODOMIR B DE ANDRADE) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 11:20:59 +0000 Subject: M. DICZKOWSKI/R. TORRELA Message-ID: <161227028088.23782.2535548245344400047.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Does anybody know Profs. Mark Diczkowski and Raffaelle Torrela addresses ? Thanks, Clodomir B. de Andrade From g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no Fri Jan 31 10:26:59 1997 From: g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no (g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 11:26:59 +0100 Subject: death in the ancient India Message-ID: <161227028084.23782.14350547224612465954.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Here just one more title on the above-mentioned subject: Heinrich von Stietencron: "Vom Tod im Leben und vom Leben im Tode. Bemerkungen zur hinduistischen Auffassung von Tod", in Joh. Schwartlaender (Ed.): Der Mensch und sein Tod. Goettingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1976 (Kleine Vandenhoeck-Reihe, 1426), p. 146-161. Best regards, Georg v.Simson Professor Georg von Simson University of Oslo Department of East European and Oriental Studies Box 1030, Blindern 0315 Oslo, Norway From g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no Fri Jan 31 10:33:25 1997 From: g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no (g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 11:33:25 +0100 Subject: address Message-ID: <161227028086.23782.10680581122263345558.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Prof. Asko Parpola's e-mail address is either: "aparpola at cc.helsinki.fi" or "Asko.Parpola at Helsinki.Fi" (or both?). Best regards, Georg v.Simson Professor Georg von Simson University of Oslo Department of East European and Oriental Studies Box 1030, Blindern 0315 Oslo, Norway From gjh8 at columbia.edu Fri Jan 31 17:08:43 1997 From: gjh8 at columbia.edu (Gary J Hausman) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 12:08:43 -0500 Subject: Amrtam Message-ID: <161227028103.23782.3765578703821045741.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The relation between external alchemy (gold deposits in the earth, etc.) and internal alchemy (the alchemy of the body) is quite explicitly articulated in Chinese medicine, as well as South Indian Siddha practices. For an entire volume on this topic, see part V, of Volume 5, of Science and Civilization in China by Joseph Needham on 'Physiological Alchemy.' Joseph Needham argues that Chinese 'physiological alchemy' was deeply influenced by Indian yogic practices. Gary Hausman Columbia University On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Patricia Meredith Greer wrote: > You would be very interested to see a new book by David G. White, > _Alchemical Body_, U Chicago. He deals with the issue you mention, and > much more! > Patricia Greer > UVA > On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Dr. S. Kalyanaraman > wrote: > > > This subject of death in ancient India, brings to mind one nagging lexical issue: > > amrtam. > > > > amrtam has alchemical overtones; it seems to refer > > to the imperishable nature of gold as the early seekers > > found means to smelt rocks, extract and purify the metal. > > And hence, extension of the concept of imperishability > > to the body...?? > > > > Regards, Kalyanaraman. > > > > > > At 12:53 AM 1/31/97 GMT, you wrote: > > > > > >In April 1994, Prof. Lance Nelson posted the following references to > > >INDOLOGY, re: death and dying in advaita vedanta. They should be useful. > > > > > >R. Balasubramanian, "The Advaita View of Death and Immortality," in Death > > >and Immortality in the Religions of the World, ed. Paul and Linda Badham > > >(New York: Paragon House, 1987), 121ff. > > > > > >Debabrata Sinha, "On Immortality and Death--Notes in a Vedantic > > >Perspective" in Perspectives on Vedanta: Essays in Honor of Professor P. > > >T. Raju, ed. S. S. Rama Rao Pappu (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1988), 170-181. > > > > > >S. Vidyasankar > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no Fri Jan 31 15:14:01 1997 From: g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no (g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 16:14:01 +0100 Subject: death in the ancient India Message-ID: <161227028097.23782.14221978335109242145.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Here one more title on DEATH IN ANCIENT INDIA: Gerhard Oberhammer (Ed.): "Im Tod gewinnt der Mensch sein Selbst. Das Phaenomen des Todes in asiatischer und abendlaendischer Religionstradition", Wien, 1995 (Oesterr. Akad. d. Wiss., Phil.-hist. Kl., Sitzungsber., 624; Beitraege zur Kultur und Geistesgesch. Asiens, 14). See review by Axel Michaels in Asiatische Studien, L.3.1996: 687-691. Best regards, Georg v.Simson Professor Georg von Simson University of Oslo Department of East European and Oriental Studies Box 1030, Blindern 0315 Oslo, Norway From ucgadkw at ucl.ac.uk Fri Jan 31 16:46:14 1997 From: ucgadkw at ucl.ac.uk (Dominik Wujastyk) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 16:46:14 +0000 Subject: Amrtam Message-ID: <161227028099.23782.8695545013094792389.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Patricia Meredith Greer wrote: > You would be very interested to see a new book by David G. White, > _Alchemical Body_, U Chicago. He deals with the issue you mention, and > much more! Hear, hear. A fascinating book, dealing with much novel material, and mining many out-of-the-way texts. Recommended. Best wishes, Dominik -- Dominik Wujastyk Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine email: d.wujastyk at ucl.ac.uk 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, England FAX: 44 171 611 8545 From ucgadkw at ucl.ac.uk Fri Jan 31 17:00:56 1997 From: ucgadkw at ucl.ac.uk (Dominik Wujastyk) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 17:00:56 +0000 Subject: Chetana Bookstore (Bombay)! Message-ID: <161227028101.23782.2057532183540231624.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Kavi Arya wrote: > This is to announce a new resource for those of you interested in books from > India. Chetana, as some of you might already know, is a bookshop in Bombay > that has, for the last 50 years specialised in books on Vedanta and Indian > Philosophy. I've added Chetana to the INDOLOGY web page. Thank you for the details. Best wishes, Dominik -- Dominik Wujastyk Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine email: d.wujastyk at ucl.ac.uk 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, England FAX: 44 171 611 8545 From kavi at chetana.com Fri Jan 31 17:42:25 1997 From: kavi at chetana.com (kavi at chetana.com) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 17:42:25 +0000 Subject: Chetana Bookstore (Bombay)! Message-ID: <161227028090.23782.7960680590899046235.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Hi, This is to announce a new resource for those of you interested in books from India. Chetana, as some of you might already know, is a bookshop in Bombay that has, for the last 50 years specialised in books on Vedanta and Indian Philosophy. Now Chetana has its own website at http://www.chetana.com. Do browse our site and let us know what you think of it. Founded by S.Dikshit, himself a serious student of Vedanta, Chetana is better known the publisher of "I Am That" - the dialogues with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, a contemporary sage. 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