Bibliographic information wanted

[Rolf Koch]

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Harry Spier wrote:

> Dear list members,
>
> 1) Can someone tell me if it is still possible to purchase
> Mayrhofer's A Concise etymological Sanskrit dictionary?  The citing I have
> is "Kurzegefasstes etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindischen.  A concise
> etymological Sanskrit Dictionary.  Heidelberg, C. Winter, 1953.  I can't
> find it listed even as out-of-print.  Is C. Winter the publisher? I haven't
> been able to find anything for that either on the internet.
>
> 2)A. A. MacDonell in the introduction to his "Vedic Grammar for Student's"
> mention's his larger "Vedic Grammar".  I've always wondered why given the
> easy availability and popularity of his other books for Vedic studies (and
> the lack of other generally available english books for Vedic Sanskrit),
> that this book has not been more readily available.    I found it cited only
> 3 times in the Indology archives.  I also see from the New York Public
> Library oriental collections that it was reprinted in 1968 by Indology Book
> House of Varanasi.  Was the material in this larger grammar made redundant
> by his smaller Vedic Grammar for Students?  Is it still a sound guide for
> Vedic studies?  Also how have his other books, his students grammar and
> reader held up to the almost century of research since their publication?
>
> Yours,
>
> Harry
>
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