From gthomgt at ADELPHIA.NET Wed Aug 2 02:09:52 2006 From: gthomgt at ADELPHIA.NET (george thompson) Date: Tue, 01 Aug 06 22:09:52 -0400 Subject: Le d=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E9sid=E9ratif_en_v=E9dique:?= Heenen In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227078193.23782.4525099042759436703.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> From the Linguist List, A book of interest to Vedicists: George Thompson -------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:31:07 From: Eric van Broekhuizen < E.van.Broekhuizen at rodopi.nl > Subject: Le d?sid?ratif en v?dique: Heenen Title: Le d?sid?ratif en v?dique Series Title: Leiden Studies in Indo-European Vol. 13 Publication Year: 2006 Publisher: Rodopi http://www.rodopi.nl/ Book URL: http://www.rodopi.nl/senj.asp?BookId=Leiden+13 Author: Fran?ois Heenen Hardback: ISBN: 9042020911 Pages: 267 Price: Europe EURO 58.00 Abstract: Il s'agit de la premi?re ?tude compl?te sur le d?sid?ratif v?dique, bas?e sur une collection exhaustive des exemples attest?s du Rigveda aux anciens ?rautas?tras. Toutes les variations morpho-phonologiques des th?mes sont discut?es en d?tail. Une analyse s?mantique sous un angle nouveau laisse clairement appara?tre les affinit?s avec le futur et le prospectif, et tente ?galement d'expliquer la valeur individuelle des deux constituants principaux, le redoublement et le suffixe -sa-. La partie monographique comporte l'inventaire complet des attestations avec tous les commentaires n?cessaires sur les formes incertaines, sur les amendements, et sur les particularit?s morphologiques ou s?mantiques de chaque th?me. Plus de 400 passages de toutes les p?riodes litt?raires du v?dique sont cit?s et interpr?t?s. Cet ouvrage est aussi bien destin? aux indologues qu'aux linguistes, qu'ils soient int?ress?s par la reconstruction du syst?me verbal indo-europ?en, ou intrigu?s par une cat?gorie verbale typologiquement rare. This is the first comprehensive research on the vedic desiderative, based on the entire collection of the examples from the Rigveda to the ?rautas?tras. Every morpho-phonological variation in the formation of the stems is described and discussed in detail. Through a new approach, the semantic analysis reveals clear link with the future and the prospective, and tries also to explain the value of the main two components: the reduplication and the suffix -sa-. The monography contains the complete inventory of the attestations along with commentaries on uncertain, or amendated forms, on morphological or semantical particularities of each stem. More than 400 examples are quoted and interpreted. The book is aimed at indologists as well as linguists, whether interested in the reconstruction of the indo-european verbal system or wish to know more about a typologically rare verbal category. From ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK Mon Aug 7 12:42:12 2006 From: ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK (Dominik Wujastyk) Date: Mon, 07 Aug 06 13:42:12 +0100 Subject: New address for bombay.oriental, John Smith's website. Message-ID: <161227078196.23782.7485549057069158192.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> ---------------------------------- x forwarded message x --------- Change of URL ============= John Smith's website, which houses the electronic Mahabharata and a collection of specialist software and fonts, has moved from its former URL (http://bombay.oriental.cam.ac.uk). It now occupies a subdomain of the Indology site: http://bombay.indology.info Please update your bookmarks and any links you may have to the old site. The site contains new Unicode Devanagari fonts and substantially improved Unicode Roman fonts. -- Dr J. D. Smith * jds10 at cam.ac.uk Faculty of Oriental Studies * http://bombay.indology.info Sidgwick Avenue * Tel. +44 1223 335140 Cambridge CB3 9DA * Fax +44 1223 335110 From pathompongb at YAHOO.COM Tue Aug 8 13:24:00 2006 From: pathompongb at YAHOO.COM (Pathompong Bodhiprasiddhinand) Date: Tue, 08 Aug 06 06:24:00 -0700 Subject: Looking for a new lecturer In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227078197.23782.9821528797912320129.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear all, The Department of Humanities at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand is seeking a full-time lecturer in Buddhism and/ or Hinduism for its MA programme in Comparative Religion and its forthcoming PhD programme in Buddhist Studies, ideally to start in October/November 2006. Please contact Dr Justin Meiland at frjom at mahidol.ac.th for further information. Best wishes, Pathompong Bodhiprasiddhinand Mahidol University, Thailand __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From silk at HUMNET.UCLA.EDU Wed Aug 9 06:40:03 2006 From: silk at HUMNET.UCLA.EDU (Jonathan Silk) Date: Tue, 08 Aug 06 23:40:03 -0700 Subject: Name of Tibet Message-ID: <161227078200.23782.9232272595111895800.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> My friend Dan Martin has asked me to refer the following to the worthies--I quote his email as he sent it to me: In reading the latest incarnation of the Wiki entry for Tibet, I found the statement "The Sanskrit name for Tibet is Trivishtap." This was news to me. So I Schmoogled all over the web and found the same statement repeated over and over again. So I decided it must be true, even though Bho.ta or Bho.t?nta or Bho.tade'sa are the only Sanskrit names for Tibet I've ever known (some form of Bho.ta is used until today). The Wiki entry doesn't mention Bho.ta even once. The dictionaries give Trivi.s.tapa as meaning n. of a lingam, three staves of a parivr?jaka, Indra's heaven, etc. but don't mention Tibet. I know Agehananda Bharati wrote something called "References to Tibet in Medieval Indian Literary Documents," Tibet Society Bulletin, vol. 3 (1969). But I don't seem to have that issue handy. Maybe this is the kind of question that could be thrown out to the big group of Indologists. -- Jonathan Silk Department of Asian Languages & Cultures Center for Buddhist Studies UCLA 290 Royce Hall Box 951540 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1540 phone: (310) 206-8235 fax: (310) 825-8808 silk (at) humnet.ucla.edu From baums at U.WASHINGTON.EDU Wed Aug 9 07:03:37 2006 From: baums at U.WASHINGTON.EDU (Stefan Baums) Date: Wed, 09 Aug 06 00:03:37 -0700 Subject: Name of Tibet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227078202.23782.964309478726191777.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Andr?s R?na-Tas discusses the name ?Tibet? in his Wiener Vorlesungen zur Sprach? und Kulturgeschichte Tibets. Wien: Arbeitskreis f?r tibetische und buddhistische Studien, 1985. (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, Heft 13.) If memory serves right, he mostly refers to Turkic and other Central Asian sources, but you may be lucky and find something about Sanskrit connections as well. Best regards, Stefan Baums -- Stefan Baums Asian Languages and Literature University of Washington From mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU Wed Aug 9 08:23:54 2006 From: mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU (Matthew Kapstein) Date: Wed, 09 Aug 06 03:23:54 -0500 Subject: Name of Tibet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227078204.23782.14097993958468823934.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I regret if this seems cynical, but the notion that Trivi.s.tapa = Tibet smells to me like another revisionist effort to rationalize India's mythological past in pseudo-historical terms. Recently a nephew, visiting Paris, wanted to see the film "Mystic India" showing in the Geode (Imax) film center here, and I innocently obliged. I was astounded to find a public, scientific venue, showing what turned out to be a (generally mild and inoffensive) Hindu sectarian film (produced by the Gujerat-based NGO BAPS Care International) that included such claims as "archaeology shows Indian civilization beginning more that 8000 years ago, prior to either Mesopotamia or Egypt" and, of course, the now standard praises of the "democratic" civilization of the Veda. (I hasten to add that I know very little of BAPS and what I have so far discovered suggests that it is a fairly liberal service organization, devoted to good works in education and health-care. My reservations about aspects of the film are in no intended as a global judgement on BAPS or its projects.) Although this has no direct connection with Dan and Jonathan's query about Tibet, the sad fact appears to be that revision of Indian history is being pursued aggressively on all possible fronts, and that even apparently trivial matters now require vigilant assessment. Happy fact checking! Matthew Kapstein From jkirk at SPRO.NET Wed Aug 9 13:26:03 2006 From: jkirk at SPRO.NET (jkirk) Date: Wed, 09 Aug 06 07:26:03 -0600 Subject: Name of Tibet Message-ID: <161227078208.23782.17786595775721808825.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> It might be worthwhile to contact BAPS International there and ask them how they acquired the film. I suspect it was distributed by one of the main Hindutva organizations that now have international presence. Joanna Kirkpatrick ===================================== (I hasten to add that I know very little > of BAPS and what I have so far discovered suggests that > it is a fairly liberal service organization, devoted to > good works in education and health-care. My reservations > about aspects of the film are in no intended as a global judgement on > BAPS or its projects.) > > Although this has no direct connection with > Dan and Jonathan's query about Tibet, > the sad fact appears to be that revision of Indian > history is being pursued aggressively on all possible > fronts, and that even apparently trivial matters now > require vigilant assessment. > > Happy fact checking! > > Matthew Kapstein > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/413 - Release Date: 8/8/2006 > > From mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU Wed Aug 9 15:13:05 2006 From: mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU (Matthew Kapstein) Date: Wed, 09 Aug 06 10:13:05 -0500 Subject: Name of Tibet In-Reply-To: <003301c6bbb7$5d343670$2930cece@charlie> Message-ID: <161227078210.23782.5974293180148048418.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> To respond to Joanna's query: BAPS produced the film -- they did not acquire it. It was showing for a month at the Geode of the Cite des Sciences in Paris. Matthew Kapstein From huntington.2 at OSU.EDU Wed Aug 9 15:29:14 2006 From: huntington.2 at OSU.EDU (John C. Huntington) Date: Wed, 09 Aug 06 11:29:14 -0400 Subject: Name of Tibet (Mahacina) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227078212.23782.14325153974054573602.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> John C. Huntington, Professor (Buddhist Art and Methodologies) Department of the History of Art The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, U.S.A. On Tucci's identification of Mahacina as Tibet: At least the 12th Buddhists of eastern India and Nepal understood that Mahacina was China, there is a depiction of Mahaacina Ma?jugho.sa in Cambridge 1643, which while Newar demonstrates a vast knowledge of the shrines and major images of north and eastern India. It was originally published by Alfred Foucher about 1920 burt I do not have the complete reference here (at home). Accordingly, I conclude that the story of Manjushri residing at Wutai Shan was known by this time. the name Mahacina Manjusri also occurs in the Svyambhupurana and his vast journey from China is still reenacted by the oiling of images of the Manjusri Pada (to comfort him after his long journey) to the present day. All the best John > > By the way, there is a Hindu Tantric work called Mahacinacaratantra > expounding the Mahacinacara or Mahacinakrama. It was Giuseppe > Tucci, if I remember right, who was of the opinion that the > geographical setting of Mahacina is Tibet and not China. So, this > would add another word for Tibet if the identification is correct. > > Hope it helps > > Peter Wyzlic > > -- > Indologisches Seminar der > Universit?t Bonn > Regina-Pacis-Weg 7 > D-53113 Bonn > Deutschland / Germany From pwyzlic at UNI-BONN.DE Wed Aug 9 11:08:43 2006 From: pwyzlic at UNI-BONN.DE (Peter Wyzlic) Date: Wed, 09 Aug 06 13:08:43 +0200 Subject: Name of Tibet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227078206.23782.2421942520730024184.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 23:40:03 -0700 Jonathan Silk wrote: > In reading the latest incarnation of the Wiki entry for Tibet, I > found the statement "The Sanskrit >name for Tibet is Trivishtap." This was news to me. So I Schmoogled >all over the web and found the same statement repeated over and over >again. So I decided it must be true, even though Bho.ta or Bho.t?nta >or Bho.tade'sa are the only Sanskrit names for Tibet I've ever known >(some form of Bho.ta is used until today). The Wiki entry doesn't >mention Bho.ta even once. The dictionaries give Trivi.s.tapa as >meaning n. of a lingam, three staves of a parivr?jaka, Indra's >heaven, etc. but don't mention Tibet. The work of Andr?s R?na-T?s: "Wiener Vorlesungen zur Sprach- und Kulturgeschichte Tibets" has already been mentioned. It contains in the first chapter ("Die Benennungen Tibets", p. 23-91) ample evidences for the designations of Tibet and the Tibetans according to Chinese, Iranian, Arabic, Turkish, European etc. sources. But so far I can see, R?na-T?s has left out the Indic words for Tibet. An classic article on the word "Tibet" was read by the French scholar L?on Feer at the 7th Orientalist Conference in Vienna (1886): - Feer, L?on: ?tymologie, histoire, orthographe du mot Tibet. In: Verhandlungen des VII. internationalen Orientalisten-Congresses gehalten in Wien im Jahre 1886. Hochasiatische und malayo-polynesische Section. - Wien : H?lder, 1889, p. 63-81 A more recent article appeared in the felicitation volume for Geza Uray: - Bazin, Louis et Hamilton, James: L'Origine du nom Tibet. In: Tibetan history and language : studies dedicated to Uray G?za on his seventieth birthday / hrsg. von E. Steinkellner. - Wien : Arbeitskreis f?r tibetische und buddhistische Studien, 1991, p. 9-28 But again, the focus is not on the Indic designations for Tibet. Bazin and Hamilton are more interested in the Tibetan etymology and the Central Asiatic evidences in Turkish, Sogdian etc. By the way, there is a Hindu Tantric work called Mahacinacaratantra expounding the Mahacinacara or Mahacinakrama. It was Giuseppe Tucci, if I remember right, who was of the opinion that the geographical setting of Mahacina is Tibet and not China. So, this would add another word for Tibet if the identification is correct. Hope it helps Peter Wyzlic -- Indologisches Seminar der Universit?t Bonn Regina-Pacis-Weg 7 D-53113 Bonn Deutschland / Germany From newman at NCF.EDU Thu Aug 10 17:28:57 2006 From: newman at NCF.EDU (John Newman) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 06 18:28:57 +0100 Subject: Name of Tibet Message-ID: <161227078214.23782.16671535898578150368.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The _Vimalaprabhaa_ (early 11th cent.) commentary on the Kaalacakra tantra refers to Tibet in a list of countries: ...bo.ta lii ca ciinaadide'sesu...sambhalavi.sayaantam... (sic. best MS). (_lii_ appears to be a transcription of the Tibetan name _li_ for Khotan.) See John Newman, "It1neraries to Sambhala" in Jose Cabezon and Roger Jackson (eds.), _Tibetan Literature_ (Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 1996) p. 494, n. 9 & 10. It is likely that the author of the _Vimalaprabhaa_ had contact with Tibetans. From Palaniappa at AOL.COM Fri Aug 11 02:56:28 2006 From: Palaniappa at AOL.COM (Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 06 22:56:28 -0400 Subject: Kamakayana gotra Message-ID: <161227078216.23782.17639779200321194867.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear scholars, There is a Classical Tamil poet whose name appears in many manuscripts as Kaamakka.n.ni. A modern commentator, Auvai Turaicaamip Pi.l.lai has corrected this name into Kaamakkaa.ni and explained this as referring to a person who has performed a kaamya sacrifice and received a land grant called kaa.ni in Tamil. Some scholars have accepted this correction. For instance, George Hart has followed Pi.l.lai in giving the name of the author of a poem in "The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom" (p. 163) as Kaamakkaa.ni. However, my analysis of Tamil inscriptions suggests that Kaamakkaa.ni is the Tamil rendition of the Sanskrit gotra name Kaamakaayana and has nothing to do with any land grant. We have a parallel in a gotra name rendered in Tamil as Paataa.ni which seems to represent Sanskrit Bhaadraayana gotra. I would appreciate any information on variants of the gotra names Kaamakaayana and Bhaadraayana attested in other texts or inscriptions. Thanks in advance. Regards, S. Palaniappan From svetlan at BROENDBYBREDBAAND.DK Fri Aug 11 09:50:58 2006 From: svetlan at BROENDBYBREDBAAND.DK (Svetlana Sotskova) Date: Fri, 11 Aug 06 11:50:58 +0200 Subject: Zriikaanta Mizra Message-ID: <161227078218.23782.12571054788567251530.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Colleagues, Can anybody help me to find any information about Giitagovinda's commentator Zriikaanta Mizra, whose commentary Padabhaavaarthacandrikaa resembles a lot another commentary on Giitagovinda: Rasama?jarii by Za^nkara Mizra? Thanks, Svetlana Sotskova From ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK Fri Aug 11 12:18:14 2006 From: ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK (Dominik Wujastyk) Date: Fri, 11 Aug 06 13:18:14 +0100 Subject: Job advertisements in Sanskrit at U. Penn Message-ID: <161227078220.23782.3308827177773641261.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> --- Forwarded message --- University of Pennsylvania: Sanskrit studies Standing Faculty: The Department of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for an open-rank tenured or tenure-track post in Sanskritic intellectual, literary and/or cultural history. Qualified candidates will have expert knowledge of Sanskrit and its literature. Demonstrable excellence in undergraduate teaching is essential. In addition, the successful candidate must be able to supervise graduate students doing original work in Sanskrit in its multiple contexts. Applications will be reviewed starting October 9th, 2006. Complete dossiers, including a cover letter, an updated curriculum vitae, sample publications, syllabi, and a statement of research interests should be sent to the address below: Dr. Aditya Behl, Chair, Department of South Asia Studies, 820 Williams Hall, 255 South 36th Street, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 Candidates at the tenure-track level should also arrange for three confidential letters of reference to be sent to the above address. Senior candidates should not send reference letters at this point. The University of Pennsylvania is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. Lecturer: The Department of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a renewable two-year lecturership in Sanskrit. Duties will include teaching classical Sanskrit at the beginning and intermediate levels. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to teach courses in advanced Sanskrit and/or general courses in his/her area of interest. The teaching load is three courses per semester. Applications will be reviewed starting October 9th, 2006. Complete dossiers, including a cover letter, an updated curriculum vitae, syllabi, and a statement of teaching methods should be sent to the address below: Dr. Aditya Behl, Chair, Department of South Asia Studies, 820 Williams Hall, 255 South 36th Street, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 Candidates should also arrange for three confidential letters of reference to be sent to the above address. The University of Pennsylvania is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. From athr at LOC.GOV Mon Aug 14 18:42:07 2006 From: athr at LOC.GOV (Allen W Thrasher) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 06 14:42:07 -0400 Subject: OCLC/WorldCat online for free Message-ID: <161227078224.23782.17272654041589039894.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The gigantic online database OCLC's search interface WorldCat is now available online free at < http://www.worldcat.org >. It is an online union catalog of thousands of research libraries in North America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and elsewhere. Academics probably have access to it through their institution, but this version is available to everyone. This version allows a limit command to find the copies nearest to oneself. See also a news release about it at < http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200632.htm >. Another pertinent news release is at < http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200625.htm >, which tells of the agreement between OCLC and RLG/RLIN, the other great online union catalog, to merge with each other. Allen Thrasher Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D., Senior Reference Librarian South Asia Team, Asian Division Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150 101 Independence Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20540-4810 tel. 202-707-3732; fax 202-707-1724; athr at loc.gov The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress. From jkirk at SPRO.NET Mon Aug 14 21:53:12 2006 From: jkirk at SPRO.NET (jkirk) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 06 15:53:12 -0600 Subject: OCLC/WorldCat online for free Message-ID: <161227078226.23782.13445275108076247579.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> What I'd like to know, and please pardon me if I should know but don't: is there any online library database that lists the titles of book chapters and of titles & authors in anthologies? Joanna Kirkpatrick ========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen W Thrasher" To: Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 12:42 PM Subject: OCLC/WorldCat online for free The gigantic online database OCLC's search interface WorldCat is now available online free at < http://www.worldcat.org >. It is an online union catalog of thousands of research libraries in North America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and elsewhere. Academics probably have access to it through their institution, but this version is available to everyone. This version allows a limit command to find the copies nearest to oneself. See also a news release about it at < http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200632.htm >. Another pertinent news release is at < http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200625.htm >, which tells of the agreement between OCLC and RLG/RLIN, the other great online union catalog, to merge with each other. Allen Thrasher Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D., Senior Reference Librarian South Asia Team, Asian Division Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150 101 Independence Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20540-4810 tel. 202-707-3732; fax 202-707-1724; athr at loc.gov The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.10/418 - Release Date: 8/14/2006 From ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK Mon Aug 14 15:18:52 2006 From: ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK (Dominik Wujastyk) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 06 16:18:52 +0100 Subject: Sanskrit instructor needed at Rutgers (fwd) Message-ID: <161227078222.23782.8265119291086168502.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sumit Guha Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:01:56 -0400 Subject: Re: Sanskrit instructor needed at Rutgers ********************************************************************* Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a part-time Sanskrit instructor to teach two semesters of introductory Sanskrit on its New Brunswick campus. The class meets for 80 minutes, two afternoons a week. It is currently fully enrolled at 22 students. For further details, please contact Sumit Guha, Director of the South Asian Studies program by email: ******************************************************************** From athr at LOC.GOV Mon Aug 14 22:29:24 2006 From: athr at LOC.GOV (Allen W Thrasher) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 06 18:29:24 -0400 Subject: OCLC/WorldCat online for free Message-ID: <161227078231.23782.14022278637709409937.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> A lot of university libraries are scanning many tables of contents, which would pull in a lot of what you want. I don't think anyone is doing it in a consolidated database, though. My institution now often has a link to online tables of contents provided by the publisher, as well as to the publisher's biographical sketch of the author. Allen >>> jkirk at SPRO.NET 08/14/06 5:53 PM >>> What I'd like to know, and please pardon me if I should know but don't: is there any online library database that lists the titles of book chapters and of titles & authors in anthologies? Joanna Kirkpatrick From r.mahoney at ICONZ.CO.NZ Mon Aug 14 22:20:24 2006 From: r.mahoney at ICONZ.CO.NZ (Richard Mahoney) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 06 10:20:24 +1200 Subject: OCLC/WorldCat online for free In-Reply-To: <004601c6bfec$0a6758d0$2930cece@charlie> Message-ID: <161227078229.23782.18281465210727439602.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Joanna, On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 09:53, jkirk wrote: > What I'd like to know, and please pardon me if I should know but don't: > is there any online library database that lists the titles of book chapters > and of titles & authors in anthologies? > Joanna Kirkpatrick At the risk of wee pennant waving ... this information can often be found for more recent publications by following the LoC ToC URL at the bottom of a Catalogus return. See, for e.g., the Colombia return at: http://tinyurl.com/mwolw The ToC field is found in the USMARC records of many of the Institutions on the States page at: http://indica-et-buddhica.org/catalogus/us.shtml Best, Richard -- Richard MAHONEY | internet: http://indica-et-buddhica.org/ Littledene | telephone/telefax (man.): +64 3 312 1699 Bay Road | cellular: +64 27 482 9986 OXFORD, NZ | email: r.mahoney at indica-et-buddhica.org ----------------------------------------------------------- IeB Philologica: http://indica-et-buddhica.org/philologica/ From magier at COLUMBIA.EDU Tue Aug 15 15:55:09 2006 From: magier at COLUMBIA.EDU (David Magier) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 06 11:55:09 -0400 Subject: article-level indexes for indology Message-ID: <161227078235.23782.15492725378110289741.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Colleagues, In response to Joanna Kirkpatrick's query (and useful responses from Richard Mahoney, Allen Thrasher, and Dominik Wijastyk), one of the best sources for article-level information on chapters and articles in edited volumes, collected works and anthologies on South Asia would be the online Bibliography of Asian Studies. I have noticed that many of the scanned ToC's that Library of Congress and other libraries add to their online catalog records are often not keyword-searchable, and, worse, they lack the page numbers of the articles and chapters. (Looks like the same is true of the indologica.blogg.de that Dominik mentions below). But the BAS includes pagination, as well as all the other relevant information one would need to request a particular article or chapter on interlibrary loan. Nowadays, at least in the US, most such transactions among research libraries are fulfilled within a few days, usually by electronic document delivery. (That is, the reader requests the item online IF s/he has the full citation, as from the BAS, and then the request is transmitted to a holding library, which scans the particular pages requested and emails them to the patron or presents them online via a secure server). But such requests are not really possible if you don't have the page numbers for the desired article. So the LC and other library table of contents records are good for browsing around a given book if you already know what you are looking for. But as a bibliographic discovery tool, the BAS is better as a searchable INDEX (complete with multiple subject headings, keywords, annotations, title translations, etc.) of tens of thousands of articles from festschrifts, collected works, edited volumes, conference proceedings, etc. Bibliography of Asian Studies is published online by the Association for Asian Studies, at . Of course, it is not free, but I have found that most research libraries and universities maintain the inexpensive institutional subscriptions on behalf of their scholars and students. Another nice feature is that the full-time BAS Associate Editor for South Asia [full disclosure: she's my wife!], herself a scholar of South Indian economic history, takes direct suggestions from the community about items to be included in the index for Indology and all fields of study related to South Asia. She is Aruna P. Magier . Best, David Magier Editor of SARAI and South Asia Librarian Columbia University Libraries --On Tuesday, August 15, 2006 3:39 PM +0100 Dominik Wujastyk wrote: > http://indologica.blogg.de/ > > does what you want. It is a very fine resource. It is not a global > catalogue, but an indology-oriented list of recent works, done by one > person at about the rate of a departmental library's accessions' list. > > Best, > Dominik > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, jkirk wrote: > >> What I'd like to know, and please pardon me if I should know but don't: >> is there any online library database that lists the titles of book >> chapters and of titles & authors in anthologies? >> Joanna Kirkpatrick From ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK Tue Aug 15 14:39:45 2006 From: ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK (Dominik Wujastyk) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 06 15:39:45 +0100 Subject: OCLC/WorldCat online for free In-Reply-To: <004601c6bfec$0a6758d0$2930cece@charlie> Message-ID: <161227078233.23782.8856851718957497890.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> http://indologica.blogg.de/ does what you want. It is a very fine resource. It is not a global catalogue, but an indology-oriented list of recent works, done by one person at about the rate of a departmental library's accessions' list. Best, Dominik On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, jkirk wrote: > What I'd like to know, and please pardon me if I should know but don't: > is there any online library database that lists the titles of book chapters > and of titles & authors in anthologies? > Joanna Kirkpatrick From athr at LOC.GOV Wed Aug 16 13:05:55 2006 From: athr at LOC.GOV (Allen W Thrasher) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 06 09:05:55 -0400 Subject: a new Sandesa Message-ID: <161227078238.23782.718545427948695790.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I came across a new sandesa title today, the Iksu Sandesa or Sugarcane Herald. Unfortunately it is in Hindi not Sanskrit and is in prose, not verse. Actually, it is the organ of the Indian Central Sugarcane Committee, so the world of humane letters will not be enriched by it, alas. Perhaps the ICSC could appoint a poet laureate to write such a lyric. LC Control No.: sa 64000529 Type of Material: Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, etc.) Main Title: Sugarcane heald. Published/Created: [New Delhi, Indian Central Sugarcane Committee] [n.d.] Related Titles: Ikshu sandes?a. LC Classification: SB229.I4 S8 (Orien Hind) Allen Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D., Senior Reference Librarian South Asia Team, Asian Division Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150 101 Independence Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20540-4810 tel. 202-707-3732; fax 202-707-1724; athr at loc.gov The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress. From ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK Fri Aug 18 16:42:50 2006 From: ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK (Dominik Wujastyk) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 06 17:42:50 +0100 Subject: online library catalogues in Cambridge, UK Message-ID: <161227078240.23782.3149950457282826972.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> A new single online "Universal" catalogue is being introduced in Cambridge, http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Catalogues/UC_introd.htm to provide a single finding aid for the various college and departmental catalogues that had to be searched separately formerly. Many of us probably prefer to use COPAC, the union catalogue of the UK, in any case as a first point of reference. http://copac.ac.uk Dominik From birgit.kellner at UNIVIE.AC.AT Wed Aug 23 07:06:35 2006 From: birgit.kellner at UNIVIE.AC.AT (Birgit Kellner) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 06 09:06:35 +0200 Subject: Position available: Hindi lecturer at the University of Leipzig Message-ID: <161227078243.23782.7644237284784067146.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The University of Leipzig, the Faculty of Histroy, Fine Arts and Oriental Studies invites applications for the position of Language Instructor in Hindi, effective 1.4.2007. Candidate must be a native speaker of, or have absolute fluency in Hindi, and must have didactic abilities to teach the language at both beginner and advanced levels. The succesful candidate will be rquired to teach 16 hours per week, 30 weeks per year ; no further administrative or other duties are required. Initial contract for two years. 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Application Deadline November 1, 2006 ------------------- Shayne Clarke Department of Religious Studies McMaster University University Hall, Room 104 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1 CANADA Phone: 905 525 9140, ext. 23389 Fax: 905 525 8161 clarsha[at]mcmaster.ca