Gaja Sastra

[George Cardona]

A recent useful work: Mahar.si Paalakaapya's Gaja'saastram with the Sanskrit commentary Bhaavasandar'sinii of Anantak.r.s.nbha.t.taaraka with an English translation and 136 illustrations of various elephants, edited by Dr. Siddharth Yeshwant Wakankar and Vaidya Prof. V. B. Mhaiskar; Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2006.  Regards, George

-----Original Message-----
>From: Patrick Olivelle <jpo at UTS.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
>Sent: Mar 23, 2009 10:30 AM
>To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
>Subject: Gaja Sastra
>
>A colleague in Anthropology asked me about new studies or 
>translations of Gaja Sastras -- on elephants in Sanskrit. I wonder 
>whether any of you, more up to date on elephants than I am, can 
>provide some guidance. Thanks.
>
>Patrick Olivelle