...Robert P. Goldman Ideology and Status of Sanskrit: Contributions to the History of the Sanskrit Language . Edited by Jan E. M. Houben . Leiden : E. J. Brill , 1996 . x, 501 pp. $158.25 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997 1126 THE JOURNAL...

...Richard Salomon Epigraphical Hybrid Sanskrit: Its Rise, Spread, Characteristics and Relationship to Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit . By Th. Damsteegt . Leiden : E. J. Brill (Orientalia Rheno-Traiectina Vol. 23), 1978 . xiv, 345 pp. Abbreviations, Notes, Index. D.Glds. 96. Copyright ©...

..., anthropologists talk about language, and classical Indologists about culture. A recent example is the concept of Sanskritization, introduced by anthropologists with obvious reference to Sanskrit, the language to which the main attention of classical Indologists has always been directed. As a student of Sanskrit...

...Royal W. Weiler A New History of Sanskrit Literature . By Krishna Chaitanya . New York : Asia Publishing House , 1962 . x , 490 . References. $10.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1963 1963 BOOK REVIEWS 147 which the report is based were carried out over...

...George Cardona Grammatical Method in Pāṇini: His Treatment of Sanskrit Present Stems . By Betty Shefts . New Haven : American Oriental Society , 1961 . x, 45 . Bibliography, (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1962 1962 BOOK REVIEWS 589 ness," explains...

...M. B. Emeneau The Indian Heritage: An Anthology of Sanskrit Literature . Selected and translated by V. Raghavan . Bangalore : Indian Institute of Culture , 1956 . lxxv, 447 . $5.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1958 1958 BOOK REVIEWS 349 The Indian Heritage...

...Gordon H. Fairbanks Elementarbuch der Sanskrit-Sprache . By Adolf Friedrich Stenzler . Berlin : Alfred Topelmann , 1960 , vi, 140 . Appendices, Vocabulary. 14th edition . Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1961 1961 BOOK REVIEWS 413 to get a taste of the style...

..., the comprehensiveness of the work indicates that the author has steeped himself in Gandhian literature, and the book provides a concise, carefully organized summary of Gandhian political thought. BLAIR B. KLING University of Illinois Vidyakara's "Subhasitaratnakosa." An Anthology of Sanskrit Court Poetry. Translated...

... spokesmen put up a not altogether convincing defense against the Conservative criticism that the Colonial Office's policy was "vacillating, complacent and unrealistic." University of Minnesota LENNOX A. MILLS The Satapancasatka of Matrce(a: Sanskrit Text, Tibetan translation and commentary, and Chinese...

... or outraged, from Dravidianists. JAMES M. LINDHOLM University of Chicago University of Chicago DONALD NELSON The Relation between Tamil and Classical Sanskrit Literature. BY GEORGE LU- Bengali Literature. BY DUSAN ZBAVITEL. ZERNE HART. Wiesbaden: Otto Harras- Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz (A History sowitz...

...Rosane Rocher Sanskrit Studies of M. B. Emeneau: Selected Papers . Edited by B. A. van Nooten . Occasional Paper 13. Berkeley : University of California, Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies , 1988 . x, 213 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1990 1990...

...Robert A. Hueckstedt Poétique du théâtre indien: Lectures du Nāṭyaśāstra . By Lyne Bansat-Boudon . Publications de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient, Vol. 169. Paris : École française d'Extrême-Orient , 1992 . 521 pp. £42.72 (paper). Sanskrit Play Production in Ancient India...

...Guy Richard Welbon A Concise Elementary Grammar of the Sanskrit Language . By Jan Gonda . Translated by Gordon B. Ford Jr. , University, Alabama : University of Alabama Press , 1966 . viii, 152 pp. Glossary. $5.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1969 1969...

...Martha Ann Selby Sanskrit Criticism . By V. K. Chari . Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1990 . xiv, 302 pp. $35.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1994 1994 1288 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES a fine translation of a commentary by the guru-scholar...

...Wayne Howard Saṅgīta-Ratnākara of Śārṅgadeva: Sanskrit Text and English Translation with Comments and Notes. Vol. 1: Treatment of Svara . Translated by R. K. Shringy . Supervised by Prem Lata Sharma . Delhi-Varanasi-Patna : Motilal Banarsidass , 1978 . 1, 450 pp. Tables, Appendixes...

...Kenneth E. Bryant Classical Hindu Mythology: A Reader in the Sanskrit Purānas . Edited and translated by Cornelia Dimmitt and J. A. B. van Buitenen . Philadelphia : Temple University Press , 1978 . xiii, 373 pp. Glossary, Notes on Sources, Index. $17.50 (cloth); $9.95 (paper...

...Richard A. Williams Sanskrit Love Poetry . Translated by W. S. Merwin and J. Moussaieff Masson . Introduction by J. Moussaieff Masson . New York : Columbia University Press , 1977 . xii, 204 pp. Notes to Introduction, Bibliography, Index of Texts. $15.00. Copyright ©...

...Kathryn Hansen Sanskrit Drama in Performance . Edited by Rachel Van M. Baumer and James R. Brandon . Honolulu : The University Press of Hawaii , 1981 . xiv , 318 pp. Photographs, Notes, Glossary, Index. N.p. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1982 1982 BOOK REVIEWS...

...Walter G. Neevel, Jr. 840 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES The Smith Agama Collection: Sanskrit Books and Manuscripts Relating to Pancaratra Studies: A Descriptive Catalog. By H. DANIEL SMITH. Foreword by Agehananda Bharati. Syracuse, N.Y.: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (Foreign...

...Barbara Stoler Miller Sanskrit and Indian Studies: Essays in Honour of Daniel H. H. Ingalls . Edited by M. Nagatomi , B. K. Matilal , J. M. Masson , and E. C. Dimock Jr . Dordrecht : D. Reidel , 1980 . xi, 260 pp. Bibliography of the Works of Professor Daniel H. H. Ingalls, Index...