Contents: Preface. I. Classical literature: 1. Ganesalahari—a rare and littleknown Stotra-work. 2. Saubhagyalahari of Sankarasomanatha—a little-known Laharikavya. 3. The Rukminisvayamvaram of Pt. Jagannatha Padesastri—a unique metrical composition. 4. The rare manuscript of Jharupandita’s commentary on the Kumarasambhavam of Kalidasa. II. Dharmasastra: 5. Utsavanirnayamanjari—a rare and unpublished work of Gangadhara, a scholar from Gujarat. 6. Contribution of Gapngadhara Pathaka—a 17 century scholar from Gujarat. 7. Addition to the Pulastyasmrtisangraha. 8. Crime and punishment in ancient India (with special reference to the Yajnavalkyasmrti). 9. Trends of assimilation and integration in ancient India-Dharmasastra tradition. 10. Relevance of Sanskrit in the 21 century (with special reference to Dharmasastra). 11. A forgotten concept of fortyeight sacraments. III. Philosophy: 12. Ramachandra Pandita’s Dasopanisadrahasya—a unique work. 13. Pathway to Nihsreyasa—Devala’s concept. 14. Sankaracarya’s preference to the reading from the Madhyandina recension. 15. Identification of some Smrti—citations from the Brahmasutrasankarabhasya. 16. Jnanamala of Nagoranarayana—a unique work of Vedanta. IV. Epics & Puranas: 17. Interpretation of the "Katu" in the Bhagavadgita. 18. Methodology and principles of the critical edition of the Valmiki-Ramayana. 19. Problems in critically editing Purana-texts. 20. Description of Rama’s life in the Visnupurana—some observations. 21. A rare manuscript of the Sanketa commentary on the Visnupurana. 22. Concept of Bhakti in the Visnupurana. 23. The little-known text of the Uttaramarkandeyapurana. 24. Sri Laksmi-legends and lores (with special reference to the Markandeyapurana). V. Technical literature: 25. Devala-citations on the topic of the agriculture.
"Aspects of Indological Studies" is in fact an outcome of incessant research endeavours of the present researcher for last more than a decade. Being associated with the world famous Oriental Institute of Baroda, there was a scope for ample research on the valuable treasure of more than 27000 Mss. He could dive deep into that ocean and find out gems in the form of little-known works based upon rare manuscripts. This incidently was a reason for most of the research papers, written by him to be found in this collection, published in several esteemed research Journals. At several occasions, he was also invited to present research papers at different seminars. He also presented papers at different regional, national and international seminars and conferences. The present book incorporates many of such research papers of diverse subjects pertaining to different sastras like Vedanta, Classical literature, Purana, Dharmasastra and Technical literature. The papers, there-fore, are classified accordingly, under different heads for the interested scholars. The researcher humbly wishes to present his research outcome, before the world of scholars, through the form of this book." (jacket)
