Contents: Editorial. 1. Psychological Suktas of the Veda: a profile/Radhamadhab Dash. 2. Vedic Society: a critical estimate/Krutibas Rath. 3. Atharvavedic 'Harmony' and modern India/Gauri Mahulikar. 4. Concept of Kalasa in Vedic Literature/Sukumar Chattopadhyay. 5. Reflection of Vedas in the Mahabharata/Narsingha Chandra Panda. 6. The sources of Indian Law/V.K. Hampiholi. 7. Punishments and penalties in Smrtis/M.L. Wadekar. 8. Literary elements in the Smrtis/Dipak Kumar Sharma. 9. Dowry system as reflected in Dharmasastras/Ambika K.G. 10. Studies of Dharmasastra in the 20 Century/S.G. Moghe. 11. Teaching of six systems of philosophy in the Ramayana/Subhash Chandra Dash. 12. Mahabharata and Kautilya's Arthasastra: some remarks on political aspects/P.V. Narayanan. 13. Concept of Tirtha in the Matsya-Purana/Pranati Ghosal. 14. Karma and Moksa in Hinduism and Buddhism/S.K. Lal. 15. Writing of biographies in ancient and early medieval India/Shankar Goyal. 16. Bhartrhari on import of word/Raghbir Singh. 17. Is doubt a devil?/Raghunatha Ghosh. 18. The verse 'Savita' etc. in the Kavyaprakasa--a clear case of irregular priority/K.V. Venkateswara Rao. 19. Svara and Slesa: a study in contrast/Gayatr Ganeshan. 20. New vista in erotics/Gopal Krishna Dash and Kadambini Dash. 21. Observations on Alamkaramandana/Satyavrat Varma. 22. Contribution of Sanskrit to world civilization/S. Jena. 23. Jaina contribution to Indian mathematics/N.K. Sundareswaran. 24. Problems and prospects of Sanskrit Studies/Sweta Prajapati. 25. Research methodology--an introduction/R.K. Panda. 26. Research methodology for Indological studies: traditional insights/C. Rajendran. 27. The problems in editing 'Codex Unicus'/P. Visalakshy. 28. Principles of selecting a reading adopted by Mallinatha/Nirmala Kulkarni. 29. Editing a rare Sanskrit text from corrupt manuscripts/N.M. Kansara. 30. The role of variant readings in the Badarayana's Brahmasutra-manuscripts/Shailaja S. Bapat. 31. Museum and Sanskrit manuscripts with special reference to art and history/Banamali Biswal. 32. A study of Namacaradipaka as a manual of Abhidhamma/Bimalendra Kumar. Contributors.
"The present volume is an important addition to the field of Indology. It contains thirty two essays on varied topics relating to Sanskrit and allied subjects written by prominent scholars who are known for their valuable contribution and dedication. There are essays on Vedas, mythologies, epics, poetics, jurisprudence, grammar, Buddhism, manuscriptology and research methodology. The scholars have covered the main areas of Indological literature and have brought to light some significant points. The papers are well written and scholarly. They will, no doubt, be useful to the scholars and students for understanding many subtle issues and knotty problems." (jacket)
