Select Contents of Oriental Journals

Summary

The “Select Contents of Oriental Journals” section of the issue functions as an annotated bibliography of recent scholarship across various oriental journals. It summarises articles and notes from publications such as the Adyar Library Bulletin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Ceylon Historical Journal, Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society and others. The entries cover a wide array of topics: Lupo Rocher discusses Hindu law relating to possession for three generations and concludes that possession confers ownership for a sakulya but not for a sapinda. K. Kunjuni Raja examines Buddhist logicians’ theory of meaning and argues that they view the world as a flux where mental images lack correspondence with external reality. V. Raghavan proposes corrections to the text of the Abhinavabhāratī, suggesting that printed editions of Abhinavagupta’s commentary on the Nāṭyaśāstra require emendations. P. K. Gope studies the chronology of the works of the grammarian Koṇḍabhaṭṭa and concludes they were composed between 1610 and 1660. Other entries summarise papers on Abhidharma problems by Āryasvāmin, medieval images of Viṣṇu from Rajputana by Ratna Chandra Agrawala, lexicographical notes on Sanskrit and Tamil, and studies of Kālidāsa’s works. The bibliography also includes discussions of retroflexion in Sanskrit phonology, the etymology of the name “Nepāl,” analyses of Ceylonese literary traditions, and examinations of early Indian legal and administrative systems. Each entry provides a concise summary of the paper’s argument and often notes the original language or publication details. The section is thus a valuable resource for researchers seeking to keep abreast of recent developments in Sanskrit, Buddhist and South Asian studies. It demonstrates the interdisciplinary range of oriental scholarship in the mid‑twentieth century, spanning linguistics, law, religion, archaeology and art history.