Bibliographical Notes
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Summary
The bibliographical notes section lists recent publications across a wide spectrum of oriental and Indian studies. It opens with a mention of Pieter Gonda’s English translation of the Rgvidhāna, a ritual text of the Ṛgveda, published in Leiden in 1951, and Varuṇa, the first volume of Heinrich Lüders’ study of the Vedic god Varuṇa and his relation to water. Indo‑Iranian Studies II, which contains the first three Gāthās of Zarathustra and principal Avestan prayers with translation and commentary by J. C. Tavadia, is noted as a 1952 Visvabharati publication. C. S. Srinivasa‑chari’s The Inwardness of British Annexation in India (University of Madras, 1952) explores the motives and effects of British colonial expansion. H. N. Sinha’s Selections from the Nagpur Residency Records, vol. II (1807–1811), provide documentary sources on early nineteenth‑century administration. Jagadish Narayan Sarkar’s The Life of Mir Jumla, the General of Aurangzeb (Calcutta, 1951) offers a biography of the Mughal general. The list continues with Ernst Waldschmidt’s Das Mahāparinirvāṇa‑Sūtra (part of a Sanskrit–Tibetan edition of a Buddhist Vinaya text), Amir Ali’s Story of the Buddha (Bombay, 1952) and Robert Lawson Slater’s Paradox and Nirvāṇa, a study of Burmese Buddhism published in Chicago. Works on Indian palaeography by R. B. Pandey, Sanskrit passive constructions by J. Gonda, Sanskrit literature by K. Chandrasekharan and V. H. Subrahmanya Sastri, social play in Sanskrit by V. Raghavan and editions of texts by Kuvalayananda, Raghunatha Shastri and Madhukar Mangesh Patkar are also listed. The note ends with mentions of works on the social life of Harṣakīrti, travel diaries, feasts and festivities of Bengal and mechanical contrivances in ancient India by V. Raghavan. By assembling these bibliographic notices, the journal informs readers about new resources for research in Vedic studies, Buddhist studies, colonial history, Sanskrit grammar, palaeography, literature and technology. The list encourages scholars to keep abreast of publications from university presses across Europe and India and underscores the global collaboration involved in oriental studies.
Conclusion
These bibliographical notes serve as a valuable guide for researchers, pointing to new books and editions that advance knowledge in diverse fields. By highlighting both textual studies and historical analyses, they illustrate the breadth of scholarly activity and facilitate access to primary sources and critical scholarship.