Select Contents of Oriental Journals
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Summary
This section summarises noteworthy papers and serial publications recently appearing in oriental research journals. It notes C. Kunhan Raja’s defence of the Mimāṃsā doctrine as compatible with rationalism, U. Venkatakrishna Rao’s exploration of the early affiliations of the playwright Bhāsa and P. Srinivasamurti’s report on a Sanskrit treatise on aeronautics. Several serial publications are listed, including editions of the R̥gveda‑bhāṣya, Veḍāntakārikāvali, Āṅgirasasmṛti and Vedāntasāra with English translations. The section summarises articles from the Journal of the Asiatic Society, such as Sunder Lal Hora’s note on fish in the Rāmāyaṇa, Biswanath Bandyopadhyaya’s study of the Kālacakratantra and its commentary and Dines Chandra Sircar’s examination of Eastern Gaṅga inscriptions. Other entries mention a bibliography of Buddhistic studies, analyses of Pāṇini’s grammar compared to predecessors, explorations of the concept of the ocean in the Vedas and surveys of ancient Indian theatre. Each item is briefly described so that researchers may keep abreast of developments across disciplines.
Conclusion
By providing concise summaries of a wide range of studies, the section acts as a literature review. It helps scholars identify relevant articles and serial publications in Indology, history, philology and religious studies without reading each journal in full.