Select Contents of Oriental Journals

Summary

This section provides a digest of articles and notes recently published in leading oriental journals. Among the items summarised is V. R. Iyer’s edition of the one‑act Sanskrit play ‘Śivagīti Vijayā’ by Sundararījekavi, a prahasanā composed in the fifteenth century. The digest notes that the play has been edited from a single manuscript and includes a critical introduction. Other articles highlighted include an examination by O. H. de A. Wijesekera of Upaniṣadic terms for sense‑functions such as prāṇa and indriyāṇi, a paper by A. P. Buddhadatta on the life and works of the Theravāda scholar Buddhaghosa, and a study by W. Rahula on the Sabassavatthuppakaraṇa, an early commentary. Each summary briefly describes the scope and findings of the original article, enabling readers to keep abreast of developments across a range of fields. The digest functions as a bibliographical aid and underscores the interconnectedness of Indological research.