Bibliographical Notes

Summary

The ‘Bibliographical Notes’ section lists recent publications and editions of Sanskrit; Pali and vernacular texts as well as studies in Indian philosophy; grammar; medicine and history. Each entry provides the title; author or editor; place of publication and year. Among the works noted are José Canedo’s study on word order in ancient and medieval Indian prose; Y. Subrahmanya Sarma’s treatise on the three states of consciousness in Advaita Vedānta; editions of classical plays such as the ‘Candrakanī’ and the Tamil grammar ‘Tolkāppiyam’; catalogues of Sanskrit manuscripts from the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute; critical editions of the Bhagavad Gītā and the Ramāyaṇa of Kumudendu; and studies on Telugu language history. The list continues with editions of Tantric and Vedantic commentaries; reprints of lexicographical works like Grassmann’s Vedic dictionary; and translations of Buddhist texts. It notes modern works on cultural history; such as Bimala Churn Law’s ‘Geographical Essays’ and E. H. Horwitz’s ‘Veda and Vedanta’; and includes bibliographic updates from European publishers. The diversity of subjects—ranging from medicine and algebra to iconography and epigraphy—illustrates the vitality of textual scholarship in the late 1930s. By collating these references; the notes provide scholars with a convenient checklist of new resources for research in Indology; Buddhism and related fields.