Book Reviews

Author(s): J W De Jong
Publisher: J W De Jong

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THE EASTERN BUDDHIST this definition in the Kokuyaku issaikyo translation is the correct one but it is difficult to understand how vyanjana came to be interpreted in this way by Dharmasri and Ghosaka. There are many more problems in Dharmasri's Abhidharmahsdaya which ought to be examined but this would far exceed the limits of a review. Thanks to the conscientious efforts of Willemen and Mrs. Armelin this text has become now much more accessible. Their translations as well as the Kokuyaku issaikyo translation will be of great help in the study of this important and difficult text. Very welcome also are the glossaries compiled by the translators. Mrs. Armelin's book contains a Sanskrit-Chinese glossary (pp. 327-352) and a Chinese-Sanskrit glossary (pp. 353-371). Willemen has added an index of Sanskrit terms (pp. 314-331), a Chinese-Sanskrit-English glossary (pp. 332-351) and an EnglishSanskrit glossary (pp. 352-366). J. W. DE JONG 158