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Thence to the philosophio period and the forma. the student the first conneoted authentio account tion of the religious doctrines, which laid the of these two reigns. Hitherto, all that has been foundations of Hinduism as a distinct form of available to the English enquirer of an authoritabelief, with its offshoots of Buddhism and tive nature, apart from Lane-Poole's monograph Jainism, and to the scholastic period, when the in the Rulers of India series, are the disconnected doctrine became defined in authoritative writings translations of Elliot from vernacular authors, and manuals. The author then passes on the which have the further disadvantage of being period of the deification of heroes, which has had out of striot chronological order and very difficult so great an effect on the Hinduism of to-day and to collate. on its allied religions, and to the days of which he The book is well put together and the footcalls decadence, giving birth to the exclusive Bec- notes are of special value, as they not only give tarianism from which India has never recovered, chapter and verse for the statements in the text, despite the efforts of the great general orthodox but provide an extensive bibliography which cansects and of the unorthodox eclectio reformers not but be of the greatest assistance to the stuthat arose in mediuval times, with their doctrines dent of this period of Indian history. of faith and pure deism. And finally he deals with It is pleasant to observe that the author warmly the modern revival of Hinduism as a patriotic acknowledges his indebtedness to the assistance stand against the enormous influence of West- afforded him by the late Mr. William Irvine, to ern ideas on the populace since the advent of whose unselfish generosity many other writers British rule and the Christian Missionaries. I on Indian historical subjects havu owed so much.
All the vexed questions involved in such a On the other hand, the unpleasant survey are treated with historical fairness and the book is the absence of an index, for which
the book is the xha wide knowledge and with true sympathy. The the long list of contents does not compensate the style is clear and brief. The reader is shown student. One knows how much it goes against the history, religion and literature of each the grain of the true Oriental to concoct an acperiod, with illustrative readings and delightful curate index, but when it comes to the author's representative texte, and there are also attacbed turn to dive into as many volumes as the present to ench chapter a series of most careful tables, writer has had to consult in the course of his exhibiting in the briefest and clearest form historical studies, he will realize the supreme possible such points as caste, orders of Brahmans, value of a competent index in saving time and the growth of the Vedas, the chief schools and
labour. their Brahmanas, Hindu chronological ideas, the
R. O. TEMPLE. Upanishads, Sruti or the Hindu Canon, the Satras, the Manuals of the Vedic Schools, the Buddhist
Vadin Schools tha Buddhist GRANTHA-PRADARBANI (No. 84-89). Edited and pubTipitaka, the chronology of the Incarnation, the
lished by S. P. V. RANGANATHASVAMI ARYAVARA
GURU. Printed by G. R. KRISHNA MURTI, at the systems of Hindu Philosophy, the Sectarial
Arsha Press, Vizaga patam. Literature, the Vaishnava, Saiva, Krishnaite, and
Tae editor of this monthly is not unknown to Bhagavata Schools, and the mediaval reformers.
the readers of this Journal. In the numbers reThere are also useful chapters on the outline of the history of the Hindu family, Indian
ferred to are published Prakrita-sarvasva of Mår.
kandeya-kavindra and Aphorisms of Jaina Prakrit asceticism, modern Hinduism as a system, the
Grammar of Trivikrama. No pains seem to bave animism of the outcaste classes, and the Hindu
been spared in properly editing these works. social organization.
Some of the works so far published in this To missionaries who would learn something of
monthly are Sriharsha's Dvirúpa-kosha, Agastya's the religious ideas that dominate those amongst
Sabda-sangraha, Samkara's Samyami-namawhom they work, and to all Europeans who
malikd, Appayya Dikshita's Prakrita-mani-dipa, would wish to understand, even dimly, the
Annarbbatta's Mitákshara, and Divyasúricharimental attitudes towards religion of those among
tan. He also contemplates editing Madhavawhom they dwell or with whom they come in
charya's Ekakahara-ratna-mala, Mahadeva's Upadaily contact in India, this book is an invaluable
sarga-varga, Sesha-Srf-Krishna's Pada.chandrika, vade mecum.
R. O. TEMPLE.
Kandda-Nyayabhushana, and so on. There can thus be no doubt that Mr. Ranganathaav&min's
one aim appears to be to publish rare and HISTORY OF AURANGXIB. Mainly based on Persian sour
valuable Sanskrit works. And now tbat the old ces By J. N. SARKAR: 2 vols. M. C. Sarkar & Sons, Caloutta 1912. Rs. 3-8.58, net.
Kávyamála is all but extinct, the value of his These two volumes comprise in reality the monthly can scarcely be overrated especially as it reigns of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb, and their is being so well edited by him. main value lies in the fact that they bring before
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