Indian Antiquary Vol 59

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
(OCTOBER, 1930
Among the contributions, that by the late Profes-, contributions are given also by Professors sor Bloomfield and those by Professors Hopkins, Andersen, A. V. Williams Jackson and Meillet. Jacobi, Keith, Thomas and Clark are of quite con- Like all the papers of Professor Meillet, this too is siderable length, none of them covering less than clever and in a way fascinating. Many scholars will about twenty pages. If amongst these papers one perhaps feel convinced that a connection has really only should be singled out because of its highly ad. been established between the Vedic theme panthah mirable qualities, the prize would, no doubt, go to and Latin words of the type sédée. Literature on the that by Professor Jacobi, dealing with Mimâmså| Vedic word is plentiful, but little progress has been and Vaibesika' Professor Jacobi's philosophical achieved towards a real explication; nor, Bocording to articles, especially the one dealing with the dates the opinion of the present writer, does the brilliant of the Stras (JAOS., xxxi, 1 sq.), have sometimes but superficial article of Professor Meillet contribute appeared like the ingenious and extremely subtle essentially to the solution of the problem. argumentation of the accomplished pandit. But Professors Lévi, Rapson and Konow have contributwe confess seldom to have read a more pellucid and ed interesting papers on epigraphy. Tome Professor authoritative article on a very difficult topic than Rapson's argument for reading year 42' in the this one. Professor Jacobi here sees his way to Amohini votive tablet seems wholly convincing. The rodating the nútras of Jaimini, believing them to late Professor Geldner has written on Das Vipadam have been composed between 300 and 200 B.C. im Rigveda,' an ingenious but rather intricate paper. This seems a very happy idee, for even in its later
It seems clear, however, that the idea of being able ramifications the Mimamsa literature gives an im.
to separate, while drinking (vi-pd- ), mixed drinks, praksion of high antiquity.
as, e.g., milk and water, is very old in India. The paper of Professor Thomas on Tibetan frag. Three Japanese scholars Professors Takakusu, mente of & Ramdyana is important, as revealing
Kimura and Ono-have all dealt from different what seems to be still another version of that poem.
points of view with the date of the great Vaubandhu. Nearly all details in this story are to be found in
Their conclusions mainly consist in corroborating other versions ; but there probably existe no known
the previous suggestion of Professor Takakusu, viz., version in which they are all found together. This
that Vasubandhu lived about 420-500 A.D., & sughappy find is apt to complicate still more the already gestion which, though contested by several authori. hopelessly entangled genealogy of the Rama epics. ties, may perhaps be the correct one. The paper by We are far less impressed by the extensive article Sir George Grierson on The Birth of Lorik' is full by Professor Keith. It does not deel very much of interesting and useful information; and the with Bhamaha and Dandin, but chiefly with the article by Professor S. K. Belvalkar is excellent, opinions of Professor Jacobi and Dr. S. K. De on like all that is written by that eminent scholar. that problem ; and polemic is carried on in the We cannot here venture upon an opinion on some negative and barren style which is well-known from smaller papers; and we must abstain from an the author's previous works.
appreciation of the paper by Mrs. Rhys Davids, Most interesting is the article by Professor Clark
| 38, unfortunately, we have failed fully to greep its on Hindu-Arabic Numerals.' The honour of hav. inmost sense.
JARL CHARPENTIER. ing invented the numerals with zero and place value has, since the Middle Ages, been attributed to FALLACIES AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING the Hindus. As is well-known, Mr. Kaye hae TO THE EARLY HINDU LOGICIANS by Stephen Stasink. lately striven hard to deprive them of that honour.
Reprint of a paper delivered at the XVIIth Intor. Profon or Clark now proves, beyond the possibility of national Congress of Orientaliste, Oxford, 1928. doubt, that these numerals were known and used in Rocznik Orjentalist-Yezny Tom. VI, str. 191.198. India long before their appearance among the Arabs | Lwow, 1929. and in Europe, and thus vindicates the glory of This is a highly technical and closely rossoned Hindustan. This paper ought to be reprinted in pamphlet of 8 pp. to show that the great logicians of some leading mathematical journal, me it is to be ancient India, like Gotams and Dignåga and feared that mathematicians have attached weight Uddyotakara, were no more able to classify errors in to the shallow arguments of Mr. Kaye.
argument than were their contemporaries in Europe The paper by the late Professor Bloomfield deals or indeed than have been modern European authori. with Diminutive Pronouns in Jains Sanskrit and ties on logic. Classification of possible kinds of error gives a fair collection from that idiom of forms seeme impossible, and their enumeration is prac. like ahakam, saka, etc. Profesor Edgerton follows tically endless. This seems to be a futile end to an suit with a nice little article on Jaina Mabarilstri, enquiry involving very great learning and research, which consiste mainly of additions and corrections but it is correct the enquiry has not been in vain. to the Augerahlte Erzählungen, Grammatical
R. C. TEMPLE. 1 Profesor Edgerton (p. 27) identifice kammara- with karman-, while it is, of course, in reality=kdrmato (formation indicated by Papini, V, 4, 36); gona 'morning' (p. 28) is quite correctly explained, but this explanation is found already in Weber, Saptaçatakam des Hdla, p. 11 (op. Also Defin., 2, 98); that cojja. could be derived from décarya- will perhaps appeal to other scholars just a little as to the present writer.
Op. Wackernagel Altind. Gramm., iii, 306 f.