Madhuvidya

Author(s): S D Laddu, T N Dharmadhikari, Madhvi Kolhatkar, Pratibha Pingle
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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M. A. MEHENDALE
Research Journals and Commemoration Volumes as that would have taken me too far).
Let me start with OIA. With regard to the works of the grammatical nature mention must be made of the second part of the second Volume of DEBRUNNER-WACKERNAGEL'S Altindische Grammatik (1954) dealing with the nominal suffixes. The fact that the volume covers about a thousand pages in the treatment of a subject to which about sixty pages are devoted in WHITNEY'S Grammar will suffice to show the comprehensive nature of this book. Another work is L. RENOU's Grammaire de la Langue Védique (1952) describing the stage of Sanskrit as represented in the Samhitās. One would realise the importance of this work when one remembers RENOU's noted contributions in the Vedic and the grammatical fields. Mention may also be made of the fact that RENOU has now completed his translation of the Aştādhyāyi in three volumes, the last of which appeared in 1954. T. BURROW's Sanskrit Language (1955) deals with the subject matter from the historical point of view and takes into account also the evidence of Hittite. J. GONDA has published certain important monographs like Remarques sur la Place du Verbe dans la Phrase Active et Moyenne en Langue Sanscrite (1952), Ancient Sanskrit ojas, Latin *augos, and the Indo-European Nouns in -es/ -08 (1952), and Reftections on the Numerals "one" and "two" in Ancient Indo-European Languages (1953).
In the wake of Siddheshwar VARMA's work on Phonetic observa. tions of Indian Grammarians we have now a very good appreciation of ancient Prāti ākhya and sikşă texts in W. S. ALLEN'S Phonetics in Ancient India (1953). M. B. EMENEAU'S Sanskrit Sandhi and Exercises (1952) in a good book for the use of descriptive linguists. Siddheshwar VARMA's book on the Etymologies of Yaska (1953) is a refreshing study discussing which of the etymologies of Yāska may be considered acceptable and which not. Among the works of the type of Dictionaries, reference may be made to SURYA KANTA'S A Grammatical Dictionary of Sanskrit (Vedic) (1953) with an Index to WACKERNAGEL'S first volume of Altindische Grammatik and first 82 pages of MACDONELL'S Vedic Grammar. The fifth part of the Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen (1955, started in 1953) by M. MAYRHOFER, and 9th part of Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (1955, started in 1948) by J. POKORNY have recently arrived. J. GONDA in his Sanskrit in Indonesia (1952) ably discusses the history of Sanskrit vocables in the Indonesian languages.
Equally important works have appeared in the field of MIA. H. LUEDERS' Beobachtungen über die Sprache des buddhistischen Urkanons
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