Madhuvidya

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

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REVIEWS AND NOTICES
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precede, the change b > p. If the dates are given following E. Prokosch : A comparative Germanic Grammar p. 53 (Keller refers to Prokosch on p. 22 ), then it is worth while to note that Prokosch accepts an intermediate stage bo z through which bh dh gh passed before becoming bd g, and the date ca. 1000 B. C. given by hi.n may have been intended for the first change bh dh gh > 50 % and not for their ultimate appearance as bd g.
It is rather awkward to see (Bernard) Bloch's name printed as Block (p. 25).
(Received 27 April 1972),
BHATTACHARYA, Gopikamohan. (ed.). Prāci- Jyoti. Digest of Indological Studies Kurukshetra, Hariyana : Kurukshetra University, Annual, Vol. VII (1971). I, 281 pp. Subscription : Rs. 30; 50 s.; $ 8 per year.
Revicwed by M. A. MEHENDALE, Deccan College, Poona.
During the last two decades, the number of Journals devoted to Indological siudics has steadily grown. There have also appeared during this period a number of felicitation or memorial volumes. While this increase in publications offers frequent opportunities to scholars to publish their research, it also makes it difficult for them to keep pace with the tide of new arrivaly. The Institute of Indic Studies of the Kurukshetra University therefore started in 1963 the publication of the Digest of Indological Studies --- Prāci-Jyoti in order to enable the scholars to find in one place information about the articles appearing in different volumes. This was indeed a welcome objective. Unfortunately, the Institute, after having published, the first five volumes and part 1 of Vol. VI between 1963-68, had to stop the publication, and this in spite of the fact that the Digest "had won universal acclaim all over the world." It is therefore gratifying to see that the Institute has once again found it possible to start the publication of the Digest beginning Vol. VII for the year 1971.
The present volume contains the same different sections as in the previous volumes. It also publishes topics on which work is being carried on in different Universities for research degrees. In the end is given an (incomplete) list of Research Institutes and reviews of a few books.
A look at the Digest will convince any one of the great amount of labour that has gone into the preparation of the volume. The publication of such a useful reference work becomes possible only as a result of team work. It is pleasant to note that the Editor has found a willing body of workers to help him in preparing the material for the Digest,
Madhu Vidyā/632