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made use of a trick (Sakuni won the game by his great skill and we have Yudbişthira's testimony to the effect that Sakuni did not employ trick na manyate tāṁ nikȚtim mahātma 2. 60.420). The author's statedient " Duryodbana asks Vidura to bring Draupadl in the assembly. hall to receive commands from her new masters" (p. 153) does not agree with the text of the epic. When Duryodhana asks Vidura draupadim anayasva (2. 59. 1) he does not mean get her to the assembly-hall)'. This is made clear when Prātikāmin conveys Duryodhana's message to Draupadl with the words så prapadya ivam dhịtară ştrasya vešma nayami trām karmane yājñaseni (2. 60.4). It is only when Draupadl raises the question of her social status that Duryodhana asks her to come to the Assembly to get the answer to her question (2. 60. 10).
It would have been to the author's great advantage if he had utilized the treatments by H. Lüders of the Rşyaśåga episode and of the concept of ria.
A list of abbreviations would have been useful.
The book is happily free from glaring misprints. An occasional slip like “The word R$ya, spelt morc correctly as Rşya" (p. 41 ) leaves the reader guessibg.
The author's work is admirable. The L. D. Institute of Indology may justifiably feel happy about its publication.
M. A. Mehepdale
THE BRAHMĀNDA PURĀNA : trapslated and annotated by Ganesh
Vasudeo Tagare, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, Varanasi, Patna, 1983, Part I, pp. Ixxxii, 1-389; Part II, pp. xiii, 395-719; Part III, pp. xv, 721-953; Part IV, pp. xv, 957-1223, Part V, pp. xxiii, 1225-1399.
The present publications in five volumes are in continuation of the laudable epterprise undertaken by Messrs Motilal Baparsidass to publish in a series English translations of Sanskrit texts related to Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology. They have already published the translations of siva, Linga, Bhāgavata, Garuda, Nārada and Kurma Pusăņas comprising the first 21 volumes in this series. As said by the Editor, the series has been started
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