________________ RECENT PUBLICATIONS 163 Ural-Altaische Jahrbucher. Neue Folge. Band 2. Wiesbaden, Otto Harrassowitz, 1982. 304 pp. The following articles in this volume will be of special interest to the readers of this journal: Gerhard Eilers, 'Ein altturkisches Fragment zur Erzahlung vom Topfer' (pp. 175-185); Walther Heissig, 'Ein neues Verzeichnis mongolischer Handschriften in China' (pp. 201-223); Siegbert Hummel, 'Eine Form der Todesstrafe in China und Tibet: ling-ch'ih' (pp. 242-244); R. O. Meisezahl, 'Die Schriften des Mi 'gyur rdo rje (1645-1667). II. Teil' (pp. 245-272). K. Rohrborn and K. Veenker report on the symposium on "Neue Ergebnisse der Zentralasienforschung" from 2 to 5 July in Hamburg (pp. 275--290). Two of the four themes were: 1. Rezeption und Weiterentwicklung indischen Kulturgutes in Zentralasien und Versuche der zeitlichen Einordnung. 2. Indische Alphabete und ihr Verhaltnis zur Phonologie der zentralasiatischen Sprachen (Altturkisch, Sakisch, Tocharisch). Fourteen papers are published in: Sprachen des Buddhismus in Zentralasien (Wiesbaden, 1983, cf. IIJ ); the following papers are published in the report but only in abstract form: Oskar von Hinuber, 'Zur Verwendung der Brahmi-Schrift im Khotan-Sakischen' (p. 283): Jens Peter Forschungsprojekt "Indisches Lehngut im Altturkischen"' (pp. 284-285); Klaus T. Schmidt, 'Bericht uber das Project eines to charisch-sanskritischen Worterbuchs' (p. 285). Gopikamohan Bhattacharya (ed.), Yajnapati Upadhyaya's Tattvacintamaniprabha (Anumana khandah) (Veroff. d. Komm. f. Spr. u. Kult. Sudasiens, Heft 17). Wien, Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1984. 198 pp. OS 280.- / DM 40,-. Yajnapati, who lived from c. 1410 to 1470, is the author of the earliest extant commentary on the Tattvacintamani by Gangesa (c. 14th century). Bhattacharya's edition is based upon a transcript copy of a unique iranuscript in the Darbhanga Raj Library, dated 1486 A.D. The editor has also used several unpublished commentaries on the anumana section of the Tattvacintamani. His detailed analysis (pp. 19-50) will be useful in the study of this difficult text in which many textual problems remain to be solved. Alex Michaels, A Comprehensive Sulvasutra Word Index (Alt- und Neu-indische Studien 24). Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1983. VII, 60 pp. DM 16,80. The following four texts are indexed by Michaels: Apastambasulvasutra, ed. by A. Burk, ZDMG 55 (1901), pp. 543-591; Katyayanasulvasutra, ed. by S. D. Khadilkar (Poona, 1974); Baudhayanasulvasutra, ed. by G. Thibaut, The Pandit, Old Series 9-10 (1874-1875) and New Series, vol. 1 (1876-1877); Manavasulvasutra, prasna X of the Manavasrautasutra, ed. by J. M. van Gelder (New Delhi, 1961). Buddhadas P. Kirthisinghe (ed.), Buddhist Concepts Old and New (Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica No. 8). Delhi, Sri Satguru Publications, 1983. 221 pp. Rs. 85 (Cloth); Rs. 60 (Paper). A collection of essays on Buddhism for the general reader by G. P. Malalasekera (pp. 1-57), Kurt F. Leidecker (pp. 59-111), Shokei Ichimura (pp. 113-169) and Buddhadas P. Kirthisinghe (pp. 171-221).
