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ANMERKUNGEN 1 lambus - Choriambus - lambus / Baccheus (vgl. dazu Gregory Nagy, Comparative Studies in Greek and Indic Meter, Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1974). 2 Im Falle der Prosastelle 92+ (anyais ca) und der Strophe 100 (Bahuvrihi aufogandan), wo jeweils mask. Formen auftreten, obwohl von den Apsarasen die Rede zu sein scheint, durfte eher eine Unachtsamkeit in Bezug auf die Erzahlungssituation, als ein grammatischer Lapsus des Dichters anzunehmen sein. 3 S. 68 Zeile 19 lies: 'psarasas fur 'psaras; Zeile 21 lies vasamsi fur vasamsi. Catalogue of the United States Library of Congress Collection of Tibetan Literature in Microfiche. Musashi Tachikawa in collaboration with Tshulkrim Kelsang and Shunzo Onoda. (Bibliographia Philologica Buddhica Series Maior III), Tokyo, The International Institute for Buddhist Studies, 1983.353 pp. This catalogue is an indispensable guide for users of the microfiche edition of the Library of Congress PL 480 acquisitions produced by The Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions (IASWR). The 2678 bibliographic entries (which include some cross references) are arranged mainly by author. Each compactly presented entry gives where necessary: author and editor (both with dates), title and abbreviated title, imprint details, microfiche and Library of Congress card number and lastly a one or two word "subject classification". As E. Gene Smith remarks in his Foreword "Dr Tachikawa has attempted to provide an indication of the broad subject area or, in the case of doctrinal works, the sectarian order to which the author belongs. This is, of course, a useful beginning." While these indications are a general guide and cannot be compared to such detailed notes as those given, for example, in the University of Washington Tibetan Catalogue of 1969, the aim here has been "to prepare a simply usable catalogueindex". That aim has been fulfilled. There is no formal bibliography and it is to be assumed that the United States Library of Congress Accessions Lists have been the major source for details such Indo-Iranian Journal 29 (1986)