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Review tactic and semantic problems involved in their study. Hacker has discussed at length his method and theoretical stand in this regard. After Hacker numerous scholars (including Miltner and Hook) have discussed this subject with different theoretical approaches connected with Modern Linguistics. The problem is highly complex and manyfaceted. Eventhough it has now become quite obvious that only a basically semantic approach can achieve any significant advances in tackling this problem, Hacker's attempt to clarify and classify the senses of the operator on the basis of the meaning features of its nucleus is far from satisfactory. It seems that the discussion of the compound verb shall have to be based on that of the conjunct verb. Contrastive and complementary semantic grouping (e.g. denā/Ienā, baithnā/ uthnā) and use of data from several NIA languages also can be quite fruitful.
Hacker's investigation of the character of Modern Hinduism is highly interesting. He has clearly brought out the difference in thinking and attitudes of the present day traditioual Hinduism and what he terms 'Neo Hinduism'. Under internal pressures and external impact Indian religions (as well as several other aspects of Indian Culture) have always shown a remarkable dynamism, and the modern reinterpretations of Hinduism are in conformity with that inherent tendency. An overall assessment, however, of Modern Hinduism would require the outside' approach supplemented by the 'inside' one.
This collection of many valuable papers will certainly prove quite weful and convenient.
H. C. Bhayani
Literary Heritage of the Rulers of Amber and Jaipur by Gopal Narayan Bahura, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, Jaipur, 1976, Rs. 40/-.
This is 'An Index to the Register of Manuscripts in the Pothikhana of Jaipur of the Khasmohor collection which actually formed the personal library of Mss. of the Maharajas of Amber and Jaipur. The Index is of the titles of the books and of the authors. Shri Bahura is an expert in such business as he was the Deputy Director at Rajasthan Oriental Research Instituto; Jodhpur from where we have got so many volumes of Catalogues of tho Mss. preserved by that Institute. So it was not difficult for him to handle this Khasmohor Collection which cover a wide range of subjects : Vodas, Purâņas, religion, philosophy, poetics, aesthetics, grammar, dramatios, astronomy, crotics etc. written in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Old Hindi etc. having different scripts. Some of the Mss. are illustrated. In the Introducţion to this Index he has studied the history of the Kacchawaha kings of
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