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sūtras, the Somayāga, all those ritualistic and metaphysical riddles and equations and fables in the Tänd a Brāhmaṇa and the development of philosophical ideas in the Chāodogya Upanişad are some other problems which could help Sari G's ideas. In the absence of serious iovestigations on the above problems any view regarding the age of the Sāmaveda will not be acceptable.
The statistics in the Appendixes have some value, although they are repetitive. In the absence of original Sanskrit words, these may not prove very helpful to a serious reader.
There is no Bibliography--purhaps G thinks it redundent - no verse. index or verse foot index, no list of abbreviations and printing conections. He has cared little for diacritical marke.
Shri G should be congratulated for the English rendering of the Samaveda, based on personal views.
The publisher deserves our best wishes, for, he has advantured for this publication, with nice paper, fine printing and relatively less price.
- J. M. Shukla
MAMMAȚA'S KĀVYAPRAKĀŠA (VII-X) with Sāradipikā of Gunaratnagani, Vol II, edited by Dr. T. S. Nandi; Gujarat University Ahmedabad 380 009, 1984; pp XIV + XXVIII + 580; price Rs. 16 = 00
This is the second volume of Gunaratna's commentry Śāradipikā on Kāvyaprakāśa, Ullājas seven to ten. The critical text of Sāradipikā as presented in this volume, is based, like the earlier volume on two manuscripts, one from BORI, Poona and the other from the Oriental Institute Baroda. Dr. Nandi has also used a manuscript from the Oriental Institute, Jodhpur which he calls J, the other two being called P and B. This time Dr. Nandi was fortunate in utilising J, which is relatively a better manus. cript, the other two being incorrect at places.
In the Preface Dr. Nandi (N) has referred to his earlier volume of the Sāradipikā and had he got the help of the Bālacittãouranjanı and the Sarabodhini, other two commentaries on the Kavya prakāśa. He expresses bis confidence and conviction that the Allahabad editors of these commen.
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