The Journal of the American Oriental Society articles from January 2000

The Journal of the American Oriental Society archives from January 2000

Kurrachee: Past, Present and Future.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Kurrachee: Past, Present and Future. By ALEXANDER F. BAILLIE. Edited by YASMEEN LARI. Karachi: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1997. Pp. xxx + 269. Maps, plans, photographs. $45. Baillie's Kurrachee was published by Thacker Spink in Calcutta in...

SEVEN RHAPSODIES OF TS'AO CHIH.
January 1, 2000... To scholars of the present day the fu or "rhapsody" remains yet a rather neglected genre of Chinese poetry, even though it was of great importance to writers from the Han (206 B.C.--A.D. 220) through the T'ang (618-907) dynasties. Ts'ao Chih...

LITERARY DEVICES IN THE STORY OF THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR.
January 1, 2000... This article presents a detailed study of a variety of literary devices in the Egyptian story of the Shipwrecked Sailor. Special attention is paid to the role of repetition and to the presence of wordplay, particularly alliteration. Other...

MAPPING THE WORLD OF A SCHOLAR IN SIXTH/TWELFTH CENTURY BUKHARA: REGIONAL TRADITION IN MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC SCHOLARSHIP AS REFLECTED IN A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
January 1, 2000... This article maps the world of a medieval Muslim scholar. In 597H./1200C.E., Mahm[bar{u}]d al-F[bar{a}]ry[bar{a}]b[bar{i}], a Hanaf[bar{i}] scholar in Bukh[bar{a}]ra, compiled a book on morality and piety entitled Kit[bar{a}]b kh[bar{a}]lisat...

SANSKRIT PITA AND SAIKYA/SAIKYA TWO TERMS OF IRON AND STEEL TECHNOLOGY IN THE MAHABHARATA.
January 1, 2000... Two weapons-terms of Mah[bar{a}]bh[bar{a}]rata battle accounts, p[bar{i}]ta and [acute{s}]aikya, are poorly understood. This paper examines the use of both words in the epic closely and concludes: 1) p[bar{i}]ta is the past participle of the...

SOME COMMENTS ON THE EBABBARA IN THE NEO-BABYLONIAN PERIOD.
January 1, 2000... The volume under review presents a detailed reconstruction of the administration of the Neo-Babylonian [check{S}]ama[check{s}] temple at Sippar, focusing on the senior officials, the prebendaries, and the craftsmen. There are many new insights,...

THOUGHTS ON A NEW VOLUME OF A HITTITE DICTIONARY.
January 1, 2000... Professor Jaan Puhvel's Hittite Etymological Dictionary is a primary tool not only for Indo-Europeanists, but for all who seek to interpret Hittite texts. In the absence of a complete up-to-date philological dictionary his four published...

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS.
January 1, 2000... Personal Names in Early China: A Research Note This paper discusses several illustrative examples of ancient Chinese personal names that appear to impart information about the moral or physical characteristics of the people who bore them....

Naming and Meaning in the Landscape Essays of Yuan Jie and Liu Zongyuan.
January 1, 2000... Yuan Jie and Liu Zongyuan are two of the most famous landscape essayists of the Tang period. Several of their essays revolve around places that they named themselves. Against the formal and thematic conventions of "social" and "personal"...

The Mummy in Ancient Egypt: Equipping the Dead for Eternity.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Mummy in Ancient Egypt: Equipping the Dead for Eternity. By SALIMA IKRAM and AIDAN DODSON. New York: THAMES & HUDSON LTD., 1998. Pp. 352, illus. $45. With the explosion of mass-market publishing has come a flood of books that batten,...

Die orientalische Stadt: Kontinuitat, Wandel, Bruch.(Review)
January 1, 2000... D[ddot{i}]e orientalische Stadt: Kontinuit[ddot{a}]t, Wandel, Bruch. Edited by GERNOT WILHELM. Colloquien der Deutschen Orient-Gesell-schaft, vol. 1. Berlin: SAARBR[ddot{U}]CKER DR[ddot{U}]CKEREI UND VERLAG, 1997. Pp. xiii + 409, illus. DM 139....

Nouvelles decouvertes sur les usages funeraires des Pheniciens'd Arwad.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Nouvelles d[acute{e}]couvertes sur les usages fun[acute{e}]raires des Ph[acute{e}]niciens d'Arwad. By J. ELAYI and M. R. HAYICAL. Tranesuphrat[grave{e}]ne vol. 4. Paris: GABALDA, 1996. Pp. 175, 39 plates. Iron Age funerary monuments are...

The Prehistory of Jordan, II: Perspectives from 1997.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Prehistory of Jordan, II: Perspectives from 1997. Edited by HANS GEORG K. GEBEL, ZEIDAN KAFAFI, and GARY O. ROLLEFSON. Studies in Early New Eastern Production, Subsistence, and Environment, vol. 4. Berlin: Ex ORIENT, 1997. $90, DM 160. ...

Near East Destruction Datings, Archaeological and Historical Studies: The Cases of Samaria (722 B.C.) and Tarsus (696 B.C.).(Review)
January 1, 2000... Near East Destruction Datings, Archaeological and Historical Studies: The Cases of Samaria (722 B.C.) and Tarsus (696 B.C.). By STIG FORSHERO. Second revised edition. Boreas, Uppsala Studies in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern...

Achaemenid History, vol. VIII: Continuity and Change; Proceedings of the Last Achaemenid History Workshop, April 6-8, 1990--Ann Arbor, Michigan.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Achaemenid History, vol. VIII: Continuity and Change; Proceedings of the Last Achaemenid History Workshop, April 6-8, 1990--Ann Arbor, Michigan. Edited by HELEEN SANCISI-WEERDENBURG, AM[acute{E}]LIE KUHRT, and MARGARET COOL ROOT. Leiden:...

Comparative Edition of the Syriac Gospels, Aligning the Sinaiticus, Curetonianus, Peshitta and Harklean Versions.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Comparative Edition of the Syriac Gospels, Aligning the Sinaiticus, Curetonianus, Pesh[hat{i}]tt[hat{a}] and Harklean Versions. [LANGUAGE NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] By G. A. KIRAZ. Four Volumes. Leiden: E. J. BRILL, 1996. Vol. I: Matthew, pp....

The Amarna Scholarly Tablets.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Amarna Scholarly Tablets. By SHLOMO IZRE'EL. Cuneiform Monographs, vol. 9. Groningen: STYX PUBLICATIONS, 1997. Pp. xii + 160, 51 pits. HFI 125. After the English translation of the Amarna letters by W.A. Moran, The Amarna Letters...

Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age. By JOHN J. COLLINS. The Old Testament Library. Louisville, Ky.: WESTMINISTER/JOHN KNOX PRESS, 1997. Pp. xii + 275. While providing readers a superb analysis of Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic age,...

The Myth of the Empty Land.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Myth of the Empty Land. By HANS M. BARSTAD. Symbolae Osloensis Facs. Supplement no. 28. Oslo: SCANDINAVIAN UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1996. Pp. 113. $25. This monograph grew out of the author's "interest in the question of the Babylonian...

The Shape of the Holy: Early Islamic Jerusalem.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Shape of the Holy: Early Islamic Jerusalem. By OLEG GRABAR. Princeton: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1996. Pp. 232 + 84 color figures. The Dome of the Rock. By SA[ddot{I}]D NUSEIBEH and OLEG GRABAR. New York: RIZZOLI, 1996. Pp. 176, color...

The Prolegomena to the [Qur.sup.[contains]]an [Bayan fi tafsir al-[Qur.sup.[contains]]an].(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Prolegomena to the [Qur.sup.[contains]]an [Bay[bar{a}]n fi tafs[bar{i}]r al-[Qur.sup.[contains]][bar{a}]n]. By AL-SAYYID AB[bar{U}] AL-Q[bar{A}]SIM AL-M[bar{U}]SAW[bar{I}] AL-[KH[bar{U}].sup.[contains]][bar{I}]. Translated with an...

Islamic Legal Orthodoxy: Twelver Shiite Responses to the Sunni Legal System.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Islamic Legal Orthodoxy: Twelver Shiite Responses to the Sunni Legal System. By DEVIN J. STEWART. Salt Lake City: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PRESS, 1998. Pp. 280. $40. This book surveys and analyzes Twelver Shiite relations with the Sunni legal...

Sufi Heirs of the Prophet: The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Sufi Heirs of the Prophet: The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh. By ARTHUR F. BUEHLER. Columbia: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS, 1998. Pp. xxvii + 312.$39.95. This is an extensive study of the South Asian...

Islamic Historiography and "Bulghar" Identity among the Tatars and Bashkirs of Russia.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Islamic Historiography and "Bulghar" Identity among the Tatars and Bashkirs of Russia. By ALLEN J. FRANK. Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia, vol. 61. Leiden: E. J. BRILL, 1998. Pp. viii + 232. HF1 127, $75. ...

Das osmanische Reich in seinen Archivalien und Chroniken, Negat oyunc zu Ehren.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Das osmanische Reich in seinen Archivalien und Chroniken, Negat G[ddot{o}]y[ddot{u}]nc zu Ehren. Edited by KLAUS KREISER and CHRISTOPH K. NEUMANN. Beiruter Texte und Studien, vol. 65; T[ddot{u}]rkische Welten, vol. 1. Istanbul and Stuttgart:...

Early Mamluk Syrian Historiography: Al-Yunini's Dhayl [Mir.sup.[contains]]at a1-zaman.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Early Mamluk Syrian Historiography: Al-Y[bar{u}]n[bar{i}]n[bar{i}]'s Dhayl [Mir.sup.[contains]][bar{a}]t al-zam[bar{a}]n. By LI GUO. Two volumes. Leiden: E. J. BRILL, 1998. Pp. vii + 241 and xv + 338. HFl 307, $181. This meticulous...

The Mamluks in Egyptian Politics and Society.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Mamluks in Egyptian Politics and Society. Edited by THOMAS PHILIPP and ULRICH HAARMANN. Cambridge: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1998. Pp. xiv + 306. $59.95. This volume contains eighteen papers originally delivered at a 1994 conference...

The Politics of Regional Trade in Iraq, Arabia, and the Gulf 1745-1900.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Politics of Regional Trade in Iraq, Arabia, and the Gulf 1745-1900. By HALA FATTAH. SUNY Series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East. Albany: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS, 1997. Pp. ix + 254. The Making of iraq,...

The Arabic Language.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Arabic Language. By KEES VERSTEEGH. New York: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS; Edinburgh: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1997. Pp. vii + 277. According to the author, the aim of this book is to present a sketch of the history of Arabic (p....

Form and Meaning in Persian Vocabulary: The Arabic Feminine Ending.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Form and Meaning in Persian Vocabulary: The Arabic Feminine Ending. By JOHN R. PERRY. Persian Studies Series, no. 12. Costa Mesa, Calif.: MAZDA PUBLISHERS, 1991. Pp. xv + 243, 11 in Persian. Having studied a variety of Arabic dialects over...

Eastern Wisdome and Learning: The Study of Arabic in Seventeenth-Century England.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Eastern Wisdome and Learning: The Study of Arabic in Seventeenth-Century England. By G. J. TOOMER. Oxford: CLARENDON PRESS, 1996. Pp. xiii + 381. $90. In the last two years two books have appeared, both dealing with the study of Arabic in...

Blue Mountains Revisited: Cultural Studies on the Nilgiri Hills.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Blue Mountains Revisited: Cultural Studies on the Nilgiri Hills. Edited by PAUL HOCKINGS. Delhi: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1997. Pp. xii + 345; 35 figures, 8 plates. Rs 660. According to the editor of this volume, the regional scientific and...

The Denotation of Generic Terms in Ancient Indian Philosophy: Grammar, Nyaya, and Mimamsa.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Denotation of Generic Terms in Ancient Indian Philosophy: Grammar, Ny[bar{a}]ya, and M[bar{i}]m[bar{a}]ms[bar{a}]. By PETER M. SCHARE Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 86, pt. 3. Philadelphia: AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL...

Studien zu Nyayasutra III.1, mit dem Nyayatattvaloka Vacasaspati Misras. Two volumes.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Studien zu Ny[bar{a}]yas[bar{u}]tra III.1, mit dem Ny[bar{a}]yatattv[bar{a}]loka V[bar{a}]casaspati Mi[acute{s}]ras. Two volumes. By KARIN PREISENDANZ. Alt- und Neu-Indische Studien, vols. 46.1 and 2. Stuttgart: FRANZ STEINER VERLAG, 1994. Pp....

Religion, Civil Society and the State: A Study of Sikhism.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Religion, Civil Society and the State: A Study of Sikhism. By J. P. S. UBEROI. New Delhi: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1996. Pp. 166, 4 plates. $18.95. To demonstrate that Sikhism is the herald of Indian modernity is the ambitious project that...

The Seen and Unseen Worlds in Java, 1726-1749: History, Literature and Islam in the Court of Pakubuwana II.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Seen and Unseen Worlds in Java, 1726-1749: History, Literature and Islam in the Court of Pakubuwana II. By M .C. RICKLEFS. Honolulu: ASIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA, in association with ALLEN & UNWIN and UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I PRESS,...

Jivanmukti in Transformation: Embodied Liberation in Advaita and Neo-Vedanta.(Review)
January 1, 2000... J[bar{i}]vanmukti in Transformation: Embodied Liberation in Advaita and Neo-Ved[bar{a}]nta. By ANDREW O. FORT. Albany: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, 1998. Pp. 251. $19.95 (paper). This book takes up a topic that the author has pursued for...

Indo-Portuguese Trade and the Fuggers of Germany: Sixteenth Century.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Indo-Portuguese Trade and the Fuggers of Germany: Sixteenth Century. By K. S. MATHEW. New Delhi: MANOHAR, 1997. Pp. viii + 307. Rs 550. As expected, the Fuggers play a major role in Mathew's study, but their policy towards Lisbon and their...

Untersuchungen zur den sigmatischen Prasenssrammbildungen des Tocharischen.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Untersuchungen zur den sigmatischen Pr[ddot{a}]senssrammbildungen des Tocharischen. By OLAV HACKSTEIN. Historische Sprachforschung, Erg[ddot{a}]nzungheft, 38. G[ddot{o}]ttingen: VANDENHOECK & RUPRECHT, 1995. Pp. xxii + 401. DM 140. After...

Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongal State in Central Asia.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongal State in Central Asia. By MICHAL BIRAN. Richmond, Surrey: CURZON PRESS, 1997. Pp. x + 198. [pounds] 40. Stacks of books and piles of studies, some wise, some less, have been written about the...

Sharing the Light: Representations of Women and Virtue in Early China.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Sharing the Light: Representations of Women and Virtue in Early China. By LISA RAPHALS. SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture. Albany: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS, 1998. Pp. 348 + illus., tables. $21.95 (paper). Lisa...

Die Leishu der imperialen Bibliothek des Kaisers Qianlong.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Die Leishu der imperialen Bibliothek des Kaisers Qianlong. By CHRISTOPH KADERAS. Asien- und Afrika-Studien, no. 4, der Humboldt-Universit[ddot{a}]t zu Berlin. Wiesbaden: HARRASSOWITZ VERLAG, 1998. Pp. 336. DM 158. This book, the author's...

The Book of Ben Sira in Modern Research: Proceedings of the First International Ben Sira Conference, 28-31 July 1996, Soesterberg, Netherlands.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Book of Ben Sira in Modern Research: Proceedings of the First International Ben Sira Conference, 28-31 July 1996, Soesterberg, Netherlands. Edited by PANCRATIUS C. BEENTJES. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft,...

Texte aus Larsa.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Texte aus Larsa. By DANIEL ARNAUD. Berliner Beitr[ddot{a}]ge zum Vorderen Orient, Texte, vol. 3. Berlin: DIETRICH REIMER VERLAG, 1994. Pp. 25, 42 plates. The first regular excavation of Tell Senkereh (Larsa) took place in 1933 and most...

Zwischen Tigris und Nil: 100 Jahre Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft in Vorderasien und Agypten.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Zwischen Tigris und Nil: 100 Jahre Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft in Vorderasien und [ddot{A}]gypten. Edited by GERNOT WILHELM. Mainz: VERLAG PHILIPP VON ZABERN, 1998. Pp. 144, illustrated. DM 68. To commemorate the...

The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, vol. IV.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, vol. IV: [LANGUAGE NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]. Edited by DAVID J. A. CLINES. Sheffield: SHEFFIELD ACADEMIC PRESS, 1998. Pp. 642. [pounds]75, $123.50. With this fourth volume, the Dictionary of Classical...

A Corpus of Christian Palestinian Aramaic, vol. III: The Forty Martyrs of the Sinai Desert, Eulogios, the Stone-Cutter, and Anastasia.(Review)
January 1, 2000... A Corpus of Christian Palestinian Aramaic, vol. III: The Forty Martyrs of the Sinai Desert, Eulogios, the Stone-Cutter, and Anastasia. Edited and translated by CHRISTA M[ddot{U}]LLER-KESSLER and MICHAEL SOKOLOFF. Groningen: STYX PUBLICATIONS,...

Herrscher-Gemeinwesen-Vermitder: Ostiran und Transoxanien in vormongolischer Zeit.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Herrscher-Gemeinwesen-Vermitder: Ostiran und Transoxanien in vormongolischer Zeit. By J[ddot{U}]RGEN PAUL. Beiruter Texte und Studien, vol 59. Beirut and Stuttgart: FRANZ STEINER VERLAG, 1996. Pp. viii + 322. DM 120. Paul's study is a...

The Doctrine of Karma.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Doctrine of Karma. By YUVRAJ KRISHAN. Delhi: MOTILAL BANARSIDASS, 1997. Pp. x + 650. Rs 595. This remarkable volume collects under one cover the articles comprising Professor Krishan's life work on karma, which constitutes surely the...

The Architecture of South-East Asia through Travelers' Eyes.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Architecture of South-East Asia through Travelers' Eyes. Edited by ROXANA WATERSON. Oxford Paperbacks. Kuala Lumpur: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1998. Pp. 311. $19.95. This is a thoroughly delightful book, an entertaining and informative...

The Crux of Chronology in Sanskrit Literature: Statistics and Indology, a Study of Method.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Crux of Chronology in Sanskrit Literature: Statistics and Indology, a Study of Method. By LARS MARTIN FOSSE. Acta Humaniora, vol. 21. Oslo: SCANDINAVIAN UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1997. Pp. 413. NK 375. As the subtitle indicates, this former...

Das Varnarhavarnastotra des Matrceta.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Das Varn[bar{a}]rhavarnastotra des M[bar{a}]trceta. Edited and translated by JENS-UWE HARTMANN. Sanskrittexte aus den Turfanfunden, no. XII. Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in G[ddot{o}]ttingen, phil.-hist. Kl., ser. 3, no. 160....

Verwandtschaft und Mythologie bei den Mewahang Rai in Ostnepal: Eine ethnographische Studie zum Problem der "ethnischen Identitat.".(Review)
January 1, 2000... Verwandtschaft und Mythologie bei den Mewahang Rai in Ostnepal: Eine ethnographische Studie zum Problem der "ethnischen Identit[ddot{a}]t." By MARTIN GAENSZLE. Beitr[ddot{a}]ge zur S[ddot{u}]dasienforschung, S[ddot{u}]dasien-Institut,...

Materials for an Edition and Study of the Pinda- and Ohanijjuttis of the Svetambara Jain Tradition.(includes another review)(Review)
January 1, 2000... Materials for an Edition and Study of the Pinda- and Ohanijjuttis of the [acute{S}]vet[hat{a}]mbara Jain Tradition. By WILLEM B. BOLL[acute{E}E. Beitr[ddot{a}]ge zur S[ddot{u}]dasienforschung, S[ddot{u}]dasien-Institut, Universita[ddot{a}]t...

Viyahapannatti (Bhagavai), The Fifth Anga of the Jaina Canon: Introduction, Critical Analysis, Commentary, and Indexes.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Viy[bar{a}]hapannatti (Bhagavai), The Fifth Anga of the Jaina Canon: Introduction, Critical Analysis, Commentary, and Indexes. By JOZEF DELEU. Reprint Edition. Delhi: MOTILAL BANAR-SIDASS, 1996. Pp. 359. This monumental work of the late...

Die Gilgitfragment des Karandavyuha.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Die Gilgitfragment des K[bar{a}]randavy[bar{u}]ha. Edited by ADELHEID METTE. Indica et Tibetica, vol. 29. Swisttal-Odendorf: INDICA ET TIBETICA VERLAG, 1997. Pp. 164. DM 48. The Gilgit fragments of the K[bar{a}]randavy[bar{u}]ha, its full...

Unterscheidung der Gegebenheiten von ihrem wohren Wesen (Dharmadharmatavibhaga).(Review)
January 1, 2000... Unterscheidung der Gegebenheiten von ihrem wohren Wesen (Dharmadharmat[bar{a}]vibh[bar{a}]ga). By KLAUS-DIETER MATHES. Indica et Tibetica, vol. 26. Swisstal-Oldendorf: INDICA ET TIBETICA VERLAG, 1996. Pp.296 + 11 fold-up pages with Tibetan...

Dharmakirti on Compassion and Rebirth.(Review)
January 1, 2000... This monograph deals with the second chapter, called Pram[bar{a}]nasiddhi, of Dharmak[bar{i}]rti's main work, the Pram[bar{a}]nav[bar{a}]rttika, that is one of the great standard works on logic within the Buddhist tradition. Dharmak[bar{i}]rti...

Tibetan Studies.(Proceedings of the 7th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, 7 vols.)(Review)
January 1, 2000... Tibetan Studies. Edited by HELMUT KRASSER, MICHAEL TORSTEN MUCH, ERNST STEINKELLNER, and HELMUT TAUSCHER, Proceedings of the 7th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Graz 1995, vols. 1-2. Vienna: VERLAG DER...

A Descriptive Catalogue of The Hindi Manuscripts in the Library of The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.(includes other Wellcome catalogues)(Review)
January 1, 2000... A Descriptive Catalogue of The Hindi Manuscripts in the Library of The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. By PETER FRIEDLANDER. London: THE WELLCOME TRUST, 1996. Pp. 605. [pounds]30. Catalogue of the Sinhalese Manuscripts in...

Manuscrits telugu: Catalogue raisonne.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Manuscrits telugu: Catalogue raisonn[acute{e}]. By G[acute{E}]RARD COLAS and USHA COLAS-CHAUHAN. Paris: BIBLIOTH[grave{E}]QUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE, 1995. Pp. 117 + pictures. FF 430 (paper). The Colas' catalogue of Telugu-language manuscripts...

Kalatattvakosa: A Lexicon of Fundamental Concepts of the Indian Arts, vol. 3: Primal Elements-Mahabhuta.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Kal[bar{a}]tattvako[acute{s}]a: A Lexicon of Fundamental Concepts of the Indian Arts, vol. 3: Primal Elements-Mah[bar{a}]bh[bar{u}]ta. Edited by BETTINA B[ddot{A}]UMER. New Delhi: INDIRA GHANOI NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS; Delhi: MOTILAL...

Limited Views: Essays on Ideas and Letters.
January 1, 2000... Limited Views: Essays on Ideas and Letters. By QIAN ZHONGSHU Selected and translated by RONALD C. EGAN. Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, vol. 44. Cambridge, Mass.: HARVARD UNIVERSITY ASIA CENTER, 1998. Pp. 483. $45. There is no...

Studies in Chinese Poetry.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Studies in Chinese Poetry. By JAMES R. HIGHTOWER and FLORENCE CHIA-YING YEH. Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, vol. 47. Cambridge, Mass.: HARVARD UNIVERSITY ASIA CENTER, 1998. Pp. xvi + 607. Of the seventeen essays collected...