New books in Harvard Or. Series

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I am glad to announce a number of new publications.

 

HARVARD ORIENTAL SERIES Vol. 59:

 

Samaveda Samhita of the Kauthuma School, with Padapatha and the

Commentaries of Madhava, Bharatasvamin and Sayana, vol. ii: Uttararcika

ed. by B.R. Sharma

Cambridge: Harvard Oriental Series 2001

 

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A few months ago we (A.Wezler and undersigned, ed.s) have also released:

 

Thomas Oberlies,

Pali. A Grammar of the Language of the Theravada Tipitaka. With a

Concordance to Pischel's Grammatik der Prakrit-Sprachen.

Berlin/New York: de Gruyter 2001

[= vol. 3 of : Indian Philology and South Asian Studies, ed. by A. Wezler

and M. Witzel ]

pp. 385

(eventually to be reprinted in India by Munshiram)

 

[vol. 4 is nearly ready: Epic Grammar by Th. Oberlies]

 

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Currently in press and to be released this spring are:

 

HOS Vol. 60: The Yogasastra of Hemacandra: a twelfth century handbook

of Svetambara Jainism, translated by Olle Quarnström

pp.230 (release: late April)

 

HOS vol. 61: Madhav M. Deshpande,

Recitational Permutations of the Saunakiya Atharvaveda.

pp. 470.

(release early May)

 

HOS Opera Minora, vol. 4:

Atharvaveda-Paippalada, Kanda 5

edition, translation, commentary by

Alexander Lubotsky

pp. 250 (release early May)

 

<Also note that a critical re-edition and translation of AVP 1 and 2 has

already been carried out by Th. Zehnder. -- More to come: by A. Griffiths,

C.Lopez, among others.>

 

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Later this spring:

 

HOS vol. 62. Iravatham Mahadevan,

Tamil-Brahmi and Early Vatteluttu Inscriptions (ca. 2nd century B.C. - 6th

century A.D). A critical edition with texts, transliteration, translation

and a detailed commentary.

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Michael Witzel

Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies, Harvard University

2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138, USA

 

ph. 1- 617-496 2990 (also messages)

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