new EJVS 9-1 : Soma - Haoma (Special Issue)

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We are are happy to announce the release of Vol. 9 of the Elect. Jour. of

Vedic Studies.

 

EJVS 9-1 (May 2003) is a special issue, edited by Jan Houben, dealing with

the vexed Soma (-Haoma) question.

 

The email version (in Kyoto-Harvard transcr.) has been sent out over the

past two days; it will appear on our website shortly:

http://users.primushost.com/~india/ejvs/

 

Other versions (with standard diacritics) to follow.

 

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Note: The Soma-Haoma issue of the EJVS, of which this is the first part,

presents the direct and indirect outcome of a workshop on the Soma-Haoma

problem organized by the Research school CNWS, Leiden University, 3-4 July

1999.

 

CONTENTS

 

1. The Soma-Haoma problem: Introductory overview and observations on the

discussion (J.E.M. Houben)

 

2. Report of the Workshop (J.E.M. Houben)

 

3. Report concerning the contents of a ceramic vessel found in the "white

room" of the Gonur Temenos, Merv Oasis, Turkmenistan (C.C. Bakels)

 

4. Margiana and Soma-Haoma (Victor I. Sarianidi)

 

5. Soma and Ecstasy in the Rgveda (George Thompson)

 

6. Contributors to this issue, Part I

 

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http://users.primushost.com/~india/ejvs/

 

HTML and PDF versions to follow in due course.

 

 

Enjoy! MW

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Michael Witzel

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