Select Contents of Oriental Journals

The article "Select Contents of Oriental Journals" is a bibliography published in March 1949 that summarizes recent scholarly articles across various Oriental studies. The subject of the compilation is a wide array of topics in Indology, including philosophy, archaeology, numismatics, linguistics, religious studies, and literary history. The main argument is not a singular thesis but rather a demonstration of the breadth of contemporary research into ancient and medieval Indian thought and its interactions with neighboring cultures. The evidence and sources discussed consist of summaries of articles from numerous journals and institutes. For instance, A. L. Basham discusses recent work on the Indus Civilization, specifically raising questions about its contact with Vedic culture, language, and post-Vedic Hindu influence. T. G. Aravamuthu argues that Harappa represents a phase of Vedic culture akin to Classical Hinduism by interpreting its seals and images as Vedic gods. B. P. Sinha examines the bearing of numismatics on the history of the Later Imperial Guptas. R. C. Hazra traces the worship of Ganapati-Vighnesvara back to an early period, detailing the transformation of four malevolent Vinayakas into a single elephant-headed remover of obstacles. C. C. Pandey compares the conception of Sanskrit drama in the works of Bhasa and Abhinavagupta with Greek drama as presented by Aristotle in his Poetics. Jnanendra Lal Majumdar renders the last chapter (Alatasanti) of Gaudapada’s Karikas on the Mandukya Upanishad into English to show its Buddhistic character. Bulcke analyzes the three recensions of the Valmiki Ramayana: the Southern, the Bengali, and the North-Western. N. Randle compares Sanskrit and Greek metres. W. Bailey discusses a fragmentary Buddhist Sanskrit text of Khotan where the epithet of Kanishka is found as Candra. N. Ramachandran contrasts the concept of mukti as a state of absence of misery in Buddhism, Nyaya-Vaisheshika, Samkhya-Yoga, and Purva Mimamsa with its conception as a state of perfect happiness in Jainism and Vedanta. Kamtaprasad Jain presents facts and legends showing the remote antiquity of contact between Jainism and China. Prabhat Kumar Mukherjee discusses the prevalence of Buddhism among the Si-Hia and the influence of Sanskrit and Prakrit among the Bru-za and Ha-za people. S. C. Sarkar publishes a Tibetan account of Nagarjuna. N. Aiyavazhi Sastri gives references to Buddhist secular literature. Finally, S. K. Mukhopadhyay addresses the spirit of Mahayana Buddhism.

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