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Select Contents of Oriental Journals

Vol. 16 · No. 4December - 1940pp. 867–882English

Summary

This section summarises noteworthy articles recently published in Oriental research periodicals. Brief abstracts cover topics such as kinship terminology in the Rig‑ and Atharva‑Vedas, editions of Jain texts, studies of the Kayastha caste, and analyses of inscriptions from Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. The entries provide enough information to alert scholars to significant research without reproducing whole arguments. By listing the journals and volume numbers, the section serves as a bibliographic aid. It demonstrates the breadth of scholarship underway in philology, archaeology, history and religious studies, underscoring the vitality of Oriental studies in the early twentieth century.

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Acting as a digest of current research, this compilation helps readers keep abreast of developments across multiple disciplines. It reflects the collaborative and cumulative nature of Oriental scholarship, where brief reports point readers toward detailed studies in specialist journals.

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  • “This kinship terminology reHects, as argued in the paper, a stage of society when chere was little restriction as to sex-telations between the members of the family, which was governed by one man, and in which women were”
  • “The paper gives a brief account of the salient features in the development of Hindi and Urdu through different stages.”
  • “The Muslims in general were not slow to recognize menits in the Hindus, nor were the Muslim rulers in any way less forward in practising toleration in religious matters, and the Mughal Government in fact proved a nationalising force in India, offering equal treatment to all.”

Works cited in this article

  1. Rajamrganka of Bhoja
  2. Saddarianasamuccaya of Haribhadra
  3. Samanya Vedanta Upanisads
  4. Vyavaharasiromani
  5. Paramatabhanga

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  • Mādhava 25
  • H. Goetz
  • C. Kunnan Raja 4
  • IrawaTt KARVE
  • Simhabhiipala
  • P.H. L. Eccrrmont
  • Dara Shukeh
  • Gosvamin Nesimha Sarasvati
  • Bharata-svanun
  • Catura Kallinitha
  • Devasvami
  • T. R. Sainivasa Ayvancar
  • S. SusranmManya Sastni
  • K. Mapuava Kristina Sarma
  • H. G, Naranart

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