Reviews
By Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Mano Mohan Ghosh, Mīmāṃsā
Summary
The reviews section offers critical evaluations of a range of recent publications in Sanskrit and Indological studies. The opening review discusses an edition of the Kavyaprakasa of Mammatacarya with Candidasa’s commentary, noting that the work is a key text in Sanskrit poetics and has attracted numerous commentaries. The reviewer welcomes the publication of Candidasa’s Dipika but criticises the editor for failing to utilise available manuscript evidence and for allowing typographical and interpretative errors to remain. Other reviews cover topics such as the Mirror of Gesture (Abhinaya‑darpana), the Types of Sanskrit Drama, and the Rgveda‑Samhita with Sayana’s commentary. Each review summarises the work’s content and assesses its editorial quality, highlighting strengths and pointing out mistakes. The reviewers emphasise the need for critical editions based on adequate manuscripts and encourage editors to avoid rash conjectures. Some reviews applaud contributions that clarify difficult passages and advance understanding of poetics, rhetoric or Vedic interpretation. Others caution that incomplete scholarship can mislead students and call for more careful future work. Collectively, the section functions as a guide to recent scholarship and sets standards for critical editing.
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Conclusion
Overall, the reviews highlight both the progress and the shortcomings of current Indological scholarship. They commend editors and translators who produce rigorous, well‑annotated editions while urging greater caution and thoroughness where errors persist. The section thus serves as both an appreciation and a critique, encouraging improved standards in the publication of classical texts.