STUDIA ORIENTALIA
94 ( 2001 )

Vidyarnavavandanam
Essays in Honour of Asko Parpola

Edited by
Klaus Karttunen & Petteri Koskikallio

CONTENTS

Preface 11
Select Bibliography of Asko Parpola's Publications . 15
Tabula Gratulatoria 37
HANS BAKKER
Daksinamurti
41
HENK BODEWITZ
The samvargavidya and its Context in Two Samavedic Texts
55
JOHN BROCKINGTON
Indra in the Epics
67
JOHANNES BRONKHORST
The Origin of Mimamsa as a School of Thought
83
GABRIELLA EICHINGER FERRO-LUZZI
Reflections of Hindu Mythology in Tamil Folktales
105
T. Y. ELIZARENKOVA
Contribution to the Functioning of dvar-ldur- in the Rgveda
119
HARRY FALK
Suicidal Self-scorching in Ancient India
131
MASATO FUJII
The Brahman Priest in the History of Vedic Texts
147
ADALBERT J. GAIL
The Amoghapasa - Lokesvara in Orissa
161
EDWIN GEROW
Why the Fish Laughed, and Other Matters Relating to (the Indian sense of) "Humor"
167
VIRPI HÄMEEN-ANTTILA
Back to Sunahsepa: Remarks on the Gestation of the Indian Literary Narrative
181
DON HANDELMAN
Cosmos Encrusted: Siva, Andhaka, Bhrngin, and the Emptying of Infinity
215
MINORU HARA
A Note on the Sanskrit Verb pa-
225
J. C. HEESTERMAN
Gift, Marriage and the Denial of Reciprocity
243
ALF HILTEBEITEL
Bhisma's Sources
261
JAN E. M. HOUBEN
The Vedic Horse Sacrifice and the Changing Use of the Term ahimsa: An Early Insertion in TB 3.9.8?
279
WAYNE HOWARD
Pracina Kauthuma Traditions of South India: Letters from L. S. Rajagopalan, 1985-1988
291
STEPHANIE W. JAMISON
The Rigvedic Svayamvara? Formulaic Evidence ."
303
KLAUS KARTTUNEN
Studies in the Grhya Prayogas of the Jaiminiya Samaveda: 2. Sthalipaka
317
DAVID M. KNIPE
Balancing raudra and santi: Rage and Repose in States of Possession
343
JORMA KOIVULEHTO
Zum frühen iranischen und indoiranischen lexikalischen Einfluss auf das Finnisch-Ugrische
359
IRAVATHAM MAHADEVAN
The Indus-like Symbols on Megalithic Pottery: New Evidence
379
KLAUS MYLIUS
Einige Aufgaben der Jinismus-Forschung zu Beginn des 3. Jahrtausends
387
ANDRÉ PADOUX
mantra, devata, "mantradevata": Quelques observations sur les mantras tantriques
397
D. T. POTTS
A "Lost" Seal from Harappa in the Nicholson Museum (Sydney)
405
V. SARIANIDI
The Indo-Iranian Problem in the Light of the Latest Excavations in Margiana
417
FREDERICK M. SMITH
The Recent History of Vedic Ritual in Maharashtra
443
WILLIAM L. SMITH
Strirajya: Indian Accounts of Kingdoms of Women
465
BERTIL TIKKANEN
Burushaski --skir `Father-in-law' and --skus `Mother-in-law'
479
YAROSLAV VASSILKOV
Indo-Iranian Vayu and Gogolean Viy: An Old Hypothesis Revisited
483
MICHAEL WITZEL
A First Link between the Rgvedic Panjab and Mesopotamia: simbala / salmali, and GlŠ gišimmar?
497