Gonda J. Selected Studies. Volume VI, Part 1

Presented to the author by the Department of Indology, Utrecht University. — Leiden, New York, København, Köln: E.J. Brill, 1991. — X, 545 p. — ISBN: 90-04-09445-1.Contents: Preface. Abbreviations. Bibliography of Publications by J. Gonda (1970-1991). The Vedic Mitra and the epic Dharma. Balinese hymns addressed to god Akasa. The influence of Indian languages. The significance of the right hand and the right side in Vedic ritual. Mudrā. Some notes on the worship of Viṣṇu in Indonesia. Some notes on the use of Vedic mantras in the ritual texts of the Vaikhānasas. Translating Subjunctives and Imperatives. Duality in Indian thought. Mitra and Mitra. The idea of “friendship” in ancient India. An interesting use of Skt. Loka. Pāṇini and modern linguistics. Background and variants of the Hiraṇyagarbha conception. The double name of the Kuru-Pañcalas. Nimitta. Dumézil’s Tripartite Ideology: Some Critical Observations. Triads in Vedic ritual. The Vedic gods Aṃśa and Bhaga. Mitra in India. The verbal contests in the Ṛgveda. The association of divinities in pairs. The Baudhāyana-Gṛhya-Paribhāṣā-Sūtra. Vedic Vidátha. Religious thought and practice in Vaikhānasa Viṣṇuism. The mantras of Kauśika-Sūtra 10-52. Vedic cosmogony and Viṣṇhuite bhakti. Notes on the KaṭhaUpaniṣad. Postscript on Mitra. Differences in the rituals of the Ṛgvedic families. A propos of the mantras in the pravargya section of the Ṛgvedic Brāhmaṇas. Agni in Ṛgveda-saṃhitā 9, 66 and 67. Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā, 5. 78. The use of the Viṣṇusūkta in some ritual texts of the Vaikhānasas. Upanayana. Śuci. The Śatarudriya.