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while studying il. The author is at his best in his “Discovery through Restoration.” To my mind no modem Sanskrit scholar of any repute worth the name, has madę efforts in this direction with Kulkami's magnitude and success. We took a clue from him while editing Gunaratna’s SSradipikS on the KP of Mammata and are indebted to his lead and guidance in this field. Kulkami’s reputation rests solidly on his excellent edition of the KSvyanuiSsana as also on the recovery of Ch. VII of Abhinav Bharatl.

We congralulate Dr. Kulkami for the publication of this excellent book.

Tapasvi Nandi

A SIUDY OF JA YANT A BHATTA ’S NYA YAMANJARJ, A MATURĘ SANSKRIT WORK ON INDIAN LOGIC, PART I, NAGIN J. SHAH Sanskrit-Sanskriti Granthamala, published by Dr. Jagruti Dilip Sheth, Ahmedabad, pp-125, Rs. 90/-

Aftcr a short Forcword and Prelace the author gives Introduction to the work, occupying 16 pagcs. Thcn bcgins Chapter I, the main part of the book, in which four issucs have bccn takcn up for discussion: (i) On defining PramSna, (ii) On the Buddhisl twofold classification of PramSna , (iii) On ArthSpatti, and (iv) On AbhSva (75 pages in addition to the Introduction). This is followed by Refercnccs in Sanskrit cited from original sources (17 pages). At the end of the book, an Appendix. “On the Problems of Knowledge in General" has been addcd, which is followed by References in Sanskrit (pages 12 +5).

In the Preface, the author has very clcarly pointed out the triangular contest, which is a pivotal issue to be discussed in this book, among the NaiySyikas, the Buddhists and the Mlmiłrhsakas. The three invaluable jewels of Indian Philosophy, namcly, Jayanta Bhalta ’s NySyamafljań, DharmakTrti ’s PramSnavSrttika and KumSrila Bhalta 's ŚlokavSr1lika have been appropriatcly highlighted by.the author (Preface, pp. 7-8).

Dr. Nagin Shah has distinctly pinpointcd the unique view held by Jayanta Bhatta, according to which the chief aim of the NySya is to vindicate the validity of Vedic testimony, which is not found known to the traditional NySya commenlaries (Intro. pp.7,12). I think, for the first time, this view held by Jayanta Bhalta, has been madę prominent.

The author seems somewhat harsh in his crilicism when he remarks -“Jayanta was just incapable of having any historical understanding of how Vcdas came to be composed.... In fact, Jayanta was a traditional Pundit (10 ^,h century A.D.) and hence not expected to have so-called ‘historical understanding’ (Intro. p. 13).