Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (2003), Vol. LXXXIV

Contents: Articles: 1. A glance at the word Varna in the Vedic literature/Uma Chakravarty. 2. On astronomical references in Vyasa-Dhrtarastra-Samvada in the Bhismaparvan of Mahabharata/B.N. Narahari Achar. 3. Indian origins of chess : an overview/C. Pandurang Bhatta. 4. A discussion about the rare quotes from Candesvara Thakkura\'s Rajanitiratnakara/Swagata Pandit. 5. Kiratarjuniya IX (-A)/J.A.F. Roodbergen. 6. Characterizing classical anustup : a study in Sanskrit Prosody/G.S.S. Murthy. 7. The Ramayana tradition in Central Himalaya/D.P. Sakalani. Miscellanea: 1. On Aryabhata\'s planetary constants/Subhash Kak. 2. Political history as an integral study of political life and institutions/Shankar Goyal. 3. Is salvation a nonexistence in the Nyaya school?/Satyamurti. 4. Vedic culture in comparison with Indo-European Common Culture/Hukam Chand Patyal. 5. Mahimnastava edited by Prof. Norman Brown: some observations/K.S. Arjunwadkar. 6. Visnu in the Veda/Vishvanath Khaire. Reviews: 1. Collected papers on Jain studies/Padmanabha S. Jaini. 2. Dr. Charlotte Krause her life and literature Vol. I/Hazarimull Banthia and Luitgard Soni; reviewed by R.P. Poddar. 3. Before the beginning and after the end/Rishi Kumar Mishra. 4. Retrieval of history of Puranic myths/P.L. Bhargava; reviewed by S.K. Lal. 5. Bhasasastra Pravesini (A handbook on comparative philology)/R.S. Venkatarama Sastri; reviewed by G.B. Palasule. 6. Religion revisited/J. Ouseparampil; reviewed by Pradeep Gokhale. 7. Sri Balakrsna Granthavali/Balakrsna Bhatta. 8. Kavya in South India (Old Tamil Cankam poetry)/Herman Tielon and Egbert Forsden; reviewed by P.G. Lalye. 9. Aryan culture in Assam/Manotosh Chakravarti; reviewed by Uma Chakravarty. Books received for review. Obituary notices: 1. Pandit Vaman Balakrishna Bhagvat Guruji/Saroja Bhate. 2. Prof. Chintamani Ganesh Kashikar/Shrikant Bahulkar.