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Langue, style et structure dans le monde indien. Centenaire de LouisRenou. Actes du Colloque international (Paris, 25–27 janvier 1996)�edit�es par Nalini Balbir et Georges-Jean Pinault avec la collaborationde Jean Fezas. Paris, Librairie Honor�e Champion, 1996. 559 pp. ISBN2-85203-732-7

In 1996 in Paris a conference on the theme “Langue, style et structuredans le monde” was held in order to commemorate the centenary ofthe birth of Louis Renou (1896–1966). Twenty-two of the twenty-fivelectures are published in this volume under four headings:�Etudesv�ediques (5 papers); Tradition grammaticale (5 papers); Morphologieet lexicographie (7 papers); Po�esie et forme des textes (5 papers).Summaries in French or English are given of each paper and there isan index of words, ideas and proper names (pp. 537–554).

It is not possible to examine here the twenty-two articles and it mustsuffice to enumerate the titles which clearly express the topics studied.

�Etudes v�ediques: Tatiana Elizarenkova, The problem of Soma inthe light of language and style of the R. gveda, pp. 13–31; Georges-Jean Pinault, La base radicale sat- et la notion de loi dans les hymnesv�ediques, pp. 33–69; Toshifumi Got�o, Zur Lehre�S�an.d. ilyas, pp. 71–89;Asko Parpola, On the Upagrantha (s�utra) of the S�amaveda: 1. Contentsand textual divisions, pp. 91–121; Stephanie W. Jamison,Vr. tra etVr.�ragna andSur la structure du k�avya– Some intersections: Vedicmotifs in Kum�arasam. bhavaIII, pp. 123–142.

Tradition grammaticale: Madhav M. Deshpande, The Vedic Traditionsand Origins of Grammatical Thought in Ancient India, pp. 145–170;Kamaleshwar Bhattacharya, Sur la base grammaticale de la pens�eeindienne, pp. 171–186; Johannes Bronkhorst, Upanis.ads and grammar:On the meaning ofanuvy�akhy�ana, pp. 187–198; Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat,La conception de l’image divine dans le Mah�abh�as.ya de Pata~njali,pp. 199–212; D. Seyfort Ruegg, Notes sur la transmission et la r�eceptiondes trait�es de grammaire et de lexicographie sanskrites dans les traditionsindo-tib�etaines, pp. 213–232.

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Morphologie et lexicographie: Minoru Hara,�Anr.n.ya, pp. 235–261;�Edith Nolot, Vices de proc�edure: remarques�a propos du “Schism Edict”d’Asoka et des circonstances de la troisi�emesam. g�ıti, pp. 263–284; PetraKieffer-P�ulz, The meaning ofm�al.a(ka)/m�ala(ka) in P�ali, pp. 285–325;Nalini Balbir, L�u- et Lu~nc- en moyen-indien: emplois techniques etmorphologie, pp. 327–352; Bruno Dagens, Le temple corps du dieu,pp. 353–383; Jean Fezas,�su�srus. �a dans l’Artha�s�astra: ob�eissance, devoirconjugal ou maison du beau-p�ere?, pp. 385–412; Peter Schreiner, OnCreating, Formatting and Working with a First Electronic SanskritDictionary, pp. 413–426.

Po�esie et forme des textes: Marie-Claude Porcher, Remarques sur lafonction des figures de style dans le R�am�ayan.a, pp. 429–447; GiulianoBoccali, Les images de la saison des pluies chez A�svaghos.a, pp. 449–467; Sylvain Brocquet, Strat�egie du jeu de mots dans lek�avya despan�egyriques�epigraphiques, pp. 469–495; Colette Caillat, Transmis-sion textuelle et variations dans le canon jaina�svet�ambara. L’exemplede l’ �Ay�arangasutta, pp. 497–521; Siegfried Lienhard, Lucky Numbersin Ancient Indian Literature, pp. 523–536.

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Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. Volume VII . AbhidharmaBuddhism to 150 A.D.Edited by Karl H. Potter with Robert E. Buswell,Jr. Padmanabh S. Jaini and Noble Ross Reat. Delhi, Motilal BanarsidassPublishers, 1996. X, 636 pp. Rs. 600

Buddhist Abhidharma texts are perhaps more easily summarizedthan other philosophical texts. The majority of these texts consistof lengthy enumerations which are not very entertaining to read. There-fore summaries and indexes are very welcome. Summaries are givenin twenty-four texts in P�ali and Chinese. The P�ali texts belong to theTherav�ada school and most of the Chinese texts are translations of textsof the Sarv�astiv�ada school.

Buswell and Jaini briefly describe the development of Abhidhar-ma philosophy (pp. 73–119). The dates of the P�ali texts are difficultto determine because little confidence can be put in the accounts ofthe councils. Buswell and Jaini abstain from critically examining the

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