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VOL. 13 (2006), ISSUE 1 (May)


CONTENTS:


ARTICLE:
Rgvedische Lichtaufnahmen: Soma botanisch, pharmakologisch, in den Augen der Kavis (831kb)

by Rainer Stuhrmann



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VOL. 12 (2005), ISSUE 3 (September)


CONTENTS:


ARTICLE:
Number Symbolism in the Vedas (167kb)

by S. S. N. Murthy



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VOL. 12 (2005), ISSUE 2 (July)


CONTENTS:


ARTICLE:
Yajnavalkya's Characterization of the Atman and the Four Kinds of Suffering in early Buddhism (276kb)

by Toshifumi Goto



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VOL. 12 (2005), ISSUE 1 (Mar)


CONTENTS:

Editor's Note
Announcement
Colophon
Copyright Notice (5kb)


ARTICLE:
Vala and Iwato:
The Myth of the Hidden Sun in India, Japan, and beyond (1061kb)


N.B. additional pictures and maps (20700kb)

by Michael Witzel



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VOL. 11 (2004), ISSUE 2 (Dec)


CONTENTS:

Editor's Note
Abstract of the Article
Colophon
Copyright Notice (5kb)


ARTICLE:
The Collapse of the Indus-Script Thesis:
The Myth of a Literate Harappan Civilization (1217kb)

by Steve Farmer, Richard Sproat, and Michael Witzel



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VOL. 11 (2004), ISSUE 1 (Jun)


CONTENTS:

Editor's Note (2kb)


OBITUARY of F. J. B. Kuiper (112kb)

by Michael Witzel

COPYRIGHT NOTICE (2kb)



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VOL. 10 (2003), ISSUE 6 (Nov)

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ARTICLE


A note on the Ramayana (260kb)

by S.S.N. Murthy


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VOL. 10 (2003), ISSUE 5 (Sep)

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CONTENTS:


EDITOR'S NOTE


ARTICLE


The Questionable Historicity of the Mahabharata (161kb)

by S.S.N. Murthy


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VOL. 10 (2003), ISSUE 4 (Sep)

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ARTICLE

G. Ehlers,
A note on pUrvazikhA


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VOL. 10 (2003), ISSUE 3 (Sep)

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Kerala Yajna with Foreign Participation

Agnicayana1 (540kb)

Agnicayana2 (182kb)

Agnicayana3 (388kb)

Agnicayana4 (511kb)

Agnicayana5 (578kb)


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VOL. 10 (2003), ISSUE 2 (Sep)

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ARTICLE

Itti Ravi Mamunne,
Agni and the Foreign Savants


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VOL. 10 (2003), ISSUE 1 (Sep)

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ARTICLE

T. P. Mahadevan & Frits Staal,
THE TURNING-POINT IN A LIVING TRADITION
somayAgam 2003


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VOL. 9 (2003), ISSUE 1 (May)

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part A article 1 (113kb)

part B article 2 (9kb)

part C article 3 (6kb)

picture 1 (135kb)

picture 2 (256kb)

picture 3 (218kb)

part D article 4 (26kb)

figure 1 (243kb)

figure 2 (228kb)

figure 3 (369kb)

figure 4 (701kb)

figure 5 (406kb)

figure 6a (225kb)

figure 6b (162kb)

figure 7 (350kb)

figure 8a (304kb)

figure 8b (450kb)

figure 9 (142kb)

figure 10 (113kb)

part E article 5 (51kb)

part F contributors (4kb)


CONTENTS:


EDITOR'S NOTE


GUEST EDITOR'S NOTE


ARTICLE 1

J.E.M. Houben,
The Soma-Haoma problem:
Introductory overview and observations on the discussion.


ARTICLE 2

J.E.M. Houben,
Report of the Workshop.


ARTICLE 3

C.C. Bakels,
Report concerning the contents of a ceramic vessel found in the "white room" of the Gonur Temenos, Merv Oasis, Turkmenistan.


ARTICLE 4

Victor I. Sarianidi,
Margiana and Soma-Haoma.


ARTICLE 5

George Thompson,
Soma and Ecstasy in the Rgveda.


6. Contributors to this issue, Part I


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VOL. 8 (2002), ISSUE 3 (March)

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part 1 (64kb)

attached figure 1.1 (95kb)

attached figure 1.2 (159kb)

attached figure 1.3 (108kb)

part 2 (54kb)

part 3 (71kb)

attached figure 3.1 (152kb)

attached figure 3.2 (177kb)

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EJVS 8-3 in PDF (359kb)


NOTE FROM THE EDITOR


ARTICLE

Philip T. Nicholson,
The Soma Code, Part I:
Luminous Visions in the Rig Veda.


ARTICLE

Philip T. Nicholson,
The Soma Code, Part II:
Soma's Birth, Purification, and Transmutation into Indra.


ARTICLE

Philip T. Nicholson,
The Soma Code, Part III:
Visions, Myths, and Drugs.


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VOL. 8 (2002), ISSUE 2 (March)

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OBITUARY of R.N. Dandekar

by Madhav M. Deshpande


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VOL. 8 (2002), ISSUE 1 (March)

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EDITOR'S NOTE


ARTICLE

Iravatham Mahadevan,
Aryan or Dravidian or Neither?
A Study of Recent Attempts to Decipher the Indus Script (1995-2000)


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VOL. 7 (2001), ISSUE 5 (August)


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Frits Staal,

ADDENDUM TO EJVS 7-3, on Vedic Geometry and the History of Science


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VOL. 7 (2001), ISSUE 4 (July)


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Michael Witzel,

ADDENDUM TO EJVS 7-3, notes 45-46


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VOL. 7 (2001), ISSUE 3 (May)


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part 1 (73kb)

part 2 (83kb)

part 3 (42kb)

part 4 (81kb)

part 5 (60kb)

part 6 (44kb)

part 7 (46kb)


NOTE FROM THE EDITOR


ARTICLE

Michael Witzel,
Autochthonous Aryans?
The Evidence from Old Indian and Iranian Texts.


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VOL. 7 (2001), ISSUE 2 (April)


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part 1 (28kb)

part 2 (67kb)

part 3 (53kb)


NOTE FROM THE EDITOR


REVIEW ARTICLE

Michael Witzel,
WESTWARD HO !
The Incredible Wanderlust of the Rgvedic Tribes Exposed by S. Talageri
A Review of: Shrikant G. Talageri, The Rigveda. A historical analysis.


PAPER in PDF (135kb)


PAPER in PS (338kb)


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VOL. 7 (2001), ISSUE 1 (March)


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SAAVADHAANAPATTRA


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VOL. 6 (2000), ISSUE 2 (December)


Journal as published through e-mail (34kb)


NOTE FROM THE EDITOR


PAPER

1. Kim Plofker,
How to interpret astronomical references in Vedic texts?

2. B. N. Achar,
Comments on "The Pleiades and the Bears viewed from inside the Vedic texts"

3. B. N. Achar,
Searching for nakSatras in the Rgveda


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VOL. 6 (2000), ISSUE 1 (November)


Journal as published through e-mail (text part 68kb)


NOTE FROM THE EDITOR


PAPER

J. R. Gardner,
Virtual Vidhaana: E-Textnology (XML and XSL/T) and Vedic Research


PAPER in HTML (81kb)


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additional files to be used in several further implementations of J. R. Gardner's programme
(save as source or binary, and expand)

for PC (652kb)


for Mac (473kb)



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VOL. 5 (1999), ISSUE 2 (December)


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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR


PAPER

B. N. Narahari Achar,
On Exploring the Vedic Sky with Modern Computer Software

M. Witzel,
The Pleiades and the Bears viewed from inside the Vedic texts


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VOL. 5 (1999), ISSUE 1 (September)


Journal as published through e-mail

part 1 (71kb)

part 2 (63kb)

part 3 (61kb)

part 4 (34kb)


NOTE FROM THE EDITOR


PAPER

Michael Witzel,
Substrate Languages in Old Indo-Aryan
(Rgvedic, Middle and Late Vedic)


PAPER in PDF (427kb)


PAPER in DVI (395kb)


PAPER in PS (759kb)


MAP after page 67

Language Situation in North India and Surroundings

Map in PDF (162kb)


Map in JPG (160kb)


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VOL. 4 (1998), ISSUE 2 (December)

Journal as published through e-mail (15kb)


PAPER

B.N. Narahari Achar,
On the meaning of AV XIX.53.3:
Measurement of Time?


PAPER in PDF (75kb)


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PAPER in PS (133kb)


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VOL. 4 (1998), ISSUE 1 (August)

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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR


PAPER

Makoto Fushimi,
Brahmana passages in Apastamba-Srautasutra.


PAPER in PDF (147kb)


PAPER in DVI (136kb)


PAPER in PS (317kb)


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VOL. 3 (1997), ISSUE 4 (December)


Journal as published through e-mail (24kb)


NOTE FROM THE EDITOR


PAPER

B. N. Narahari Achar,
A Note on the Five-Year Yuga of the vedAGga jyotiSa.


PAPER in PDF (84kb)


PAPER in DVI (36kb)


PAPER in PS (170kb)


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VOL. 3 (1997), ISSUE 3 (October)


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PAPER

Carlos Lopez,
Food and Immortality in the Veda: A Gastronomic Theology?

PAPER in PDF (slightly updated, Fall 2003) (109kb)


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VOL. 3 (1997), ISSUE 2 (May)


Journal as published through e-mail (41kb)

clay model of a frog used by Newar farmers (jpg file: 25kb)


NOTE FROM THE EDITOR


PAPER

Gautama V. Vajracharya,
The Adaptation of Monsoonal Culture by Rgvedic Aryans: A Further Study of the Frog Hymn.


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VOL. 2 (1996), ISSUE 1 (April)


Journal as published through e-mail (54kb)


NOTE FROM THE EDITOR


ANNOUNCEMENT


PAPER

Yasuke Ikari,
ON NEWLY FOUND MSS. OF THE VAADHUULA SCHOOL OF THE YAJURVEDA.


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VOL. 1 (1995), ISSUE 4 (December)


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part 1 (59kb)

part 2 (40kb)

part 3 (2kb)


NOTE FROM THE EDITOR


PAPER

Michael Witzel,
EARLY SANSKRITIZATION. Origin and development of the Kuru state.


PAPER in PDF (209kb)


PAPER in DVI (150kb)


PAPER in PS (422kb)


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NEWS



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VOL. 1 (1995), ISSUE 3 (November)


NOTE FROM THE EDITOR


PAPER

Petteri Koskikallio,
Baka Daalbhya: a Complex Character in Vedic Ritual Texts, Epics and PuraaNas.


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VOL. 1 (1995), ISSUE 2 (May)


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PAPER

Michael Witzel,
Looking for the heavenly casket.


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