CONTENTS:-
PART I:
In Memoriam: Dr. Upendranath Dhal.
Prof. Dhal-An Institution of Scholarship.
As I have valued my teacher Late Prof. U.N. Dhal.
In the hallowed memory of a humanistic scholar.
Prof. Upendranath Dhal: A Profile.
PART II:
Section: Vedic Studies.
1. Origin of Taxes in Vedic literature.
2. The Eagle Imagery in Rgveda.
3. Understanding Spirituality and Secularism in the Vedic Context.
4. Unadi-sutras as a successful aid to Vedic Interpretation: New Possibilities.
Section: Epics and Puranas.
5. Epic Svayamvaras.
6. On the Ramayana.
7. The Bhagavadgita: A Harmony of the Religious and the Secular.
8. Punishment of an unchaste woman: Three Tales.
9. Dharma as a Four-legged Bull: A Note on an Epic and Puranic Theme.
10. Siva and his Ganas: Techniques of Distancing in Puranic Stories.
11. Concepts of Avatara.
12. Puranic Studies: Past, Present and Future.
13. Development of Radha Cult in the Puranas.
14. The Vedas and the Puranas.
15. The exposition of Rgveda X.90 in the Srimad Bhagavada Puranam : A Study.
16. Goddess Viraja-A Fusion of Two Cults.
17. Concept of Trimurti in the Saura Purana.
18. Seasons in Bhagavata Purana.
Section: Religion and Philosophy.
19. Goddess Laksmi and Her Position in Jagannatha cult.
20. The Idea of Justice in Buddhism.
21. Vedanta Darsana: An Integral view of Reality.
22. Qustioning the Self.
23. A Prsupposition in Indian Philosophy.
24. Tirtha, Purusottamaksetra and Sayanacarya.
25. Prayaga: The Ritualscape of a Hindu Pilgrimage Place.
26. Amalgamation of Brahmanism and Saktism in Orissan Smarta School.
Section-Poetics.
27. Anandamimamsa.
28. A Rejoinder to Jagannatha's Criticism of Mammata's Kavya-laksana.
Section: Indian Linguistics.
29. Some observations on the Nia Vocable natha.
30. The Word Srimadbhagavadgita or Gita: Originally a noun or an adjective.
Section: Manuscript Studies.
31. Some Remarks on the unpublished Ritual Literature of Orissa and the Saivakalpadruma of Laksmidhara.
32. Some Rare Sanskrit Manuscripts from Nagpur University Library.
Section: Anthropology.
33. Chaitrai Festival in a Saora Village of South Orissa, India.
34. Glimpses of Tribal Life and Culture of Orissa.
Section: Miscellaneous.
35. The Date of Kalidasa's Vikramorvasiyam.
36. Kautilya's Concept of Ideal State.
37. Dharme Sarvam Pratisthitam of Pt. Padeshastri of Vadodara.
38. On the form of Jayadeva's Gitagovinda.
