Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (2005), Vol. LXXXVI

Contents: I. Articles: 1. The extended Siddha-Principle/S.D. Joshi and Paul Kiparsky. 2. Linga-Utpatti : Towards holistic creativity/Subhash Anand. 3. The delineation of love by Bhavabhuti/T.G. Mainkar. 4. Unity in diversity: Indian and Western philosophical tradition/Fernando Tola and Carmen Dragonetti. 5. Jaiminiya Brahmana, Pseudocyesis and homosexuality/Madhvi Kolhatkar. 6. Did Bhima vow to drink Duhsasana's blood/M.A. Mehendale. 7. Valimiki curses the fowler/M.G. Dhadphale. 8. Conception of Ahimsa in Buddhism: a critical note/Mangala Chinchore. 9. Appaya Diksita and the directness of denotation/Arun Ranjan Mishra. 10. The Visti in Ancient Indian traditions: its transformation to forced labour/G.C. Chauhan. 11. A glance at the word Jati in the Vedic Literature/Uma Chakravati. 12. A Lacuna in Sayana's commentary: a solution/Shrimanta Chattopadhyay. 13. Relevance of Kanada's Vaisesika and Upanishadic Brahman to modern physics/S.R. Nene. 14. Ancient miracles in medicines/G.T. Panse. 15. In quest of the South/Manik L. Dhanpalwar. 16. Was Draupati ever disrobed?/Pradip Bhattacharya. 17. A note on the development of emotional Bhakti: Epic Saivism in the Mahabharata/Nicholas Sutton. 18. Biodiversity in Gautama-Samhita/Priyadarshan Sensarma. 19. Tirtha-Yatra in Maharashtra: recorded and imagined/Irina Glushkova. II. Reviews and short notices. III. Obituary notice: Dr. Palsule (1921-2005)/M.G. Dhadphale.