Proceedings of the Nordic South Asia Conference, held in Helsinki, June 10-12, 1980 /

C.G. Diehl: Divine identity in Tamil Nadu. Samples for recognition and analysis. -- R. Gothóni: Emic, etic and ethics. Some remarks on studying a "foreign" religion. -- G. Gällmo: Buddhism in Ceylon and Sweden. A comparison. -- J.C. Heesterman: Veda and society. Some remarks a propos of the film "Altar of Fire". -- J. Hesselberg: The future of rural crafts. The case of Puwakdandawa, a craft village in southern Sri Lanka. -- J. Hinkkanen: On a multisectoral approach to the South Asian economies. -- B. Hjejle: Structural change in agrarian society. A study of southern Vizagapatam, 1770–1900. Research report. -- L. Hopeavuori: Folk-religion in North-West Pakistan (South Waziristan). A field study of magical practices and some symbols in marriage ceremonies. -- K. Karttunen: The reliability of the Indika of Ktesias. --- L. Kjaerholm Vilakkidu kalyanam. A marriage-like pre-puberty ritual of the Karkatta Velalar of Tamil Nadu. -- K. Koskenniemi: Syntactic methods in the study of the Indus script. -- G. Liebert: Zum Alter und Ursprung des Vi upur a. -- S.A. Nilsson: Shah Faisal masjid, Islamabad. Genesis of the national mosque. -- B. Orre: Sound-symbolic structure of Dravidian. -- M.-L. Pajari: Problems of translating the New Testament into Pashto. -- A. Parpola On the primary meaning and etymology of the sacred syllable ōm. -- S. Rodhe: The Indian backround of two modern meditation movements. — W.L. Smith: Kirttibas and the pandits. The revision of the Bengali Ramayana. -- B. Sommarström: Contents of life in Buddhist st pas and images. Preliminary report on a research project at the Ethnographical Museum of Sweden. -- E. Strandberg: Report on a project based on Tanjore Mararathi documents 1725–1844. -- P. Sørensen: An evaluation of the Early Soan chronology.-- B. Tamm: Theatrical dance and contacts between South India and the Mediterranean. -- F. Thiesen: A new approach to teaching Sanskrit. -- U. Tähtinen: Indian traditional values. -- T. Vanhanen: The roots of democracy in India.