Commentationes in honorem Pentti Aalto

Articles: T. Pekkanen, Rhytmus gratulatorius Professori Pentti Aalto; J. Aro, Pronunciation of the “emphatic” consonants in Semitic languages; H.W. Bailey, Khotan Ska metal and mineral names; C.R. Bawden, A note on a Mongolian burial ritual; T. Burrow, Sanskrit írā ‘nourishment’; G. Doerfer, Das Sonqor-Türkische (ein vorläufiger Bericht); A. von Gabain, Iranische Elemente im zentral- und ostasiatischen Volksglauben; J. Gonda, The mantras of Kausika-Sūtra 10–52; W. Heissig, Das Epenmotiv vom Kampf Gesers mit dem schwarzgefleckten Tiger; J. Janhunen, Porsa – a Siberian cultural term; A. Joki, Die Tungusen und ihre Kontakte mit anderen Völkern; S. Kaluzynski, Einige jakutische Etymologien; R. Krueger, Jeremiah Curtin as a scholar of Mongolian folklore; L. Chandra, Morphological typology in Buddhist iconography; A. Parpola, Sanskrit mānava(ka)- ‘(Vedic) student, pupil, (Brahmin) boy’ and the religious fast in Ancient India; N. Poppe, The Altaic plural suffix -*t; R. Yöngsiebü, Everlasting bodies of the ancestral spirits in Mongolian shamanism; K. Sagaster, Das Heldenlied von Altā Tsembel Xū. Eine symbolkundliche Untersuchung; N. Simonsson, Knowledge and means of knowledge; D. Sinor, An Altaic word for “snowstorm”; E. Słuszkiewicz, Some remarks on Sanskrit synonyms; J. Suolahti, V-viri uls Tiberim or Cistiberes; E. Tryjarski, The confession of Anton Vartabed; P. Valtonen, Trends and special traits in Finnish Romani; Bibliography of Professor Pentti Aalto’s publications 1938–1976 (compiled by H. Halén).