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The Ekā kşa ra ko sa of Pur uşottam a de va, lithographed in the Dvādaśakuşasamgraha and printed in the Abhidhānasamgraha, vol. I. A very similar work is the Ekā kņa rāb hid hāna or Aindranig ha n tu ascribed to Vara ruci.'
The Ekā kşar nū tana nāma mālā of Vis vaś a m b h u printed in the Samskritakoşayugmam, Karachi, 1867. The author has been quoted by Vallabhagaại.'
The E kā kņa r a n āma mālā of Sudhā kala sa, who belonged to the first half of the 14th century. :
The Ekā kņa rar atna mālā of Madh a va, son of Māyaṇa and minister of King Harihara (C. 1350). · It consists of three kāņdas, svara, vyanjana, and samyukta.*
The Eka varṇārtha sa mgr a ha of Bha ratasena, who belonged most probably to the 16th century (see § 4, para 6).
Of the Mātrkā ko sa s may be mentioned the Mātrkā nigha n t u of Mahidāsa, printed in the Dvādaśakośasamgraha, and the V a rņābh id hāna of Y a dunanda na B ha t t a. 2. To this class belong the A vya y a k oşa of Mahā
de v a, published in the DvādaśakośasamAvyayakoşa.
graha, and the Avy ārņa va of Ja yab h a ţţā raka in three tarangas. 3. These give the various forms in which the same
at word may appear. The chief works of this Othographical Lexicons.
class are :The Ś a b da bhe da pra kā sa of Mahes vara, which we have already seen ($10, para 3).
1 Ind. Wört., p. 38. * Ibid.
3 Ibid. * Tr. Cat., p. 3122.
Sans. Coll. Cat., VII, Lexicography MSS., p. 19. Madras Cat., III, 1112.
