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from which the Prakrit forms kissa and kisa have come down to us, though this form does not occur in classical Sanskrit.
In short, it can be said that this small book shows Dr. Chandra's insight into the problem and records here the amount of indefatigable labour and sincerity he has given in finding out the material from the printed texts. This idea is welcome, and I personally feel that this should be a standard book of research for tracing the original Amg. I think that every student of Prakrit must have this book by the side of his study-table.
I, therefore, heartily commend Dr. Chandra's inspiring and excellent study to the learned readers throughout the world. Jain Journal, Calcutta, April, '92 Satya Ranjan Banerjee
This trail-blazing work on reconstitution of original ArdhaMāgadhi (AMG) canon is based on years of careful and painstaking research.
Religious-minded Svetāmbara Jain community donated munificent grants for the publication of their secred Canons. It may be due to the manuscripts material (Critical apparatus) available to the editor, and/or his insufficient grounding in textual criticism or textconstitution or a deliberate attempt at simplification of the text (as noted by Muni Punyavijayaji in his edition of the Kalpa Sotra) that we find confusing readings in editions of the Canon.
With duc respect to the editors of the following editions, I give an example of the AMG formations of the Sk. word as found in different editions : (See pp. 85-93) from the book under review)
(1) E (W.Schubring) (2) A (9times) and ceva (7 times ) in the Āgamodaya
Samiti Ed. (3) 4 (1) and creva (15) in Jain Vishva Bhārati Ed.
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