Apbhramsa of Hemchandracharya

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Kantilal Baldevram Vyas, Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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General Editor's Foreword
In accordance with its plan to publish various Prakrit grammars, the Prakrit Text Society is now glad to bring out the original text, alongwith English translation and notes, of the Apabhramsa section of Hemacandra's Prakrit grammar, which forms the eighth chapter of his Siddhahe na-Sabdanuśåsana. Dr. Vayş has used for the first time some important old manuscripts to edit the text. In the introduction he has dealt at length with the character, importance, history and evolution of the Apabhfamśa language and several problems connected with these. In this connection he has duly considered the views of different scholars who have discussed some of these problems earlier.
Dr. Vyas had also provided for in the introduction a detailed linguistic dicussion of Apabhramśa, but it is regretted that due to limitations of space it had to be omitted.
We are thankful to Dr. Vyas for this scholarly edition of the almost one and only available classical grammar of Apabhramsa. We hope it will be useful to those who are insterested in the history and development of Middle Indo-Aryan and New Indo-Aryan languages. 15th September, 1982.
H. C. Bhayani Ahmedabad.