Ardha Magadhi Reader

Author(s): B D Jain
Publisher: Shri Satguru Publications

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( ivii ) (6) Indian editions with Gujráti translation
and Dhundiká commentary by Udayasau
bhágya. (2) Pischel's Grammatik der Prakrit, Sprachen, published in Encyclopædia of Indo-Aryan Research (Gurman) Strassburg 1900. Price £ 1. Is. 60.
A monument of industry and sound scholarship Deals with Jaina, dramatic and other Prakrits.
(3) Essay on Jaina Prakrits by B Müller German).
(4) Introduction to Prakrit by A, C. Woolner, published by the University of the Punjab, Lahoro, 1917. Price Rs. 3.
A Reauer and Grammar in one. ! English: The only Prakrit Tieader for English knowing students. Cuntains several extracts from Jaina works
III Dictionaries No dictionary of Jaina Prakrits is ivailable it present. Soveral of the texts published in Europe contain Prakrit-Sanskrit glossaries. Mention may, however, he made of the following :--
(1) Abhidhana Rajendra. Five volumes have appeared, the last word being Bhola. Price Rs. 25 per volume. One or two more volumes are expected to complete the work. The size (1000 pages a volume) and cost make it a work of reference for libraries rather than a students' dictionary. Each Prakrit word is followed by its Sanskrit equivalent etymology, meanings in Sanskrit, reference to the text, and a discussion of the various aspects of the word with quotations from the works. It is an encyclopaedia of Jaina literature, and puts together
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