Bhagwad Gita Vivechanatmak Shabdakosh

Author(s): Prahlad C Divanji
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt Ltd

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Critical Word-Index to the Bhagavadgita
already proved his ability as indicated by his title, Rao Bahadur, he undertook and finished the task of preparing such an index. I really feel great admiration for Mr. Divanji's untiring energy and devotion to work. The present index of the primary and the other wordunits in the Bhagavadgità presents all the material longed for by a research student of the work from a philosophical, linguistical, sociological and as a matter of fact, from every point of view. All compound words are separated and presented in their original form. The Index is divided into three parts: the first gives the primary word-units in an alphabetical order, the Vulgate and the Kasmir recensions being separately treated, with comparative tables of the variant readings in both; Part II contains a similar treatment of the secondary and other word-units and Part III gives a Common Index of all the words treated in Parts I and II. The whole plan is carefully explained in the Introduction.
The solution of the compounds in the primary and other wordunits is given according to the author's own ideas; perhaps it would have been better had the author given this according to the different commentators that had tackled the book. But this naturally leads to the wider question of giving the different meanings assigned to the different words by the different commentators and this does not fall within the purview of the word-index. Such a dictionary prepared with the help of this Index would, I think, be a scholar's paradise and would, at a glance, lay bare the skill or otherwise of the given commentator of the Bhagavadgita. The publication of this Index will surely do honour to any publisher and I heartily congratulate the author on the excellent work that he has done in this Word-Index of the Bhagavadgitä.
Wilson College, 14-6-1943.
Benares Hindu University, 28-11-1945.
I read through the pages of your Critical Word-Index to the Bhagavadgita. It is a work which will be of considerable value to all students of our sacred scriptures.
H. D. VELANKAR.
RADHAKRISHNAN.