In Search of the Original Ardhamagadhi English Translation

Author(s): K R Chandra, N M Kansara, Nagin J Shah, Ramniklal M Shah
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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REVIEWS AND OPINIONS ON ĀCĀRĀNGA Section IV: gives information about certain phonetic
changes as seen in earlier and later word
forms. (pp. 157-166) Section V : gives a complete alphabetical Index of all the
word-forms of the restored text. (pp. 167.
195) Section VI: presents in parallel columns the restored text
along with the corresponding texts of the
earlier well-known editions. (pp. 199-269) At the end of this section (VI) H. Jacobi's text of the first chapter of Āyāramga is reproduced. Curious readers would find it instructive to compare Chandra's text with that of Jacobi (pp. 271-276). Then follows an Appendix presenting excerpts from the Reviews and Opinions on the linguistically re-editing of the Acārāngasūtra and restoration of the original Ardhamāgadhi language. (pp.277-327)
In the beginning we meet with the opinions of Prof. Malvania, Prof.Bhayani, Prof.Ghatage and few more scholars. We have finally the views of Muni Punyavijayajī on the form of the original language of Jain Ardhamāgadhi texts as it is found altered in the preserved MSS.(pp.xi-xiv)
Dr. K. R. Chandra deserves warm congratulations for his brilliant piece of research. We earnestly hope he continues his work of editing the remaining part of Ayāramga on the same lines as followed in the present work.
V. M. Kulkarni JOURNAL OF ASIATIC SOCIETY, BOMBAY,
Vol.73 for 1998, pp. 259-261. The great teachers Mahāvīra and Gautama Buddha (Circa 600 B.C.according to Europeans and 1600 B.C. according to Yugăbda) were contemporaries. They lived in adjacent areas and preached their gospels practically to the same people living in the same area. But the texts of their teachings that have come down to us show as if they belonged to different centuries, Pāli appearing to be older than Ardha
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