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the allusions and references to the usages from various ancient writings of the Acāryas. It gives in detail the history of a particular word, its origin, gender, suffixes with sūtras, their vṛttis, bhāṣyas, niryuktis and cūrnis. The history of various Darśanas, Vedānta school, NyāyaVaiseṣika Mimāmsā system of thought have been beautifully dealt with in an elegant style.
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The Abhidhana Rajendra deals with 60,000 Prakrit words and their Sanskrit synonyms starting from "A" and ending with Ha with their mātrās in Devanagari script. Its 7 volumes abound in treasury of references from 97 works of ancient Jain Acaryas containing approximately 4.5 lakhs Sanskrit verses. It is an ocean of languages and a quintessence of Jain Agamas. The names of 97 works have been mentioned in the First volume for the purpose of authority and authenticity for inquisitive students, research scholars and monks. There is no parallel to be found in any language or religion of the world of this Ardhamāgadhi Prakrit-Sanskrit Lexicon or Viśvakosa spreading over to about 10,000 pages. The Abhidhāna Rājendra is a crowning achievement of Rajendra Sūriji, despite his other literary works such as Paiya-saddambuhi, Kalpasūtra, Bālāvabodha and so
on.
Many abstracts and technical terms related to Jain Siddhanta and Philosophy, Anekāntavāda (Syāvāda), Isvaravāda Saptanaya, Saptabhangi Şaḍdravya, Navatattva, Geography, Astronomy, History of Jain Tirthas and Tirthankaras and their past life, Agamic subjects and their Vacanas have all been delineated in detail in this work. Words, such as, Ahimsā, Antara, Ātmā, Āu, Āgama, Ahar, Kamma, Kevalaṇāna, Ceiya, Jiva, Titthayara, Poggala, Mokha, Lessä, Sudda have occupied several pages in their interpretation, elicitation and commentary.
No subject concerning Jain metaphysics, philosophy, logic, ethics, epic, narratives has been left untouched. Even a cursory glance through the pages of the book will acquaint anyone with essentials of Jainism. Students of Jainology, research scholars, Jain monks whosoever wants to know any subject or connotation of any word in entiriety can look for it at one place in this single volume.
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