Jain Journal 2001 01

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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WILES : THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SVETAMBARA CANON
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1938): Sampādakiya vaktavya / Muni Ratnacandra 1-4. - Prakasaka kā nivedana : abhärā pradaršana 5-6. - Mahāräştri va desya-Präkrtäntargata pramanagranthom (repharanseja) ke sariketom kā vivarana 7-14. - 'ai'-'holia' 1-665. - Desi-Prakrta kosa from the Desinamamala and earlier volumes of this dictionary ‘aakha''hola' 665-857. -- Suddhi-patra Devanagari 1-12. -- Errata 13-21. - Postface about the reprint edition, in Japanese / Takanisa Koseki, 1-2.
Vols, 2-4 have title on added t.p.: Sacitra Arddha-Magadni kosha.
Vol. 5 has title : The remaining part of Ardha-Maradhi quadrilingual dictionary, or, Maharashtri and Deshya Prati dictionary: title on added t.p.: Parisishta Arddha-Magih kosha, evam, Maharshtri va Desya Prakrta kosha Gulab-Virgranthamālā; ratna 21).
About 50 000 words, collected from 49 texts consisting og nearly the whole of the Svetämbara "canon" together with all supplernentary words. A more complete list of sources is given in the fifth volume which is a separate sequence.
In the postface the efforts to obtain a good copy of the text are described, having been unsuccessful the copy of Professor Matsunami Seiren was taken apart page by page, each page was carefully repaired before being photographed (See the brief notice about the reprint by J. W. de Jong IIJ 21 (1979) 213).
ANU MENZ ASIAN REFERENCE PK 1256.R3 1977 v.1-5 Reprint. 1988. *An illustrated Ardha-Magadhi dictionary : literary, philosophic, and scientific, with Sanskrit, Gujrati (sic), Hindi, and English equivalents, references to the texts & copious quotations / by Ratnachandraji; with an introduction by A.C. Woolner, Varanasi, India : Amar Publication; Delhi: Distributor, Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan, 1988.5 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
LCCN 88-901557 1924-34 *Brhat Jaina sabdarnava / B.L. Jain; completed by Shital
Prasadaji. 1924-34. 2 v. (JSK 1, 1]
v. 1 Barabanki. v. 2 Surat. A helpful source book (JSK 1,1).