Jinamanjari 1995 09 No 12

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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Referring to this story is relevant in the context when the entire world is giving a clarion call to save the environment from industrial pollution Arama-Sobha story of the ancient and medieval Indian literature reminds the value of ecology in the present as well.. By remembering them we will be remembering our heritage which help.
Post Graduate Diploma in Prakrit
The Telugu University, Hydrabad, India.
The position of Prakrit language in modern Indian languages both linguisticly and literarily is very important.
Prakrit have been encouraged in the Universities of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar in the North and Tamil Nadu in South. This has facilitated the understanding of Prakrit in its linguistic and literary forms and comparative studies of languages. The Telugu University has started Post Graduage Diploma Course from the academic year of 1994-95 in the faculty of comparative studies. The curriculum stresses on the relationship of Telugu and Prakrit study and Prakrit inscriptions in Andhra.
Telugu Grammar divides its vacbulary into tatsama, tadbhava and desys. The tatsama words are Sanskrit with Telugu case endings. The tadbhava ones are Prakrit words, and desys is not influenced either by Prakrit or Sanskrit.
Some of the tadbhava Telugu words are Aggi (Agnih), Ojja (Upadhyayah), Vennudu (Vishuh) and Kanniah (Krishnah) with Sanskrit equivalent in the paranthesis.
- Prof. Kamala, Hydrabad
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