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INTRODUCTION
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$16. The following lexicons, written mostly after Medini (but some may be earlier), are neither quoted as often nor
held as authoritative as the previous ones. Later Loxi- But their importance lies in this, that they
utilised some earlier and more authoritative ones which are not available now or available only in a mangled and incorrect form, and hence they may be of use in the correction and reconstruction of the latter.
1. The Ś a b da rat napr a dipa in five kāņdas, often quoted by Sumatigaại in his Ganadharasārdhaśatakavrtti, composed in 1295. It appears to be identical with the Ś a b da ratna dipa of Kalyāņa malla.'
2. The Apavarg a nāma mālā, called Pañca.varga pariharanāma mālā in some catalogues, of Jin a bh a dra sūri. The author calls himself servant (sevaka) of Jinavallabha- and Jinadattasūri, and obedient (vineya) to Jinapriya (-vallabha), and thus appears to have flourished in the 12th century.
3. The Ś abdarat nāk a ra of Mahipa. The homonymous portion of this work bears the special title A ne kārtha - or Nārārtha tila ka and shows the date 1374.:
4. The Bhūrip r a yoga of Padma nā bhadatta. It contains a smaller synonymous and a bigger homonymous portion. The author composed his Prşodarādivrtti in 1375.*
5. The Ś a b da mālā of Rām es va rasar man is similar to the Bhūriprayoga. The time of the author is not known.
Jes. Cat., p. 64. • Ibid. * Ind. Wört., p. 36.
See 15, para 2 fn., above.
