Mahapurana of Puspdanta

Author(s): Ratna N Shriyan
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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NATURE OF DESYA ELEMENT
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(d) Jain
Sanskrit works like Upamitibhavaprapañca Katha of Siddharsi, Brhatkathakośa of Hariṣena and Trisaṣṭisalākāpuruṣa Carita of Hemacandra etc...
8. References from dictionaries like MW., Apte., Kittel and ND. wherever possible.
9. Parallels from Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi, Konkani, Kannada, Tulu etc. (These references are casually pointed out.)1
A discussion about the interpretations or etymology wherever it was deemed necessary.
In the beginning of the study is given a bibliography of the works and papers consulted for the present study and a list of the abbreviations used in the thesis.
An alphabetical register of all the words discussed in this thesis is given at the end.
IV THE NATURE AND CHARACTER OF DESYA ELEMENT
[The list of passages defining the Desi etc.,-Desi lexicographers before Hemacandra- Hemacandra's concept of Dest-Views of modern scholars about Hemacandra's Deśīnāmamālā-Trivikrama's Pk. grammar-Views of Modern scholars on the origin etc., of Desi-Linguistic sources of Dest material collected by Hemacandra-Concept and scope of the term Desya accepted for the purpose of the present study.]
The List of all Passages Defining the Terms Desi, Desya etc.. The terms Desi, Desya, Desaja have been used in the earlier Sanskrit and Prakrit literature in widely differing senses. Moreover, modern scholars who have previously examined and discussed the problem of Desi have also expressed very diverse views. Thus, there prevails a considerable amount of confusion and misunderstanding and obscurity regarding the nature and character of Desi
Before we take up the consideration of the various modern views about Dest, it would be advisable to examine the views of ancient authorities on this point, because in many a case the latter form the basis of the former. Here, in this connection our plan of study would be first to collect all the important texts and references that have a bearing on the meaning, interpretation, use and scope of Dest and then try to study them critically and afterwards assess in their light the modern views on various aspects of the problem.
In order to show the different shades of meaning of the terms in different contexts, the important passages, defining or explaining the 1. These references should be rather taken as illustrative and not exhaustive,