Mahapurana of Puspdanta

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

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NATURE OF DESVA ELEMENT
H. C. Bhayani has edited Ap. texts like PC. in three volumes, Sandeśarāsaka and Paumasiricariu3 and written books like "Vägvyāpāra❞ and edited Siddhahemagata Apabhramsa Vyakarana (Chapter 8, Pada 4, Sutras no. 329 to 448) and published several articles in Bharatiya Vidya and other journals discussing rare and Dest words.
In the indexes to the 3 volumes of PC and SR and Paumasiricariu he has noted down the Desi words occurring in the texts and added brief notes and also given cognates from N.I.A, languages like Gujarati wherever possble.
In Vägvyāpāra he has discussed in detail a number of desya-like words current in Gujarati giving etymological notes and their cognates in N.I.A. languages.
In the Introduction to Siddhahema, he has discussed the relationship of Ap. with Desi-bhaṣa with suitable quotations from ancient authori ties like Bharata, Rudrața, Vagbhața and others. In the Tippana of this book, he has noted the Desi words and Dhatvadesas occurring in the text and has given notes on them.
Besides, the following scholars have worked in the field:
1. L.H. Gray (Fifteen Prakrit Indo-European Etymologies, JAOS, 60, 360-9.)
2. R.L. Turner (his etymological notes in Nepali Dictionary, London, 1931) 3. Jules Bloch (L'indo-aryan du Veda aux temps modernes, 1934, and Formation de la langue marathe, 1920,)
4. L. Alsdorf (Harivaṁśapuraṇa, 1936 and Apabhraṁśa Studien, 1937) 5. A.M. Ghatage (Introduction to Ardha-Magadhi, Kolhapur, 1941)
6. M. Bloomfield ( Some Aspects of Jain Sk., Antidorn, Festschrift J. Wackernagel, 1924, pp. 220-230)
7. M.C. Modi (Hemasamikṣā, Apabhraṁśapaṭhāvali, Samaraiccakaha of Haribhadra, chapters I, II & VI)
8. Becardas Doshi (Deśināmamālā, Paiaiacchināmamālā, 'Apabhramsanu Vyakaraṇa in Puratatva (pp. 363-368)
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Sandeśarāsaka of Abdul Rahaman, Singhi Jain Series, no. 22, 1955,
3. Paumasiricariu of Divyadṛṣṭi Dhāhila, Bhayani H.C, and Modi M.C., Singhi Jain Series, no. 24, Bombay, 1943.
Vägvyapära (in Gujarati) Bhayani, H. C., Bharatiya Vidya Research Series Bombay 1954.
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Paumacariu of Svayambhu, Bhayani, H. C., Part I, Singhi Jain Series, no. 34, Bombay, 1953, part II, 1953, part III, 1960.
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no., 17, Siddhahemagata Ap. Vyakarana, Bhayani, H. C., Farbes Gujarati Shabba Grantham. ālā no. 99, Bombay, 1960
E.g. "Languages of Gujarat from Earliest Times to C. 1300 A.D." in Bharatiya Vidya, volume XVIII, 1947 pp. 289-318, "Ap. and old Gujarati Studies," in Bharatiya Vidyā, vol, XVIII, nos, 3 & 4, pp. 69-70.