Prakrit Proper Names Part 1

Author(s): Mohanlal Mehta, K R Chandra, Dalsukh Malvania
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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revision was completed in the year 1967. The book went to press in 1968 when I was in Toronto. When Dr. Chandra left the Institute in 1969, the task of getting the book printed fell solely upon Dr. N. J. Shah.
Like Dictionary of Pali Proper Names this dictionary too includes some names which are not proper names, e.g. Titthamkara, Cakkavatti etc. It is hoped that they will be useful to the scholars.
While preparing this dictionary generally the compilers have not utilised the data available in other sources, They have collected data only from the Jain canonical texts and their Prakrit and Sanskrit commentaries. Only with regards to geographical names they have utilised the other sources. In spite of this I hope that the scholars will be benefitted by this dictionary because this is for the first time that the data from the Jaina canonical literature is collected and arranged,
The printing of the work follows the pattern set out in the Dictionary of Pali Proper Names. Information of a particular name will not be complete unless the names printed in bold types are also consulted. The bold types are used to indicate that a name printed in those types is separately dealt with at its proper place. The Sanskrit and Prakrit terms used in description are in italic types.
The numbers given in brackets after the name printed ..n bold types indicate that the relevent name with that number is dealt with at its proper place.
I heartily thank Shri Kasturbhai Lalbhai, the Chairman of the Institute, for allowing us to undertake such an exorbitantly expensive project. Moreover, I thank the ministry of Education and Youth Service, Govt. of India, for sanctioning the publication Grant of Rs. 12,000/
L. D. Institute of Indology
Ahmedabad-9 20-6-1970.
Dalsukh Malvania
Director.