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Buddhist texts were published between the time of these dictionaries and Edgerton's. The latter thus includes fundamental Buddhist terms from these texts, such as the Yogācāra term älaya-vijñāna, which were not available for inclusion in the earlier dictionaries. But it, like the encyclopedic Sanskrit dictionary coming out from Poona, has not fully utilized even the few Buddhist tantric texts available to it, probably because there was no one to explain their meaning. Thus though it quotes vocabulary from the Sadhanamālā, it does not give the meaning of ālambya or avalambya as used throughout that text. The list of abbreviations of works quoted, etc., used in the dictionary is found only in the grammar, so the dictionary is not a selfcontained work, but requires reference to the grammar volume.
Since many of the texts referred to by Edgerton are hard to obtain, he prepared a Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Reader for use with his grammar and dictionary. It includes selections primarily from the Mahāvastu and Lalita Vistara. All three of Edgerton's volumes use roman transliteration exclusively, no devanāgari.
Traditional Sanskrit Study
The Ashțādhyāyi of Pāṇini, edited and translated into English, by Sriša Chandra Vasu. 2 vols., 1st ed. Allahabad, 1891; reprint Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1962, etc. The Siddhānta Kaumudi of Bhattoji Dikṣita, edited and translated into English, by Srisa Chandra Vasu. 2 vols., 1st ed. Allahabad, 1906; reprint Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1983, etc. The Laghukaumudi: A Sanskrit Grammar by Varadarāja, with an English version, commentary, and references, by James R. Ballantyne. 1st ed. Varanasi, 1849; 2nd ed. 1867; 4th ed. 1891; reprint Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1967, etc. Amarakośa, by Amara-Sinha. Many Sanskrit editions available; translated into English by H. T. Colebrooke, 1808, eds. 1825, 1891; also published as Amara's Nāmalingānušāsanam (Text): A Sanskrit Dictionary in three Chapters, Critically Edited with Introduction and English equivalents for each word, and English Word-Index, by N. G. Sardesai, and D. G. Padhye. Poona: Oriental Book Agency, 1st ed. 1940, 2nd ed. 1969.
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