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Jaina Kosa Literature : 131 Kośa, Sanskrit Kośa, Ardhamāgadhikośa, Apabhraṁśakośa, Deśiśabdakośa, Vyutpatyātmaka (Etymological), Viśvakośa (Encyclopaedic), Paribhāṣika (Technical), Vyaktikośa (Biographical), Viṣayakoşa (Subject dictionary), Index, Sangrahakośa (dictionary of collections), Kośas in Tamil, Kosas in Kannada and Other Kosas.
Ekārthaka: Ekārthakośa, containing synonyms of about 1700 Prakrit words, Ladnun 1984.
Anekārthaka: Anekārthanāmamālā by Dhananjaya (1113-1140 AD), Anekārthanāmamālā-Ṭīkā by anonymous, Anekārthasargraha, a homonymous dictionary by Hemacandra (AD 1150), AnekārthaKairavākarakaumudī by Mahendrasuri (13th Cent. AD), Anekārthasangraha-Seṣa by Jinaprabhasūri (1292- 1233 AD), Anekārthavyayasangraha by Śrīdharasena, a Digambar Acārya, both supplement to Anekārthasangraha of Hemacandra, Anekārthasangrahasūcī by Maithil Vidyakara Misra, an index to Hemacandra's Anekārthasangraha, Anekārthadhvanimañjarī by Mahākṣapanaka. Viśvalocanakośa or Muktāvalīkośa by Śrīdharasena, Anekārthanāmamālā by Vinayasagara (fl. 1646A D), Anekārtharatnamañjūṣā by Samayasundara (second half of the 17th cent. AD), pupil of Sakalacandra, of Kharataragaccha, Anekārthanāmamālā by Harṣakīrti (first half of the 17th cent. AD), pupil of Candrakirti of Nāgapuriya Tapagaccha, Anekārtharatnakośa by anonymous of Añcalagaccha, Ekākṣarīnānārthakāṇda by Dharasena, a Digambar Acārya and Nānārthodayasagara Kośa by Muni Ghasilala, Indore 1988.
Akṣaratmaka (Syllabic): Ekākṣaranāmamālikā or Ekākṣaranāmamālā by Amaracandrasuri (13th cent AD), Ekākṣarakośa by Mahākṣapaṇaka in 41 Sanskrit verses, Ekākṣarīnānārthakāṇḍa by Dharasena, a Digambar, Ekākṣaranāmamālā (AD 1350) by Sudhakalaśa and one also by anonymous.
Prakrit Kośa: Paiyalacchīnāmamālā (AD 972) by Dhanapal, Jainakakko (Prakrit-Gujrati) by Balabhai Chaganalala, Pāiyasaddambudhi or Prakritaśabdambudhi by Rajendrasuri in 1899 AD, Paiya Sadda Mahanṇavo by Pt. Haragovinda Das T. Seth, Varanasi, ed. 2nd 1963 and Prakrit-Hindi Kośa, an abridged edition of Paiya-SaddaMahanṇavo of Seth Haragovindadasa, ed. K. R. Candra, Ahmedabad 1987.
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