________________
134 : Śramaņa/July-December 2002
Candra Jain & Darbari Lal Kothia, Srimahaviraji 1993.
Index: Agamon Kā Gāthākośa Evaṁ Viṣayānukramaņikā (Nandyādigāthādyakārādiyuto Viṣayānukramo) compiled by Anandasagarasuri, Surat 1928 and Jaina Āgamaśabdakośa, Pt.1, Ladnun 1980.
Sañgrahakośa (Dictionary of Collections): Purātana-Jaina Vākya- Sūci by Jugalkishore Mukhtar, Pt.1, Delhi 1950 and Jaina Grantha Prasasti- Sangraha (2 pts.), Delhi 1954, both by Jugalkishore Mukhtar.
Kośas in Tamil: Cūdāmaņi- Nighantu by Mañalapurushar and Pingala -Nighantu by Pingal Muni.
Kośa in Kannada: Ranna-Kāņda by the great poet Ranna, Abhidhāna-ratnamālā by Nāgavarma and Nânärtharatnākara by · Nāgavarma.
Other Kośas: Turuşkināmamālā or Yavanamālā, SanskritPersian, composed by anonymous, Ahmedabad, Student's English - Paiya Dictionary by H. R. Kapadia, Surat 1941, Sanskrit -Prakrit sabdakośa by A. S. Telkar and Sanskrit - Prakrit Sabdakośa by N. A. Godbole.
The details of the Kośa works composed by Jainas are as follows:
Ekārthaka Kosa 1. Ekārthakośa by Vacanapramukha Ācārya Tulsi, containing
synonyms of about 1700 Prakrit words, collected from approximately 100 Jaina canonical as well as non-canonical works. Kośa also gives illustrations from the texts to ascertain their meanings in particular context. The Kośa has three detailed appendices: the first containing alphabetical index of Prakrit v with their meaning in brackets. The second gives different meanings ranging from 2 to 30; the third lists the verbs with their meanings and root in alphabetical order. Pub. Vacanapramukha Acārya Tulsi, ed. Ācārya Mahāprajña, Jaina Viśva Bharati, Ladnun 1984,
P.41, 396. Anekārthaka Kosa 1. Anekārthanāmamālā (Sanskrit) by Dhanañjaya (1113-1140 AD)
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
