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Jaina Kośa Literature : 145 9. Śabdārņava or Siddhaśabdārņava or Rjuprajñavyākaraņa by
Sahajakīrti (first half of 17th cent. AD), pupil of Hemanandana Ratnaharșa of Kharataragaccha, small Sanskrit lexicon is divided into Adhikāras (sections) viz. Jainädhikära, Dyuradhikära, Narakādhikāra, Šāstrā-dhikāra, Kșatriyâdhikāra, Vaiśyādhikāra, Sūdrādhikāra and so on. The lexicon deals with vocable with respect to their genders. Sahajakīrti divides noun into the following 7 classes: (1) masculine, (2) feminine, (3) neuter, (4) non- neuter, (5) non -masculine (6) non- feminine, (7) and nouns having all the three genders. The nouns are further divided into 3 categories such as Rūdha, Yaugika and Miśra. Sastrādhikāra of this lexicon is very important. It furnishes the names of the weapons and arms, probably current at the time of our author. Sahajakīrti wrote a number of works namely, Šatadalakamalankrta-lodrapuriyapārsvanātha-stuti (AD 1626), Mahāvirastuti (AD 1629), KalpaManjari-sīkā on Kalpasūtra (AD 1628), Aneka-Śăstrasărasamuccaya, Ekādidaśaparyantaśabda-Sădhanikā, Sărasvatavrtti, Phalavarddhi-Pārsvanātha -Māhātmyamahākāvya and Pritisattrinsikā. Mns. Bhand. III. No. 466, VI. No.1359; Pet. IV
No. 538, 10. Sabdacandrikā by anonymous is a lexicon, containing synonyms
in prose order. As per manuscript, it is also known as Bālabodhapaddhati or Manoramākośa. Its only manuscript, containing 17 leafs is available at Lalabhai Dalpatbhai Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad Collection. Herein, the synonyms have been
given in the prose after having mentioned the word. Unpub. 11. Sundaraprakāśa-Śabdārņava or Padārthacintāmaņi (AD
1562) by Pdmasundara, pupil of Padmameru, contains 2668 verses, divided into 5 sections. Padmasundara Upadhyaya, a versatile scholar having subjugated a Vedic scholar in the debate, was honoured by Akber. The emperor also built for him a Jaina monastery in Agra. Unpub. Bhand. 6. No. 1422 (manuscript dated
1562 AD. Chani No. 448; PRA No. 394. 12. Sabdabhedābhedaprakāśa-sīkā or śabdabhedanāmamālā by
Maheśvara, probably it deals with minor variations in pronunciations, e.g. Agāra, Āgara, Arati, Arāti etc. The comm, by Jñanavimalagaņi, pupil of Bhanumeru of Kharataragaccha, is
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