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pointed out as and where required. Pub. ed. Mohan Lal Banthia & Sricandra Coradia, Jaināgama Visaya Kośa Text Series No. 3, Jaina
Darsana Samiti, Calcutta 1980, pp. 45, 576. 3. Jaina Jyoti (Aitihāsikavyaktikośa) (Vol. 1) compiled by Jyoti
Prasad Jain, it contains the description of the Jaina characters in alphabetical order in Hindi. It deals with Jaina Ācārya, monks, nuns, kings, other royal personages, mythological characters, literatures, artists, prominent Jaina laities etc. The volume covers the period, corresponding to 2500 years i.e. from the Mahāvīra era
to present day. Pub. Jñānadeep Publication, Lucknow 1988, P. 8,190. Vişayakośa (Subject Dictionary) 1. Nighantuśeşa by Hemacandra (1088-1172 AD), a supplement to
Abhidhānacintāmaņi-Nāmamālā, is a glossary of Botanical plants and herbs. Containing 396 verses, divided into 6 Kāndas (sections) viz. Vřkșa, Gulma, Latā, sāka, Trna and Dhānya. Pub. In: Abhidhānasangraha, Nirnayasagar Press, Bombay 1896. Il ed. Muni Punyavijaya, Seth Devacanda Lalabha: Jaina Pustakoddhāra Fund Series Ahmedabad 1968, // Mns. BORI 735 of 1875-76, BORI D. XVI. I. 117; Buh. 557; Pet. V, pp. 23-24.Comm.(1) NighantuśeşaTikā by Vallabhagani is mentioned by author himself in his commentary Nāmasāroddhāra on Abhidhānacintāmaņi of Hemacandra. Mns. A Catalogue of the Sanskrit manuscript in the Br. Mus. by Cecil Bendall. London 1902.No. 403. Vastukośa by Nāgavarman II (1139- 1149 AD), the author of the Bhāṣābhūsaņa, is a lexicon of Sanskrit words, current in Kannada language. Based on the Kośas of Vararuci, Halāyudha, Sāśvata, Amarasingh etc. it is the most voluminous lexicon of Sanskrit - Kannada. Unpub.
Vasturatnakośa by an unknown Jaina author is a short treatise in Sanskrit, dealing with 101 topics, pertaining to general culture; a cultured man of Ancient Indian society was expected to be aware. The theme of these topics was mostly secular comprising knowledge about social and political aspects. With respect to Purusārtha, the theme was predominantly of Artha and Kāma. The total number of Sūtras, in different manuscripts varies from 100 to 104. The text only enumerates the main types of the object such as Trividhā Bhūmayah- land is of three types, while comm. specifies
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