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second to human beings, the third and fourth, to the names of animals and flora, respectively. The names of places, several objects and those artificially created by men are found in fifth to 7th in respective order. The eighth is devoted to attributes, the ninth and tenth to articulate and inarticulate sounds, the eleventh with words, rhyming with one another and the last chapter deals with groups of related words. Many editions have been brought out of this dictionary, till date. (Jainism in South India, p.326, 328).
2. Pingala -Nighantu by a Tamil Jaina scholar Pingal Muni.(Jainism in South India, p. 332)
Kosa in Kannada
1.
Ranna-Kända. (Kannada) by the great poet Ranna, forming the trio with Pampa and Ponna and author of many works like Ajitaṭhankarapurāṇatilaka, Sāhasabhīmavijaya, Parasuramacarita and Cakreśvaracarita. Born in Muduvonal in Belugali 500, between the rivers Ghataprabha and Kṛṣṇā. His parents were practising Jaina and belonged to Baṇegarkula. He attained the patronage of Ganga kings. (Jainism in South India, p. 275.) This work is traceable only through few verses appended to the work with stamp Kaviratna, which may mean that the verses belonged to him. (Jainism in South India, p. 275.)
2.
Abhidhānaratnamālā (Kannada) by Nagavarma. Mns. Mudabidri Jainamutt Palm-leaf Collec..on No. 801.
3.
Nānārtharatnākara (Kannada) by Nagavarma. Mns. Mudabidri Jainamutt Palm-leaf Collection No. 47. Comm. (1) Kannada Mns. Mudabidri Jainamutt Palm-leaf Collection No. 47(dated 1576AD). Other Kosas
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Tauruṣkināmamālā or Yavanamālā, a dictionary of SanskritPersian, composed by an anonymous, the son of a Jain minister Somadeva. Its only manuscript, containing 6 folios and bearing the name of the lexicographor's father and the date of writing of the manuscript (1649 AD) is mentioned in its concluding verses, is available in Lalabhai Dalpatabhai Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad.
2. Student's English -Paiya Dictionary by H.R. Kapadia is a small dictionary compiled with a view to enable the students to translate
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