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Literature on Prakrit Grammar: 73
b. Ardhamagadhi:
1. Jaina Siddhanta Kaumudi (1882) by Śatāvadhānī Ratnacandra Ji is a grammar of Ardhamāgadhi Prakrit, written in Sanskrit sutras. It also contains author's introduction and commentary in Sanskrit. Dhatupatha, Sūtrapāṭha and an alphabetical index of sūtras are also appended. Hemacandra, not treating Ardhmāgadhi in his Śabdānuśāsana, this work becomes very significant. Its author has also compiled Ardhamāgadhi Dictionary. Pub. Meharcanda Lachman Das, Lahore 1938. p.xii+411
2. Ardhamāgadhivyākaraṇa, Śatāvadhānī Ratnacandra (1938 CE).
3. Introduction to Ardhamāgadhi by A.M. Ghatage, in English, gives a short but illuminating account of the grammatical peculiarities of Ardhamāgadhi. It makes a general survey without any special reference to different stages of the language. The book is divided into three parts: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax and Compounds. Each part is sub-divided into several chapters, lessons or sections. There are three appendices: a grammatical summary, two glossaries one of the Ardhamāgadhi- English words and other of English - Ardhamagadhi words. Pub. School & College Book Stall, Kolhapur 4th Ed. 1951. p. XII, 257.
4. A Study of Ardhamāgadhi Grammar (English) by HB Gandhi is based on simple sutras from the grammar of Hemacandra and good deal of examples from numerous books on grammar. It deals with origin and features of Ardhamāgadhi: phonetics, declension, conjugation, suffixes, compounds and syntax. Pub. Surat 1938, p. 102.
5. A Historical Grammar of Ardhamāgadhi (Sanskrit) by Satya Svarupa Misra & Haripriya Misra, begins with special features of OIA, MIA, various stages of MIA and individual dialects of various stages of MIA,viz. Asokan, Pali, Niya, Māhārāṣṭrī, Śauraseni, Māgadhi, Paiśācī and Ardhamāgadhi. All the normal and exceptional treatments of sounds have been included. In morphology, it presents
