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Vol. XXII, No. 1
1. STUDIES IN PRAKRITA VYAKARANA TEXTS
I) The Eastern School of Prakrit Grammarians
There are two sects of Prakrit Vyakarana texts. One is eastern and the other one is Western. The eastern sect is led by Vararuci and the Western sect is guided by Hemacandra. Bharata was predecessor Prakrit grammarian to Vararuci. Markandeya remembers Sakalya and Kohal along with Bharata in his Prakrti Sarvasva. It is said that Panini composed the "Prakrit Laksana" which is also not available. Therefore Vararuci may be accepted as the earliest Prakrit grammarian. The following Indian scholars did the work on it and its Tikas:
1899 Varanasi
edited the text only
Baldev Upadhyaya
1. Rama Sastri Telanga 2. Batuknatha Sharma & 1915 Nirnaysagar edited with Katyanitika "Prakrit Manjari" edited with Vṛttis of Katyayan and Bhamah with Bengali translation edited with Tikas of Vasantaraj & Sadanand edited with English translation
3. Basantkumar Sharma 1914 Calcutta
Chattopadhyaya
4.
do
5. P.L. Vaidya
6. Udyotan Shastri
7. D.C. Sarkar
8. Kunahan Raja
9. K.B. Trivedi
10. Jagannath Shastri
11. D.C. Sarkar
12. Udayaram Davaral
1927 Varanasi
Jain Education International
1931 Poona
1940 Varanasi
1943 Calcutta
1946 Madras
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1957 Navasati
(Gujarat) 1959 Varanasi
edited with Manorma of Bhamah
English translation published in Grammar of the Prakrit language edited with introduction and Vritti of Ramapanivada
edited with English
1970 Varanasi 1977 Varanasi
(V.S.)
Vararuci belongs to about 4th c. A.D. He was a great Prakrit grammarian who composed the Prakrit Prakash in twelue chapters describing the characteristics of Maharastri, Magadhi, Paisaci and Sauraseni. It bears a number of commentaries written by Bhamah (Manorama), Katyayana (Prakrit Manjari), Narayana Vidyavinoda (Prakritapada), Vasantaraja (Prakrita Sanjivani), Sadanand (Prakrit
translation
another edition with Hindi translation Revised and enlarged ed. edited with Manorma
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