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Subodhin'), Ramapanivad (Sanskrit Vịtti) etc.
The western scholars led by CI. Lassen worked on the Prakrit Prakasa of eastern wing He published in 1837 A.D. the "Institutions Linguae Pracritieae" from Bonnae in three volumes. The first volume considers the Prakrit grammarians and prakrit dialects. The second part is devoted to first four chapters of the Prakrit Prakasa and the third part is dealt with Magadhi, Paisaci, Apabhramsa etc. Another book entitled "Radices Pracritcae" was published by N, Delius in 1839 from the same place. Then E.B. Cowell edited the Prakrit Prakasa on the basis of six Manuscripts and got it published with the Manorama commentory from Hertwhrd in 1854. Its second and third editions were out from Hertwbard and Calcutta in 188 and 1962 respectively. It carries the English translation with five appendeces.
According to some scholars the Prakrit Laksana of Canda is composed prior to Vararuci Dr. Hiralal Jain consideres it the work of 2nd or 3rd c. A.D. It was first edited by H. Hoernle in 1880 published from Calcutta undar the title "The Prakrit Lakshanam or Chand's Grammer of the ancient (Arsa) Prakrit. Pt 1 Text with a critical Introduction and Indexes on the basis of four manuscripts. Hoernle was of opinion that Canda's period is earlier than that of Vararuci which was refuted by Block in his paper "Vararuci Unt Hemachandra''. Pischel criticised the view of Block and said that Canda cannot be contemporary to Hemacandra as he himself pointed out that his work is based on the earliar work (Vrddha mata.)
Jagannatha Shastri made available the Hoarnle edition into Hindi (Varanasi, 1959) which was re-edited by Devakikanta in 1923 (Calcutta) and in 1929 (Satyavijaya Jain Granthamala, Ahmedabad).
Prakrit Kamadh nu or Prakrit Lankesvara Ravana was first edited by Manamohan Ghosa which was published along with Prakrit Kalpataru. The Samksiptasara of Krmadisvara (12-13th A.D.) was first edited by Kassen in 1839 and then it was published by Rajendera Lal Mitra in the Bibliothika Indica (Calcutta 1877, 1879). Prakrita Prakasa and Sanksiptasara are closely connected with cach other
Sabdanusasana of Purusottama (12th C.) was first edited by Nitti Dolci in 1938 from Peris in which she refuted several views of Pichel. She clarified that the Prakrit Grammarians used to mention the lessar number of Prakrits. She also reviewed some of the opipions of Cowell and Offrest. Dolci accepted the reading Siddha" in place 0;" Hugga" and said that the original source of the Sutras of Hema.
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