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and Laksmidhar composed the Sadbhasacandrika which was edited by Kamalasankar Pranashankar Trivedi (Bombay Sanskrit Prakrit Series, 1916). Trivedi explained in detail in the introduction the peculiarties of Maharashtri. Sauraseni, Magadhi, Paisaci, Culika Paisaci and Apabhramsa Prakrit Manidipika of Appaya Diksit was edited by Shri Nivas Gopalacharya (Oriental Research Institute Publications, University of Mysore, 1954) with critical notes and Prakrtanand was edited by Muni Jinavijay, Singhi Jain Granthamala, Bombay. 2. Linguistic Studies of Prakrits
The Prakrit languages drew the attention of Western scholars in the middle of 19th century. A Hoefer is perhaps first scholar who worked on Prakrits linguistically and published "De Prakrita Dialecto Libri Duo" from Beretini in 1836. He tried to Prove that Sanskrit is the original sowrce of Prakrit. The same view was supported by J. Beams in the 'outliness of Indian Philosophy (Second edition, 1868) with the help of examples of Sauraseni. Afterwards G. Goldschamidt studied the passive voice of Prakrit in "Bildungen
Passtive Stammen in Prakrit (Seitscrhift. der deutschen morgenlanсlischen Gsellschrift Vol. XXIX, PP. 492-495; Vol. XXX. p. 779, Leipzig, 1875-1876) and Der Infinitive des passive in Prakrit, ZDMG. Vol. XXVIII, p. 491-493, Leipzig, 1874).
E. Muller stressed the importance of Prakrits and submitted the pecularties of their morphemes (Beitrage, Zer Grammarik des Jaina Prakrit, Berlin, 1876). In this context the book A Sketch of the History of Prakrit Philology (CR. LXXI. Art. 7. 1880) of AF. Rudolf, Hoernle may also be mentioned. In the mean time Wilson delivered lectures on Prakrit and Modern Indian languages" at the Bombay University and John Beams published some volumes which explained the impect of Prakrits on the development of Iryan languages.
The works of Jacobi "Uber Unregelmassige Passive in Prakrit (Kuhne's Zeitschift fur deutcsshen morgenlandischen cesellschaft, Vol. XXXIII, p. 249-259, Gutersloh. 1887) and Uber das Prakrit in der Erzahlungs-Literatur der Jainas (Revista degli studi Orientali, Vol. II PP. 231-236, Roma, 1908-9) may also be mentioned which explained the contribution of Prakrits to understand the Linguistic impertence. He also studied the Prakrits of Samaraicca kaha and Paumacariya in this respect.
R. Pischel published "Grammatik der Prakrit--Sprachen (Grundriss der indosarischen Philologic un Altertums Kunde, Band I, Heft 8) from Strassburg in 1900 and inspired the study of Prakrits.
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