Another masterpiece from the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

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Another masterpiece from the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

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A Comprehensive & Critical DICTIONARY OF THE PRAKRIT LANGUAGES

With Special Reference to Jain Literature - Volume One

Prakrit - Sanskrit - English

Eds. AM Ghatage, GB Palsule, Kamalkumar Jain & others

Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune; 1st edition 1996

Hardcover edition 1996, 360 pages

Rs. 800.00

 

 

A Comprehensive & Critical DICTIONARY OF THE PRAKRIT LANGUAGES

With Special Reference to Jain Literature - Volume Two

Prakrit - Sanskrit - English

Eds. AM Ghatage, GB Palsule, RP Poddar, Kamalkumar Jain & others

Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune; 1st edition 2002

Hardcover edition 2002, 472 pages

Rs. 1400.00

 

This set of Dictionaries has been prepared by the staff of the Prakrit

Dictionary Department, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune

with financial support from:

Shri NK Firodia (Pune)

the University Grants Commission (UGC)

Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

 

It was felt for a long time that there was no comprehensive and

critical dictionary of Prakrit. Such a dictionary would not only

promote the study of Prakrit, but also help the scholars of Jainism.

There was a feeling that such a work could only be undertaken with

the help of the Jain community. Shri NK Firodia took the initiative

and entrusted this work to Prof AM Ghatage who had retired as the

Chief Editor of the Sanskrit Dictionary Project of the Deccan College

Post-graduate and Research Institute in Pune.

 

The work was located at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

because of its reputation as the foremost Institute in the field of

Indological studies, and also because of its excellent library &

press facility.

 

A detailed plan of the proposed dictionary indicating the nature &

scope of the work, the method to be adapted for its implementation,

the problems involved in it, and other relevant matters was prepared

and circulated amongst Indian and foreign scholars of Prakrit

and their suggestions invited. Their suggestions were incorporated.

Like other works of similar nature, the dictionary is being published

in fascicule form.

 

The contents :

 

INTRODUCTION

I. The Title

 

II. Lexical Material in Prakrit

 

III. Linguistic Background of the Dictionary

1. Historical Linguistics

2. Indo-Aryan Languages

3. Prakrit Languages

 

IV. Orthographic Conventions & the Phonetic Forms of the Prakrit

Words

 

V. Transliteration

 

VI. Abbreviations

 

VII. The Plan of the Dictionary

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1. Lemma

2. Transliteration, Derivation Etymology

3. Sound Variations

4. Parts of Speech

5. Meaning-analysis, Homophony & Polysemy

6. Arrangement of Quotations & Mode of Reference

7. Cross-reference

8. Material from Other Sources

 

ABBREVIATIONS OF BOOKS QUOTED IN THE PRAKRIT DICTIONARY

 

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

LANGUAGE & SUBJECTWISE CLASSIFICATION WITH

APPROXIMATE CHRONOLOGY OF THE WORKS

I. Ardhamagadhi Canon

II. Jain Maharashtri

III. Jain Shaurseni

IV. Maharashtri

V. Dramatic Prakrits

VI. Apabhransha

VII. Miscellaneous

 

GRAMMATICAL & GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS

 

LANGUAGES

 

SYMBOLS

 

OTHER ABBREVIATIONS

 

THE DICTIONARY commences...

(pages 1 - 360 Volume 1)

 

(pages 361 - 832 Volume 2)

 

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