A COMPREHENSIVE AND CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF THE PRAKRIT LANGUAGES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO JAIN LITERATURE Prakrit - Sanskrit - English

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|| ॐ ह्रीं श्रीपार्श्वनाथाय नमः ||

|| Auṃ Hrīṃ ŚrīPārśvanāthāya Namaḥ ||

Jay Jinendra

A COMPREHENSIVE AND CRITICAL

DICTIONARY OF THE PRAKRIT LANGUAGES

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO JAIN LITERATURE

Prakrit - Sanskrit - English

General Editors: Dr AM Ghatage & Dr RP Poddar

Copy Editor: Dr Kamalkumar Jain

Set of 5 books

2015 28 x 22 cm 2024 pages in 5 books

Hardcover Edition Rs. 8600 per set

http://www.navelgazing.net/2014/09/a-comprehensive-and-critical-dictionary.html

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 and promote Jain studies. Knowing the rather step-motherly approach of the government and educational institutions towards Prakrit, the Jain community came forward to support this project. 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 PostGraduate 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. These suggestions were incorporated.

This has resulted in the best, most comprehensive and exhaustively researched Prakrit dictionary. The Prakrit word is typed in Devanagari and Roman. Then, a Sanskrit synonym for the Prakrit word is given in Roman. This is followed by an exhaustive English explanation of the Prakrit term along with relevant quotation(s) in Prakrit, each of which has been cited accurately. The dictionary follows the highest academic standards. Unfortunately, the process is extremely slow. And after so many years, we have only come up to the vowel ‘ओ’ (‘o’). However, it is the best dictionary available in the market so far, for the academically inclined. We hope that the rest of the dictionary will proceed more rapidly.

Like other works of similar nature, the dictionary is being published in fascicule form. As booksellers, we prefer to sell only the hardcover volumes. So we sell the first four volumes, which have been printed in hardcover. However, we can make fascicules available on request.

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 & SUBJECT WISE CLASSIFICATION WITH

APPROXIMATE CHRONOLOGY OF THE WORKS

I. Ardhamagadhi Canon

II. Jain Maharashtri

III. Jain Shauraseni

IV. Maharashtri

V. Dramatic Prakrits

VI. Apabhramsha

VII. Miscellaneous

GRAMMATICAL & GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS

LANGUAGES

SYMBOLS

OTHER ABBREVIATIONS

THE DICTIONARY commences...

Pages 1 - 360; Volume 1 (अ से अ) printed in 1996
Pages 361 - 832; Volume 2 (अ से अ) printed in 2001
Pages 833 - 1240; Volume 3 (अ से ई) printed in 2005
Pages 1241 - 1608; Volume 4 (उ से उ) printed in 2009
Pages 1609 - 2024; Volume 5 (उ से ओ) printed in 2015

Volume 5 is available separately, for Rs. 2200 + postage.

Please Note: We do not, as a practise, sell partial sets. But since this dictionary has been printed volume by volume for a period of many years, we shall make individual volumes of this set available to our regular buyers.

We are proud to distribute this dictionary as part of our burgeoning collection of books on Jainism and Indian philosophy.

At Hindi Granth Karyalay, we have been delighting readers since 1912. We are committed to make the best writings on Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism and South Asian Studies available all over the world. Hence, beside our own publications, we stock and sell books from all the major publishers of India. At our bookstore, which is the oldest in Mumbai, we stock thousands of books on various topics such as religion, philosophy, Indology, literature, poetry, dramatics, art, self-help, yoga, children’s literature, alternative medicine, music, cinema and sports.

We carry books in Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali, Apabhramsha, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada and Marathi. We also carry huge stocks of graphic novels, children’s literature, popular English novels, etc. We wish to be a one-stop bookstore that caters to different tastes.

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

1. We dispatch books after receiving payment.

2. How to pay us

In India, we accept payments through Visa, MasterCard, NEFT, Money Order and Demand Draft. Else, you could deposit the money in cash or by cheque in any branch of Bank of India.

Internationally, we accept payment through Visa, MasterCard and SWIFT.

3. Shipping

In India, we send books by Registered Book Post, domestic courier or surface transport.

Internationally, we ship books through FedEx, DHL, UPS, TNT, etc.

4. A list of our publications

http://www.navelgazing.net/2013/03/a-list-of-our-publications_19.html

5. Directions: How to reach us

http://www.navelgazing.net/2013/04/directions-how-to-reach-hindi-granth.html

Best regards,

Manish Yashodhar Modi

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