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Recent publications R E C E N T P U B L I C A T I O N S Ratnachandraji, An Illustrated Ardha-Magadhi Dictionary. 5 vols. Tokyo, Meicho-fukyfi-kai, 1977. LIV, 19,511 pp.; 1002 pp.; 701 pp.; 912, 103 pp.; 14,857, 23 pp, Yen 70.000. Ratnacandra's Ardham~gadhi dictionary was originally published in 1923, 1927, 1930, 1932 and 1938. As A. C. Woolner explained in his introduction to the first volume, the dictionary contains about 50.000 words, collected from 49 texts consisting o f nearly the whole o f the Svet~mbara canon together with all important supplementary works. Each word is followed by an indication of the grammatical gender, a Sanskrit equivalent, explanations in Gujarati, Hindi and English and references to the texts. After having completed the Axdham~gadhl dictionary in four volumes, Ratnacandra compiled a fifth volume containing the vocabulary of M~h~r~.s.tri Prakrit and deg~ words. This volume is arranged in the same way, but the explanations are given in Hindi and English only. Ratnacandra's dictionary is based upon Indian editions o f Jain texts published before 1918 and upon manuscripts of texts not yet published at that time. The list o f works consulted contains 37 printed texts and 12 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Indo-Iranian Journal Brill

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Indo-Iranian Journal , Volume 21 (3): 213 – Jan 1, 1979
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Brill
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© 1979 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0019-7246
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1572-8536
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10.1163/000000079790080488
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R E C E N T P U B L I C A T I O N S Ratnachandraji, An Illustrated Ardha-Magadhi Dictionary. 5 vols. Tokyo, Meicho-fukyfi-kai, 1977. LIV, 19,511 pp.; 1002 pp.; 701 pp.; 912, 103 pp.; 14,857, 23 pp, Yen 70.000. Ratnacandra's Ardham~gadhi dictionary was originally published in 1923, 1927, 1930, 1932 and 1938. As A. C. Woolner explained in his introduction to the first volume, the dictionary contains about 50.000 words, collected from 49 texts consisting o f nearly the whole o f the Svet~mbara canon together with all important supplementary works. Each word is followed by an indication of the grammatical gender, a Sanskrit equivalent, explanations in Gujarati, Hindi and English and references to the texts. After having completed the Axdham~gadhl dictionary in four volumes, Ratnacandra compiled a fifth volume containing the vocabulary of M~h~r~.s.tri Prakrit and deg~ words. This volume is arranged in the same way, but the explanations are given in Hindi and English only. Ratnacandra's dictionary is based upon Indian editions o f Jain texts published before 1918 and upon manuscripts of texts not yet published at that time. The list o f works consulted contains 37 printed texts and 12

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