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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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F. KITTEL--Nagavarman's Canarese Prosody-Mangalore, 1875.
Edition of the Chandombudhi of Nāgavarman. The volume includes besides an introduction and a sketch of the Canarese literature.
2013 (i)
E. B. Cowel-A short introduction to the ordinary Prakrit of the Sanskrit Dramas. London, 1875.
Schematic explanations of the Präkrit grammar. At the end a list of irregular Prākrit words.
2013 (ii)
R. CALDWELL-A comparative Grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian family of Languages. Second edition. London, 1857.
Introduction.
Pp. 124-125. The Jaina literature in Canara.
Review on the Sabdamaņidarpaņa, a grammar of classical Canara composed by Keśava or Kesiräja, a Jain who, according to the research of M. KITTEL, lived towards 1170 A.D.
Pp. 128-133. The Jaina literature in Tamoul. The cycle called Jaina of the Tamoul litetature extends from the 8th or 9th century A.D. to the 12th or 13th century or thereabout. It comprises the following authors and works : The Kural of Tiruvalluvar, which goes back at least to the 10th century A.D.
The Naladivār, the author and the period of which are unknown.
The Sindamani, the famous epic poem, the author of which is unknown.
The Divakaram, a dictionary attributed to Sendanar. Two other classical dictionaries, the Pingalandei and the Südamani Nighantu, this last of the 16th century and owed to Mandalapuruṣa.
The Nannul, grammar composed by Pavanandi.
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