Review: Restoration of the Original Language of Ardhamāgadhī Texts by K. R. Chandra

Vol. XX, 1996 REVIEWS 209 40 titles like Angirasasmrti, Rgveda, Taittiriya Āraṇyaka, Dharmaśāstra, Bhāgavata, Vivekavilāsa, and others. Some of these titles, e.g., Ayurveda or Dharmaśāstra, are quite unspecific; they are rather names of traditional branches of learning than of individual texts. Each and every quotation has to be traced back to its source, taking note

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कंसारा के. आर. चन्द्र की 'रेस्टोरेशन ऑफ़ द ओरिजिनल लैंग्वेज ऑफ़ अर्धमागधी टेक्स्ट्स' (अहमदाबाद, १९९४) की समीक्षा करते हैं। प्रतियों के पाठभेद सारणीबद्ध कर वह दिखाती है कि जैनों के पश्चिम की ओर जाने पर प्राचीन अर्धमागधी रूप महाराष्ट्री रूपों से बदल गए, और समीक्षित संस्करणों की आवश्यकता बताती है। Kansara reviews K. R. Chandra's Restoration of the Original Language of Ardhamagadhi Texts, Ahmedabad 1994, which tabulates palm-leaf and paper manuscript variants to show that older Ardhamagadhi forms were displaced by Maharastri ones as the Jains moved west, and argues for critical editions recovering them.

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