A History of Sanskrit Literature c28.s2.7

c28.s2.7

Other dictionaries are decidedly later. From *c.* 950 we have the short *Abhidhānaratnamālā*³ of the poet-grammarian Halāyudha, and a century later Yādavaprakāça’s *Vaijayantī*,⁴ which is of great bulk and arranges its words by syllables, genders, and initial letters. The twelfth century gives a rich variety. Pre-eminent are Hemacandra’s works; the *Abhidhānacintāmaṇi*⁵ deals with synonyms in six sections, beginning with Jain gods and ending with abstracts, adjectives, and particles, and is supplemented by the botanic dictionary *Nighaṇṭuçeṣa*; the *Anekārthasaṁgraha*⁶ deals with homonyms in six sections, beginning with one-syllable and ending with six-syllable words arranged by initial letters and end consonants. The Jain Dhanaṁjaya wrote between 1123 and 1140 his *Nāmamālā*; Maheçvara’s *Viçvaprakāça*⁷ falls in 1111, while Maṅkha’s *Anekārthakoça*⁸ with his own comment, which uses Amara, Çāçvata, Halāyudha, and Dhanvantari, is rather later, and Keçavasvāmin’s *Nānārthārṇavasaṁkṣepa*⁹ falls about 1200. To the fourteenth century belongs the *Anekārthaçabdakoça*¹⁰ of Medinīkara, which is often cited by commentators, as well as the *Nānārtharatnamālā*, written by, or for, Irugapa, general of Harihara.¹¹