[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.2 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2) ABHIDHĀNA. A dictionary or vocabulary. There are many such works. One of the oldest of them is the \*Abhidhāna ratna-mālā\* of Halāyudha Bhatta (circa 7th cent.), and one of the best is the \*Abhidhāna Chintā-mani\* of Hema-chandra, a Jaina writer of celebrity (13th cent.). The former has been edited by Aufrecht; the latter by Colebrooke and by Böhtlingk and Rieu. - [Previous: c5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1) - [Next: c5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.3) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Linked texts (2) - [Abhidhānacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.abhidhanacintamani) — Hemacandra, Sanskrit - [Abhidhānaratnamālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.abhidhanaratnamala) — Halāyudha (lexicographer), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2) · Pramāṇa