Halayudha's Abhidhanaratnamala : A Sanskrit vocabulary [of synonyms] / edited with a Sanskrit-English glossart by Th. Aufrecht.

  • Halāyudha Bhaṭṭa (Lexicographer)
Date:
1861
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Credit: Halayudha's Abhidhanaratnamala : A Sanskrit vocabulary [of synonyms] / edited with a Sanskrit-English glossart by Th. Aufrecht. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There is, however, an intimate connexion between the Abhidhanaratnamala and tlie Ahhidhanacintamani, he- 3 ond the mere name. Not only do whole distichs and verses agree with one another, and differ from Amara, hilt there is also in both an identity of tetrastichs, and this to an extent which cannot be explained by the sn])position that both have borrowed from the same source. Again, we find that both attribute to many words the same gender in opposition to the Amarakosha. But if we are called on to determine the relative priority of Hala- yudha and Hemacandra, we must be guided in our decision by the following circumstances. Halayudha’s vocabulary is not only less copious, but his style is much more simple, and his explanations enter more into detail. To use whole distichs and verses in order to define a single word, is quite unusual with Hemacandra, who, on the contrary, endeavours to cram into one verse as many synonyms as possible. Farther, we find that in technical divisions Hemacandra is acquainted with more developed, and therefore later, systems. For example, the different kinds of feminine actions produced by the sentiment of love, technically called hava, are limited by Amara to six, and by Halayudha to nine, while Hemacandra knows ten. In the physiological distinction of elephants, Halayudha does not exceed the number of three, whilst Hemacandra adds a fourth. The Ratnamala is divided into five, the Cintamani into six chapters. Homonyms are treated by Halayudha very briefly, whereas the Nanartha of
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