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The suggestion that we, in the Samskrit Education.
Society, Madras, should undertake an Avyaya-kośa, a
Dictionary of Indeclinables, came from a Pandit of
Srirangam. Work of this kind was in line with the
programme undertaken by the Society, viz. preparation
of works which would involve research and scholarly
labour and at the same time be helpful for making the
learning of Sanskrit and the mastering of its grammar
easy. The idea was therefore accepted and the work
was entrusted to the Pandit at Srirangam. Source-
books required by him including some in ms. were
secured for him but unfortunately he made little
progress on the project and passed away shortly after-
wards.
As the Society had by that time got through a
major part of its larger project the Krdantarūpamālā,
it was resolved that Ayaya-kosa be compiled by the
Society's own Pandit Sri V. Srivatsankacharya, under
the direction of the undersigned. The work was
completed and is being released on the occasion of the
All-India Sanskrit Day celebration held jointly by
several Sanskrit Institutions in Madras on 7-8-1971.
In the Prātiśākhyas and the Nirukta, words were
classified into four kinds, Naman, Akhyāta, Upasarga and
Nipata, the first two declinable and the latter two inde-
clinable; and the number and nature of the latter were
also given. After the Prātisakhyas and Brhaddevatā
(I, 39; II 89 ff.), the Nirukta (I.III. 3-22; iv-xi) gave.an
The suggestion that we, in the Samskrit Education.
Society, Madras, should undertake an Avyaya-kośa, a
Dictionary of Indeclinables, came from a Pandit of
Srirangam. Work of this kind was in line with the
programme undertaken by the Society, viz. preparation
of works which would involve research and scholarly
labour and at the same time be helpful for making the
learning of Sanskrit and the mastering of its grammar
easy. The idea was therefore accepted and the work
was entrusted to the Pandit at Srirangam. Source-
books required by him including some in ms. were
secured for him but unfortunately he made little
progress on the project and passed away shortly after-
wards.
As the Society had by that time got through a
major part of its larger project the Krdantarūpamālā,
it was resolved that Ayaya-kosa be compiled by the
Society's own Pandit Sri V. Srivatsankacharya, under
the direction of the undersigned. The work was
completed and is being released on the occasion of the
All-India Sanskrit Day celebration held jointly by
several Sanskrit Institutions in Madras on 7-8-1971.
In the Prātiśākhyas and the Nirukta, words were
classified into four kinds, Naman, Akhyāta, Upasarga and
Nipata, the first two declinable and the latter two inde-
clinable; and the number and nature of the latter were
also given. After the Prātisakhyas and Brhaddevatā
(I, 39; II 89 ff.), the Nirukta (I.III. 3-22; iv-xi) gave.an