Abhidhānappadīpikā
The Abhidhānappadīpikā is a Pali dictionary of synonyms composed in the twelfth century by the Sri Lankan grammarian Moggallāna Thera.[1] It is based on the Sanskrit lexicon the Amarakośa, and closely follows its style and method.[1]
Like the Amarakośa, the Abhidhānappadīpikā consists of three parts: celestial objects, terrestrial objects and miscellaneous objects. Each part consists of several sections. The work is a thesaurus or dictionary of synonyms, grouping together the names of a particular thing in verse form for easy memorization.[2]
Commentaries
A commentary was written by a Burmese minister under King Kittisīhasūra around the 14th century. A Burmese translation was made in the eighteenth century. A paraphrase (sanna) and a subcommentary (ṭīkā) were composed in Sri Lanka. According to Malalasekera, the sanna is the older and more valuable work.[3]
Editions
Abhidhānappadīpikā; or, Dictionary of the Pali language by Vaskaduve Subhuti, Colombo, 1865, A Sinhala script edition with English explanations. Available on Archive.org.
A fully romanized edition of this, input by the Sri Lanka Tripitaka Project, is available on GRETIL.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Amarakośa
- ↑ Abhidhānappadīpikā in Malalasekera, G. P. Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, London, 1960.
- ↑ Abhidhānappadīpikā in Malalasekera, G. P. Dictionary of Pali Proper Names London, 1960.
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