[See the introductory paragraphs]
In working through the various versions of the Kālakācārya legend of the Śvetāmbara Jains, preparatory to publishing a work on Kālaka and the cycle of stories associated with his name, I have noted a number of new or rare words in Sanskrit, Jāina Māhārāṣṭrī, and Apabhraṃśa, new meanings for words already recorded, meanings hitherto recorded only from lexical sources, and new formations from bases already listed.