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from Part II - The Pre-Modern World
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2019
This chapter tells part of the story of lexicography in India and Tibet: that is, the geographical areas influenced by the Indian and Tibetan cultures. In other words, this is the story of the lexicography of the Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, and Tibetan languages. The time of the story to be told here is between the fifth and the seventeenth centuries. The story before the fifth century is narrated in , and the one after the seventeenth century in Chapters 18 and 30.
Although Sanskrit has been a predominant language in academic circles from ancient times to the present, Pali and various Prakrits also have an important place in Indian literature. These three languages are chiefly associated with three major Indian religions: Brahmanism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
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