Prakrit Studies in India

National Institute of Prakrit Studies and Research

Prakrit language has been a link between old Indo-Āryan and middle Indo-Āryan languages. The cultural heritage of India has been preserved in the literature and inscriptions of Prakrit language. The zeel to learn Prakrit and further critical study of Prakrit texts has increased in some institutions and universities of India during last few years. Some research work has also been done on Prakrit Texts by Western scholars with other classical languages and philosophy. A detail survey and exhaustive study in this field is required. A brief information about the prominent Prakrit Departments, Institutions and Publishers is given here.

a) Prakrit Departments in the Universities:

1. Department of Jainology and Prakrits, Mysore
2. Department of Jainology and Prakrits, Udaipur
3. Department of Prakrit -Pali, Gujrat University, Ahmedabad
4. Department of Pali- Prakrit, University of Nagapur.
5. Department of Sanskrit-Prakrit, V.K.S. University, Arrah.
6. Department of Sanskrit-Pali-Prakrit, Pune Vidyapeeth.
7. Department of Sanskrit-Pali, Jabalpur.
8. Department of Jainology, Karnataka University, Dharwad.
9. Department of Ardhamagdhi, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
10. Department of Jainology, Madras University, Chennai.
11. Department of Prakrit, Magadh University, Bodhhagaya.
12. Department of Sanskrit- Prakrit, Sagar University.
13. Department of Pali- Prakrit, Hemachandracharya University, Patna.
14. Department of Prakrit and Jain Agam, Sanskrit University, Varanasi.
15. Department of Sanskrit-Prakrit, J.V.B., Ladnun..
16. Prakrit Study Research Centre, R.S.S., Jaipur.
17. Dept. of Prakrit Literature, L.B.S.S. University, New Delhi.

b) Institutions conducting Prakrit Studies:

1. Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology and Ahimsa, Vaishli.
2. P.V. Research Institute, Varanasi.
3. L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad.
4. National Institute of Prakrit Studies and Research, Shravanabelagola
5. B.L. Institute of Indology, Delhi.
6. Bharatiya Jnanapeeth, New Delhi.
7. Veer Seva mandir, New Delhi.
8. Kundakunda Bharati, New Delhi.
9. Prakrit Bharati Academy, Jaipur.
10. Kundakunda Gyanapeeth, Indore.
11. Ganesh Prasad Varni Shodh Sansthan, Varnasi
12. Apabhramsa Academy, Jaipur.
13. Centre for Jain Studies, Rajasthap University, Jaipur
14. Prakrit Texts Society, Ahmedabad.
15. Agam- Ahimsa-Samaba and Prakrit Sansthan, Udaipur.
16. Extension Institute of Prakrit Studies, Udaipur
17. Jain Vishwa Bharati University, Ladnun.

Some Senior Western Prakrit Scholars

1.	Lebber Julious	Vajjalagam	1913.
2.	Frank R. Otto	Hemachandra	1886.
3.	Wilhelm Printz	Bhasa	1919.
4.	Albrecht Hoefer	Prakrit Dialect	1936.
5.	Hertee	Canonical Literature	1922.
6.	Bollee Wilhelm	Suyagado	1953.
7.	Adelheid Mette	Pindeshana	1972.
8.	Walter Schubring	Kalpasutra	1904
9.	Glassenap Helmath Von	Karma Grantha	1915.
10.	Alsdorf Ludwig	Mahapurana	1935.
11.	Jacobi Hermann	Jainsutras	1943.
12.	Klaus Bruhn	Caupannamaha Purisa Cariyam	1954
13.	Collet Cailat	Chedasutra	1966.
14.	Orthence	Mūlāradhana	1975.
15.	Roth Gustava	Nayadhamakaha	1952.
16.	Jozef Deleu	Upangasutra	1969.
17.	R. Williams	Manipatcrit	1959.
18.	M. Winternitz	Prakrit stories	1946.
19.	R. Pichel	Prakrit Grammar	1949.
20.	Nalin Balbir	Manuscriptology	1990.
21.	Peter Flugel	Jain Sangh	2000.