Re: Nighantuvu
Ramana R. Juvvadi (juvvadi@horizoncomp.com)
Wed, 11 Sep 1996 10:49:10 -0400
Rao Veluri writes:
> The best nighanTuvu is still the only one we have! It is the
> sooryaraayaandhra nighantuvu, published by the telugu university.
> I heard they have reprinted it.
>
> There is another one by P. Sankaranarayana, which has been also
> been revised.
There is Shabda ratnAkaramu by bahujanapalli seetAramAchAryulu.
While soorya rAyAndhra is comprehensive I found it really inconvenient
to search. It is spread over 8 books. Ususally when you are searching
for a meaning you are interested in more than one word and having to
go through 8 volumes is a real mess. I wish they print on a thinner
paper and a smaller print to compress it to fewer volumes.
Even if you buy soorya rAya for exhaustive reference, I would
recommend a single volume nighanTuvu like Shabda ratnAkaramu for
handy reference.
Ramana