“A Dictionary of Classical NewariThis is the Newari language dictionary book written by Mr. Dr. Hans Jørgensen from Denmark. This book, written by the Danish scholar Hans Jørgensen, is likely the most widely known book in the Western world. He never visited Nepal, but he compiled this dictionary by studying books collected at Cambridge University in England, the British Museum in London, and the India Office Library.
According to him, this dictionary was created based on the manuscripts of 23 handwritten Newari texts. The texts he based it on are — Betala Panchavimsatika, Narada Smriti, Hitopadesha, Vaidyanga, Chanakyasara, Bhagavapurana, Namasangati, Battis Putalika, Shuka Sapta, Paparimochana, Vichitrakarnikavadana Etc. In this way, he gathered approximately 2000 descriptive analyses of words from this book under the name 'Versuch eines Wörterbuchs der Newari Sprache (1929) (Acta Orientalia –6, pp. 26–920)'. Later, he expanded this to approximately 6,400 entries in this 178-page book A Dictionary of Classical Newari Under the name 'A Dictionary of Classical Newari', it was approved by the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in Denmark and published by the Carlsberg Foundation Stockholm, Denmark, in 1936.
Another edition of this book was published in Nepal by Tiwari Pilgrims, Kathmandu, in 1989. This 178-page book “A Dictionary of Classical NewariThis dictionary is not just a book that provides English meanings for Newari words, arranged alphabetically, but also indicates which word is used in which text.
According to the author, this book is an original work written independently based on manuscripts of texts within 500 years of Nepal Bhasa. Jörgensen has also clarified in the introduction of the book that the 'Classical' word used by the author in the title of the text refers to this handwritten text.
A Dictionary of Classical Newari, It is a dictionary published by Chyasa Pasa in 2000 AD with the financial support of the Toyota Foundation of Japan, under the chief editorship of Kamal Prakash Malla. This dictionary, published after many years of study and research, contains 31,000 words. These words were also drawn from various handwritten materials of Nepal Bhasa. It includes the etymology of 3,000 Indo-European loanwords, historical place names of 13,000 nouns and noun phrases, found palm leaves, inscriptions, ancient dictionary texts, Newa rituals, historical references to festivals, names of Newa lunar months, Ragas, and Talas.
It includes folk songs and dances. This dictionary also includes descriptions of 96 different sources used. Although its entries, grammatical categories, and meanings are given in Nepal Bhasa, they are provided in Roman transliteration. This is the largest dictionary published in Nepal Bhasa to date.
