Sanskrit-Chinese lexicon being Fan Fan Yu, the first known lexicon of its kind dated to AD 517
New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan, 2007. First edition, 4to, pp. xiv, 269, [1]; parallel text in Kanji and romanized with Japanese and English definitions; publisher's blue cloth gilt; fine in fine dust jacket. "Fan Fan Yu (Jap. Hombongou) is the earliest known Sanskrit-Chinese lexicon, classified..... More
