Posted on: 22 June 2011

Digital Rare Book :
A Kannada-English School Dictionary : Chiefly based on the labours of the Rev. Dr. Ferdinand Kittel
By Rev. J. Bucher
Published by Basel Mission Book & Tract Depository, Mangalore - 1899

"...His monumental work is the 1,758-paged Kannada-to-English dictionary (1894) considered unparalleled in any Indian language. Besides being lexicon, giving the meaning of words, it is a store-house of literary allusions, thesaurus, and a self-teaching Kannada Reader as well! Great researchers like B.L. Rice, R. Narasimhachar, D.L. Narasimhachar, have unanimously declared that Kittel is the greatest authority on Kannada language and literature. M. Govinda Pai the erudite scholar-poet, read the Kittel Dictionary as a book and has written remarks on hundreds of pages of his personal volume with his unique purple-inked pen. This volume, itself a museum piece, occupies place of pride in the museum of Udupi named after him..."

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Read Book Online : http://www.archive.org/stream/kannadaenglishsc00buchrich#page/n3/mode/2up

Download pdf Book : http://ia600308.us.archive.org/5/items/kannadaenglishsc00buchrich/kannadaenglishsc00buchrich.pdf

Dr. Kittel and his Kannada Dictionary. Reverend Ferdinand Kittel (1832-1903) initially a Christian missionary who came to India to convert the "heathens" into good Christians, fell in love with the Kannada language. He became a legend in Kannada literary world through his matchless service to that language and literature. Read more : http://www.kamat.com/jyotsna/blog/blog.php?BlogID=1424

What a Kannada Scholar ! His authority on Kannada amazes ))))

The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti), Volume 2 : Rev. F. Kittel of Basel mission edited and published the stories of Pancharatna (1864) with a very scholarly introduction. It is believed that Mummadi Krishna raja wodeyar, maharaja of Mysore state, translated Pancharatna )1865) . Rev. Garret of the same mission also edited and translated Pancharatna(1865) . Both the works of these scholars were very useful to the studnets.

Prof. Mariyappa Bhat of the Madras University Dept of Kannada Studies had done great service to Kannada lovers by reprinting Kittel's dictionary in four volumes. It was available after a very long gap. Kittlel's dictionary is a real treasure.