The name of ‘Bhagwadgomandal’ is derived from two words - "Bhagwad" and "Gomandal".
1. Bhagwad means Bhagwatsinhji, large, prosperous, storehouse of knowledge, inspired by God, great.
2. Gomandal means lexicon, dictionary, encyclopedia, Gondal.
Thus Bhagwadgomandal means:- Bhagwatsinhji's Dictionary
- Large Dictionary.
- Rich Encyclopedia.
- Treasure of Knowledge.
- God Inspired Extensive Speech.
- Greatness of Gondal.
- Large Dictionary.
- Rich Encyclopedia.
- Treasure of Knowledge.
- God Inspired Extensive Speech.
- Greatness of Gondal.
This dictionary come encyclopedia was created by Chandubhai Bahecharbhai Patel with the inspiration and active support from King Bhagavadsinghji. Both were concerned that the language had no major dictionary to speak of despite centuries of rich cultural and literaturey heritage.It took more than 27 years of efforts to collect all the words of Gujarati language and their meanings.
The King and his team took an effort to collect the words not only from Gujarati, but also from the dialects spoken in various parts of Gujarat, such as Kutch, Kathiyawaad, North and South Gujarat.
The first edition of the dictionary was printed in 1940, but soon became out of print in 1958.
Second edition was printed in 1987 by Pravin Prakashan, Rajkot. It was feared that people may not be interested in encyclopedia anymore, but the response was really good, and that lead to the third edition, that was printed in 2008.
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