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FOREWORD
By the grace of Supreme Lord Arihanta Paramātma and my father revered gurudeva Muniraja Sri Bhuvana vijayaji Maharaja, the critical edition of the Siddhahemacandra-Sandānusāsana with the auto-commentary Laghuvetti is placed before the people who are interested in Sanskrta language and its grammer.
At the request of Siddharaja Jayasimha the king of Gujarāta Rājya, the well known Ācārya Hemacandra wrote this wonderful Sanskrta-and Prāksta grammer.
Ācārya Hemacandra was born in the year 1145 of Vikrama era' and lived up to 1229 of Vikrama era.
Ābout Ācārya Hemacandra so much has been written by so many scholars. Ācārya Hemacandra holds unique position among Sanskrta grammarians.
The Siddhahemacadra Šabdanuśāsana consists of main eight divisios called Adhyāyas. Each Adhyāya consists of four subdivisions called Pādas. Each Päda consists of several Aphorisms (Sūtras).
The number of the Sūtras in every Adhyāya and every Pada is given in the following table.
Pāda 1
2
3
4
Total Number
42 118 163
93 113
41 124 156 123
65 105 108 115
241 460 521
94
1rst Adhyāya 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
121
481
93
141
174 143 197 271
145 172 182
219 182 182
422
90 185 122 448
498 692 673 1119
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