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Works of Hemchandra
Hearsay attributes more than thirty million couplets to Hemchandra's pen. A more realistic estimate is given by Muni Punya Vijai ji. According to him the volume of his available works measured in number of couplets is as follows :
1. Siddhahema-laghuvritti (Sanskrit Grammar) 6000 Couplets 2. Siddhabema-Bribadvritti ( , , ) 18000 3. Siddhabema-Bribannyas ( ,
) 84000 4. Siddhabema-Prakrit- (Prakrit Grammar) 2200
Vritti 5. Linganushasana (Sanskrit Grammar) 3684 6. Unadigana Vivarana (
) 3250 7. Dhatu Parayana Vivaranal , , ) 5600 8. Abhidban Chintamani (Sanskrit Lexicon) 10000 9. Appendix to Abhidhan (, „ ) 204
Chintamani 10. Anekarth Kosh (Sanskrit Lexicon)
1828 11. Nigbantu Kosh (Botanical Dictionary)
396 12. Desinamamala (Desi Lexicon)
3500 13. Kavyanushasan (Poetics)
6800 14. Chhandonushasan (Metrics)
3000 15. Sanskrit Dvayashraya (History)
2828 16. Prakrit Dvayashraya (History)
1500 17. Pramanamimansa (incomplete) (Logics) 2500 18. Vedankush (Logics)
1000 19. Trishashtishalakapurusha charitra (Legends) 3200 20. Parishishta Parwa (Legendary History) 3500 21. Yoga Shastra with commentary (Yoga) 12750 22. Vitaraga stotra (Poetry)
188 23. Anya-yoga-Vyavachbeda-dwatrinshika (Poetry) 32 24. Ayoga-Vyavachheda-dwatrinshika (Poetry) 25. Mahadeva Stotra (Poetry)
Total 2,04,836
32
44
274
Yoga Shastra
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