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PROLEGOMENA TO PRAKRITICA et JAINICA
a new logic (i.e. the Pramāņa-mimāṁsā), and a new biography of the Jinas (i.e. the Trişaşțiśalākāpuruşa-caritra and the Parisiştaparvan). In what way has he not removed our ignorance ?"
Hemacandra also wrote several other works, such as, Abhidhānacintāmaņi, Anekārthasaṁgraha and others.
Before we enter into the problem, it will be our prime duty to enumerate the available works of Hemacandra upon which this edifice of socio-political history of India is based. Hemacandra was one of the most versatile and prolific writers who worked in most of the secular branches of learning. These branches include grammar, lexicography, poetry, poetics, metres, philosophy, logic and many others. Below is given the list of the available works of Hemachandra :
I. On grammar : 1. Sabdānuśāsana, also called Siddha
Hemacandra, or Haima-sabdānuśāsana, 2. Dhātupātha : Dhātupārāyana, Dhātumālā, 3. Uņādisutra-vrtti,
4. Lingānuśāsana II. On Lexicography : 5. Abhidhāna-cintāmaņi : Nămamālā,
Nāmamālāśesa, 6. Anekārtha-samgraha : Anekārtha-seşa 7. Nighaņțu-seşa : seşasamgraha, śeşa-samgraha
sāroddhāra, 8. Desīnāmamālā / Desīsabda-saṁgraha
9. Ekākşara-nāramālā III. On Metre :
10. Chando'nuśāsana IV. On Poetics :
11. Kāvyānuśāsana with Alamkāra-cūdāmaņi V. On Philosophy / Logic :
12. Pramāna-mīmāṁsā 13. Balabala-sutra-bphad-vsiti,
