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was Hemasūri, his preceptor. We have already dealt with the Siddha-Hema, a very well-known work of this remarkable Jain monk. The Success of the Siddha-Hema induced Hemasûri to write many more works intended to give the students of Sanskrit compositions complete instructions for expressing themselves elegantly and correctly. In this series, come the Abhidhānachintāmani: the Anekārthasangraha, the Alankārachudāmani and the Chhandānušāsana. The Dvyāsrayamahākāvya was also written to illustrate the rules of his grammar as well as to give the history of the Chaulukyås His other works are the commentaries on the Abhidhāna Chintāmani, Anekārthasangraha, and Nāmamāla, Yogašāstra, Trisashtisalākāpurushacharita, Vitarāgastotra, KumārapalaChariyam, Nighantu Sesha, Arhanniti, Dwātrimsikā, Mahādevastotra and many others.
Homаsūri died in V. S. 1229 ( 1172-3 A. D)
Ramachandrasūri was a prominent pupil of Hemasūri. He wrote the Dravyālankāravritti in V. S. 1202 (A. D. 1145-6). He is called Sataprabandhakartru or the author of a hundred works, but it is more probable that he wrote a book called the Sataprabandha. His other works
are the Kumāravihārasataka, Kaumudinoitrā. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
