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24 Hemchandracharya's Literary Accomplishment 'Siddhahemchandrashabdanushasan' in view Hemchandracharya compiled Deshinamamala'. In 'Desinamamala' Hemchandracharya collected words which were used in language but were not derived according to grammatical rules. This dictionary contains obsolute words of Sanskrit and Prakrit language besides the words of Deshya languages which were not related to Sanskrit and Prakrit words. It also contains some words of doubtful origin. This dictionary is a collection of 3973 words in 783 verses.
105 example verses of Kumarpal's eulogy in the book's vritti suggest that this book was written when Kumarpal had great power as a king. Strangely, the verses about Jaysinha Siddharaj are very few. Hemchandracharya addresses Kumarpal as Chaulukya and eulogizes him:
कासिज्जदे शलुंटणकाहाराणिज्जमाणकणयाई फाकारं व बुडाणं अकारिभं देसि चालुक्क ॥
"O Chalukya, you give to scholars the gold looted and brought from the Kakashthala region with the help of watercarriers as the gold sheets were sheets of ordinary lead."
For this book we get such names as 'Rayanavali', 'Deshisadsamgrah', 'Deshinamamala' and 'Deshisabdasamgrah'. It contains totally 3978 words. Of them 100
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are tatsam, 1850 are implied tadbhav, 528 are doubtful tadbhav and 1500 are Deshi words. Dr. Buhler was the first to search out 'Deshinamamala'. Kalikalsarvagna Hemchandracharya had a number of Deshya dictionaries and these are mentioned in his vritti. But today Hemchandrachayra's Deshinamamala alone can be regards as a good dictionary. In 'Deshinamamala' Kalikalsarvagna Hemchandracharya refers to Abhimanachinha, Gopal, Devraj, Draun, Dhanpal, Padliptacharya, Rahulak, Sheelanka and such other lexicographers. This book is very useful in deciding the meaning of Deshya words used in Prakrit languages. By the compilation of this work Hemchandracharya, single-handed started a new era. This 'Deshinammala' proves the ancient origin of some Gujarati words. It study opens new horizons of words to the student of the Gujarati language. This book is also valuable to comprative linguists. Marked by expansive co-ordination of words and literary beauty this book has historical, cultural and linguistic importance.
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After writting grammars and dictionaries Kalikalsarvagna turned to poetics. Hemchandracharya wrote 'Kavyanushasan' in the tradition of Sanskrit poetics. 'Kavyanushasan' has mainly three division: one of Sutras, the second of definitions and the third of
