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38 Hemchandracharya's Literary Accomplishment tenth parva are very useful. From viewpoints of metres, figures of speech, poatics or etymology this epic provides tremendous meterial to students. This epic shows us how the metra-bound and simple speech must be flowing ! Shree Madhusudan Modi notes: "This book is so vast, deep and comprehensive that it alone can justify that titles of Kalikalsarvagna."
After writing "Trisastisalakapurusacharitra" Hemchandracharya wrote 'Parishista Parva' in thirteen years. A lot of information in this book had been collected by Hemchandracharya from the books of earlier master. Here the poet describes besides other small and big stories the lives of Sudharmaswami, Jambusvami, Bhadrabahuswami, Vajraswami and other monks of the Jain tradition. He has woven into it the history of Shrenik, Samprati, Chandragupta, Ashok etc. After writing ten parvas of "Trisastishalakapuruscharitra" the author writes these lives in their continuetion and in the same style and names theem as "Parishista Parva". Prof. Yacobi introduce this book as
Sthaviravali'. But generally it is well-known as 'Parisista Parva'. Hemchandracharya has taken the stories here from other books. But Hemchandracharya has given them the sweetness and form of poems. Hemchandracharya has given lifestories of Chief
Hemchandracharya's Literary Accomplishment 39 monks from Jambuswami to Vajrasen and related historical stories in poems. Some folk-stories and allegorical stories are very interesting. It is also important as a history of chief monk. In all there are 3450 verses ulin Anustup metre. The lives of Jambuswami and Sthulabhadra are worth noticing. He has given here not only the list of names of Acharyas but also narrated stories, short and long.
Pramanamimanse' is Hemchandracharya's book of five chapters on logic. Here he has discussed pramanalakshan, PRamanavibhag, parokshalakshan, Pararthanuman, Hetvabhas, vadalakshanas etc. in his times this book was known as vadanushasan. He himself wrote a commentary on it. Now only the portion upto the first section of the second chapter is available. Since this work is incomplete, can it be inferred that this is Hemchandracharya's last work? If the whole manuscript of this book written for the benefit of people is available, we can get the butter of Hemchandracharya's knowledge of all the six schools of philosophy. This book convinces us that Hemchandracharya had the truth - searching vision of Siddhasen Diwakar and Haribhadrasuri. Shri Madhusudan Modi suggests that 'Vadanushasan' and Pramanamimansa' were the same book. This book, written
