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Hemchandracharya's Literary Accomplishment
This hymn says that if Mahadev is without attachment and averssion to us. He is a Jina. This hymn of Kalikalsarvagna Hemchandracharya which consists of 44 verses written in Anustup and Arya metres, does not have the serenity of the earlier three hymns. The last verses is written in the Arya metre. It is probable that Hemchandracharya wrote this hymn in the tradition Mahadevashtak written by Haribhadrasuri. Different characteristics depicted here show how the image of Mahadev is. When Hemchandracharya went to the Somnath temple, he said the last verse in the course worship. Essayists think that it was this verses:
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भव बीजाङ्कुरजननां रत्नाद्याः क्षयमुपागता यस्य । ब्रह्मा वा विष्णुर्वा, हरो जिनो वा नमस्तमे ।
Obcisance to Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva orJina who has destroyed attachment-bearing sporouts of the seeds of Karma.
Moreover there is a humn of 35 verses- 'Sakalarhat stotra' which is mainly a prayer to Tirthankaras. Moreover some works of doubtful authorship such as *Arhannamasamuchchaya', 'Arhanniti' etc. are ascribed to Hemchandracharya. Besides, some such works of Hemchandracharya as are now not available, 'Anekarthashesa', 'pramanashastra', 'Shesasamgrahanama-mala', the
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Hemchandracharya's Literary Accomplishment septasandhana epic - are waiting for a researcher. Here we remember Pundit Bechardasji's words :
"It is not a modern Gujarati's shame that unprecedented books written by him are not even available today? This thankless Gujarati of Today has lost the capacity even to keep, maintain and preserve the books of the great man who wrote numerous books to win the glory for Gujarati, Gujarat's kings and for Vidya. Moreover, the Jains in name who claim to be his staunch followers show no concern about it.
True, Jains will beat two drums or blow two oboes and sometimes serve sweet dishes. But will they ever care to know at all where his wealth of letters is lost?
In his speech as the chair person of Hemsarswat session that met in Patan on Sunday, the 9th April, 1939 Shree Kanaiyalal Munshi said, 'Now the knowledge transures in store-houses is to be set moving round the world."
Looking to the literary output of Kalikalsarvagna one feels that he was a great creator, compiler and co-ordinator of the Sanskrit, Prakrit and Upbramsha languages.
In this works we find on the one hand his own selfconsciousness, the glory of the Solanki era and the searching
