Jain Journal 1968 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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APRIL, 1968
lexicons are so very valuable, because Hemacandra was able to use sources which are lost to us, as also on account of their practical arrangement and the clear explanations.
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Hemacandra's literary activity also extended to philosophy. He wrote a work on logic, the Pramanamımansa, 'Examination of the Means of Proof", again with his own commentary And his Anyayogavyavacchedadvātrimsikā, 32 verses in praise of Mahavira and a treatise on logic at the same time, formed the basis for Mallisena's Syādvāda-mañjari, which is not only a commentary on Hemacandra's treatise, but also an independent work on Jaina philosophy 1
1 Until a short time ago it was believed that Hemacandra was also the author of Laghv-arhannitisastra, a Jaina work on law and politics, said to be a summary of a larger work in Prakrit, and published with a Gujarati commentary at Ahmedabad in 1906. But Mr CR Jain (see The Jaina Gazette, January, 1935, pp 9ff) assures us, on the authority of Mr Puran Chand Nahar, that this 'Arhanniti' is a spurious work of the 19th century It is no loss to the fame of Hemacandra, even if we have to omit this insignificant compilation from the list of his works
Reprinted from the foreword to G Buehler, The Life of Hemacandracarya (Singhi Jaina Series), Santiniketan 1936 Courtesy Singhi Jaina Jnanapitha, Santiniketan