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SATYA RANJAN BANERJEE: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THOUGHTS
the most versatile and prolific writers who worked in most of the secular branches of learning. These branches include grammar, lexicography, poetry, poetics, metres, philosophy, logic and many others. Below is given the list of the available works of Hemachandra: I. On grammar; 1. Sabdānušāsana, also called Siddha-hemacandra, or Haima
sabdānusāsana, 2. Dhātupātha : Dhātupārāyaṇa, Dhātumālā, 3. Unādisūtra-vrtti,
4. Lingānusāsana II. On Lexicography:
5. Abhidhāna-cintāmaņi: Nāmamālā, Nāmamālāśeșa, 6. Anekārtha-samgraha : Anckärtha-seșa 7. Nighaņțu-seșa : Seșasamgraha, Seșa-samgraha-sāroddhāra, 8. Desīnāmamāla/Desīšabda-samgraha
9. Ekākşara-nāmamālā III. On Metre:
10. Chando'nušāsana IV.On Poetics :
11. Kävyānušāsana with Alamkāra-cudāmani V. On Philosophy / Logic :
12. Pramāna-mīmāmsā
13. Balabala-sutra-brhad-vịtti, VI. On Yoga :
14. Yogasāstra VII. On Mahākāvya :
15. Kumārapālacarita, also called Dvyāśraya-kāvya VIII. On the lives of Great Men:
16. Tri-şaști-salākā-pusuşa-carita
17. Parisistaparva or Sthavirāvali-carita IX. On Miscellaneous topics:
18. Vibhrama-sūtra (?) 19. Jaina Rāmāyana 20. Vītarāga-stotra (on Mahāvīra) 21. Anya-yoga-vyavaccheda-dvātrimsikā 22. Laghv-arhan-nītiśāstra (?)
"The above mentioned works of Hemacandra may not be distinguished by any great originality, but they display a truly
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