Jainas in History of Indian Literature

Author(s): Jinvijay
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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LEXI6OGRAPHICAL WORKS OF THE JAINAS
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who had procured for him eight older grammatical works from the library of the temple of Sarasvatī in Kashmir. The author wrote himself two commentaries on his work, a shorter and a longer ono, besides an Unādigana Sūtra, a Dhātupātha and a Lingānusāsana. The eighth chapter of the Siddhahemacandra contains the Prākrit grammar.' Though in the latter Hemacandra has extensitely copied from the works of his predecessors, it is the most important Prākrit grammar we possess. It is very complete, and instructive also on account of the numerous examples, taken from older grammars. In his rules on Māhārāştri he quotes from the Sattasai and Setubandha; for the Paiśācī he gives us some passages from the "lost Brhatkathā of Guņāờ hya; and for the Apabhramsa he cites a number of otherwise unknown little songs similar to those of the Sattasai. Trivikram a who wrote his Prākritasabdānusāsana in Sūtras with his own commentary in the thirteenth century, is, as he himself avows, quite dependent on Hemacandra.
1- The same Hemacandra is also the renowned author of lexicographical works which he compiled as supplements to his grammar. A synonymic Koša is the Abhidhānacintāmanināmamatas to which he himself wrote a commentary and several appendices. One of these is the Nighantuseșa, a botanical glossary in 396 ślokas. He also wrote a homonymic Kośa, the Anekar.
1 It has been edited by R. Pischel, Halle, 1877-80. % Edited by 0. Bohtlingk and Ch. Rieu, St. Peterse
barg, 1847.