Kalikal Sarvagna Acharya Hemchandra A Re Appraisal

Author(s): Vasant M Bhatt
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Vol. II-1996
Kalikāla-sarvajña....
ANNOTATIONS :
The paper originally was read at the National Seminar on "Intellectual leaders in Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pali" (27-29 March, 1996), organized by the Department of Sanskrit, University of Poona, Pune. Since unpublished, with some revisions, it has been given for the Jagadishcandra Jain commemorative number of the Nirgrantha.
1. History of Sanskrit Poetics, Delhi 1961, pp. 288-289.
2. Actually, even earlier, from the time of the Bhimadeva 1, keen rivalry between Gujarat and
Mālava, had started and rulers Bhima and Bhoja were not only political but also keenly intellectual. The poets and dialecticians from different parts of India used to visit this capital of Gurajaradeśa where their literary and dialectical talents were put to test. See :
Kavyānušāsana, Vol. II, "Introduction" Rasiklal C. Parikh, Bombay 1938, p. ccxlii - ccxliii. 3. “अनलकृती पुनः क्वापि" were Maminata's words, which were replaced by Hemacandra, by सालङ्कारी
E a more positive approach. This brings him closer to earlier poeticists. But, even with this unconfirmity, Hernacandra was a great exponent of the Dhvani-School and followed Mammata at every step. He saw to it that the Ananda-Abhinava based Kāśmīra tradition in poetics took roots in Gujarat through his Kāvyānuśāsana, the Alankaracudämaņi, and the Viveka commentaries, and thus almost routed the Mālava tradition of Bhoja from Gujarat. Vide
Bharatiya Sahitya Sastra ni Vicāraparampardo (Gujarati), Ahmedabad 1984, p. 51. 4. किमेतदिति पप्रच्छ स्वाम्यपीति व्यजिज्ञपत् ।
भोजव्याकरणं ह्येतच्छन्दशास्त्रं प्रवर्तते ॥७५|| भूपालोऽथावदत् किं नास्मरकोशे शास्त्रपद्धतिः । विद्वान्कोऽपि कथं नास्ति देशे विश्वेऽपि गूर्जरे ॥७९॥ सर्वे संभूय विद्वांसो हेमचन्द्रं व्यलोकयन् । महाभक्त्या च राज्ञासावभ्यर्थ्य प्रार्थितः प्रभुः ।।८।। शब्दव्युत्पत्तिकृच्छास्त्रं निर्मायास्मान्मनोरथम् ।। पूरयस्व महर्षे त्वं विना त्वमत्र कः प्रभुः ॥८॥
-द्रष्टव्यम् : चन्द्रप्रभसूरिप्रणीतं प्रभावकचरितम्, सं. हिरानन्द शर्मा (प्रथमो भागः), मुंबई १९०९, पृ. ३००, 5. मेरुतुङ्गाचार्यकृतः प्रबन्धचिन्तामणिः, सं. रामचन्द्रो दीनानाथ शास्त्री, मुंबई १८८८, पृ. १४८. 6. संक्षिप्तश्च प्रवृत्तोऽयं समयेऽस्मिन् कलापकः ।
लक्षणं तत्र निष्पत्तिः शब्दानां नास्ति ताशी ॥८२॥ पाणिनेर्लक्षणं वेदस्यांगमित्यत्र च द्विजाः । अवलेपादसूयन्ति कोऽर्थस्तैरुन्मनायितैः ॥८३।। यशो मम तव ख्याति: पुण्यं च मुनिनायक । विश्वलोकोपकाराय कुरु व्याकरणं नवम् ॥८४|| इत्याकाभ्यधात् सूरिहेमचन्द्रः सुधीनिधिः । कार्येषु नः किलोक्तिर्वः स्मारणायैव केवलम् ॥८५