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According to this information, the main works of Hemachandra are the following :: (1) The sabdanušāsana, the Grammar with appendices and
Commentary, (2) The Dvyāśrayakāvya, (3) The Kāvyānuśāsana, (4) The Yogaśāstra, (5) The Chando'nuśãsana, (6) The Nāmasamgrah, i.e., The Abhidhānacintāmani, Dešinā
mamāla and other lexicons; and, (7) The T.S.P.C.
To these, we should add : (8) The Vitarāgastutis, (9) The Dvātrimģikās; and, (10) The Pramāņmaimāṁsā.
We have shown above the interconnection of the Anušāsana series and Prof. Buhler, Prof. A. B. Dhruva and Prof. R. C. Parikh have maintained that Hemachandra aimed at treating of "all that the Brahmaņas knew". Prof. Jacobi observes that "Hemachandra has very extensive and at the same time accurate knowledge of many branches of Hindu and Jain learning combined with great literary skill, and an easy style. His streagth lies in encyclopaedical work rather than in original research but the enormous mass of varied information which he gathered from original sources, mostly lost to us, makes his works an inestimable mine for philological and historical research" (Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol.VI, p. 591). Hemachandra's Poetic Works
Prof. R. C, Parikh justifiably states that "Hemachandra's śāstric works engage so much of our attention that we härdly think of his poetical works, but, a careful study of his Poetic works reveals him to be a poet of no mean order. His two
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