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severely criticised and in his opinion unjustly criticised by some contemporary critics. That is probably why he is so particular in referring to .his authorities in the very beginning of this work. We shall touch this point again when we come to discuss his Pramāṇamīmāmsā.
Appendices known as A. C. Parisishta-were also composed and placed at the end of each Kanda of the A. C. This work is, however, not a separate entity and we have no means to decide whether it is Hemachandra's own work or some of his students.
Hemachandra completed his Samskṛta lexicon by writing a supplement known as Anekārtha-samgraha. In the first verse, Hemachandra says "I, who have made a collection of words having one meaning, now, contemplating the Arhats, prepare Anekārtha-samgraha (collection of words having more than one meaning) by arranging words, according to their number of syllables, in six chapters."
The commentary on the Anekartha Samgraha is composed by Hemachandra's disciple Mahendrasuri in the name of Hemachandra, as M. himself says, at the end of the second Kanda (p. 86 Edition of the A. S. by Th. Tachariac).
Thus Hemachandra established his reputation as a Samskṛta Lexicographer. That this work became current and that Hemachadra was regarded as an authority is proved by many quotations from his work in later commentaries as well as from the verse: हेमचन्द्रश्च रुद्रचामरोऽयं सनातनः ।
Abhidhanachintamani with its supplements and commentaries is, like the S. H., characterized by the
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