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Kavyanusasana clearness of its exposition and the comprehensiveness of its subject-matter. One might say that the commentary Tattvabodhavidhãyinī which was composed in the reign of Kumārapāla is a veritable mine of information on Samsksta lexicography. If it is studied carefully and critically, it will throw a flood of light on the history of the subject,
Just as Hemachandra, by composing an adhyāya on the Prāksta dialects, made his grammar unique and comprehensive of all languages current in India, to make his lexicographical work perfect, he composed a dictionary of Desya words.
The last verse of the work says " This collection of Deşi words named Rayaņāvali (a necklace of jewels ) is composed by Sirī Hemachandra as a seshalaesha (a small appendix) to grammar' (v. 77). In the commentary it is called an appendix to the eighth Adhyāya. Thus according to the author himself, it is to be regarded as connected with his grammar. We gather the same impression from the introduction to the commentary also.
So strictly speaking, we should say that this work belongs to the department of grammar rather than that of lexicography. The word Şabdānusāsana, however, is comprehensive enough to include grammar and lexicography, Hemachandra himself uses this word in this comprehensive sense in his Kāvyānuşāsana.
This work on Deşi words which resisted all attempts at systematization was of peculiar difficulty; and its accomplishment was a matter of satisfaction to the Achárya. He, himself, says “Desi is difficult to collect, and even if collected, it is generally difficult to grasp. Therefore, Achārya Hemachandra collects it and classifies it."
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