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CCCV means is probably this: no author writes anything absolutely new, it is only the development and the treatment that is new. +
We saw, in the review of his literary activity which Hemachandra has given in the prasasti of the T. S. P. C., that the grammar was written at the request of Jayasimha, while the Dvyāşrayas, the Kāvyānuşāsana, the Chhaņdonuşāsana, and the lexicons and other Şāstras ( which might include the Pramāņamīmamsā if it was then written ) were written for the people. From this reference it is clear that Hemachandra's intention, in this part of his activity, was to serve not merely Jainas but all the people, for the word - lokāya - does not mean" for Jainas” only, but "for people in general.” I think the significance of this emphasis of Hemachandra has not been properly grasped by scholars * who say that Hemachandra's intention in composing these works was to provide merely for his correligionists. The public which Hemachandra had, in his view, was, no doubt, wider than his own sect.
Now, we come to discuss the works which Hemachandra wrote at the request of Kumārapāla. Even these works which are sectarian in subjectmatter have a wider appeal on account of their easy style and manner of treatment.
+ These remarks of Hemachandra in the P. M. suggest that Hemachandra was probably criticised for claiming to be an author of various works in which he mostly systematized what others had said.
* For example Prof. Jacobi. See his Introduction to the Pari ishtaparvan p. XXIII B. I. S.
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