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THE KAVYĀNUŞĀSANA Hemachandra's aim in composing his various treatises, always, was to achieve completeness of information on their respective subjects. In doing this, he, however, appears to have been influenced by the needs of primary and advanced students. This double purpose was fulfilled by adopting the method of first writing a text-book consisting of sūtras with a commentary on them giving in a systematic and lucid form as much information of the subject as was of primary importance and necessary to give practical proficiency in it. To achieve completeness, he wrote additional commentaries incorporating all the available discussions of the previous writers on the subject treated. These additional commentaries were, of course, intended for advanced students who wanted to be masters of the subject.
The third point that may be noted in this connection is Hemachandra's aim to achieve authenticity in his works. This has made him give the previous discussions on the subject almost in the words of the authors themselves. In order to make his works current and authentic on the subjects which were generally discussed by Brāhmanical writers, it was, probably, thought necessary by this Jaina Achārya to adopt this method. This procedure, however, has laid him open to the charge of plagiarism and given his works an appearance of compilations. But a careful and a minute study of his works reveals that Hemachandra has always treated his subjects with great
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