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Oh Kamadhenu, (The cow that fulfils all desires) plaster the surface of the earth with your dung, Oh Occan, draw with your pearls 'Swastikas' (Auspicious figures like $). Oh Moon, you be The whole poť. Oh Dig'gajas (Elephants who are supposed to support diections) make your trunks straight, collect the leaves of Kalpa-vriksa (A tree that offers any thing desired ) and prepare arches with them for hanging on gates; for Siddharăja, the great king returns after winning the earth. Afterwards, there was intimate relation between the King and the Suriji.
Though Siddharāja conquerred Mālvā, it seemed to him that he was defeated so far as the civilization and literature of Mālvā was concerned in comparison with the stores of books and vast literary materials existing in Ujjaina ( the capital of Mālavā,) his own capital seemed dry and poor to him He wanted that he should excel in this matter also, and surpass Mālvā.
Once out of the books brought from Avanti (Mälvā ) the king saw a work of grammar. Showing it to the Guru, the king asked “ What is this ?" "It is the grammar of Bhoja," said the Guru. There he mentioned other works of Bhojas Alanankára, Nimitta, Tarka etc. Siddharāja further asked, "Are there no such sciences in our Book-stores ?" The Guru said 'no' The king cast, his glance at the scholars of his court but none of them dared to compose a new grammar. At last Siddharāja entreatingly requested the great Āc'ärya to compose the grammar Accepting the royal request, Hémac'andra Sūri said, “In order to make the work devoid of every error in every respect, the eight works lying in the store-house of Bhāratidévi will be required." The king sent his chief courtiers to Kashmir. There, when they prayed to Bhāratidevi and lay before her their request, she was pleased and ordered her servants to give those books to them. The courtiers returned with the books and informed the king of the great help rendered by Saraswati to the great Guru.
After making a deep study of those eight grammars, Hema
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