Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 6

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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INTRODUCTION
1907. The first 4 chapters, text and translation by E. Windisch, appeared in ZDMG 28 (1874).
The Dvyāśraya, Chandonuśāsana, Alankṛti, and other manuals, collections of nouns, et cetera, were composed "for the people." The Dvyāśrayakāvya is a panegyric on the Chaulukyas. It also illustrates the rules of his grammar. The first 20 chapters in Sanskrit illustrate the first 7 books of the grammar; the eight chapters in Prakrit illustrate the eighth book. The Sanskrit Dvyāśraya is published in Bombay Sanskrit and Prakrit Series, no. LXIX, 1915-21.
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The Prakrit Dvyäśrayakavya, or Kumarapalacaritra, is published in the Bombay Sanskrit Series, no. 60. 1900.
The Alankaracūḍāmaṇī, or Alankṛti, is a treatise on rhetoric. It is the commentary on the KAVYĀNUŚĀSANA and has a commentary of its own, a viveka. All three are published by the Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya, Bombay, 1938.
The Chandonuśāsana, or Chandaścūdāmaņi, with commentary by Hemacandra, is a treatise on metrics. Published by Devakarana Mulji, Bombay, 1912.
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collections of nouns include:
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The Abhidhanacintamaņi, or Ekärthakoşa, with Hem.'s commentary. A dictionary of synonyms, it is indispensable for any one reading Jain Sanskrit. Edited and translated by Boethlingk and Rieu, St. Petersburg, 1847. Also published by the YJG, with an Index volume, Bhavnagar, 1919.
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Sesakhyānamālā, or Abhidhānacintāmaṇiparisiṣṭa, Śeşasangraha. It is included under the second title in the Abhidhanasangraha.
Nighantuśeşa, a botanical glossary, a supplement to the Abhidhānacintamaņi. It is included in the Abhidhānasangraha.
Anekārthanāmamālā, or Anekārthasangraha. A dictionary of homonyms. Vol. I of Sources of Sanskrit Lexicography. Vienna, 1893. It is included in the Abhidhanasangraha.
Deśināmamālā, or Deśiśabdasangraha, or Ratnavali, with commentary. A vocabulary of local words. Published in Bombay Sanskrit Series, XVII. Edited by Pischel in 1880.