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TULSI-PRAJNA
12. Bhamakavi
: Sadbhasacandika 13. Durganacarya
: Sadbhasaru pamalika and Sadbhasamanjari, Sadbhasasuvantadarsa,
Sabdhasavicara (?) 14. Subhacandra (V.S. 1605) : Cintamani Vyakarana mentioned
in the Pandava-Purana Prasasti 15. Raghunath Kavi (18th C.) : Prakrtananda
Of these, Hemacandra is the prominent Prakrit grammarian amongst the Western school grammarians He wrote Prakrita Vyakarana in the eighth chapter of the Siddhahemasabdanusasa na on the basis of preceding Vyakaranas like Prakritalaksana of Canda, Prakrit Prakasa of Vararuci. Dr R. Pischel edited it into two parts, First consists of original text with word-index and the second one had the German translation with explanation and critical and comparetive study. Both the volumes were published under the caption
Hemchandra's Grammatik der Prakrit Sprachen (Siddba Hima. candra Adhyaya VIII) published from Halle in 1877 and Theil (Uber Setzung and Erlauterungen), 1880 (in Roman script). Prior to this edition, Krishna Mahabal wrote "Introduction to the Hemachandra Vyakarana" which was published from Bombay in 1872. It was reedited by S.P. Pandit and amassed it as an appendix to the Kumara palacarita (B.S P.S. (XX), Bombay 1900) and then another edition was made by Dr. P.L. Vaidya in 1 28 (Poona) and 1936 and 1958 (Poona). Upadhyaya Ratna Muni translated it into Hindi in two parts (Byavar, V.S. 2020 and 2024) and Dulichandra Pitambardas translated it into Gujarati (Miyagam, V.S. 1961). Bbimasimha Manek edited it with Dhudhika Tika (Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay, 1903,
The famous commentaries on the Prakrit Vyakarana of Hemchandra are : (i) Tattva-Prakasika written by Hemachandra (Bombay, V.S. 1929), (ii) Harmadipika or Prakrita-Vrtti-dipika Haribhadrasuri second, (iii) Dipika of Jinasagarasuri, (iv) Prakrit-Dipika of Hariprabhasuri, (v) Haimaprakrita-Dhundhika of Narachandra suri (V.S. 1591), Prakrita-Vyavrtti of Vijaya Rajendra Suri, Dhokavrtti of (Hemachandracharya Jain Sabha, Patan) and Haimadodhakartha.
Prakrita Sabdanusasana of Trivkrama was partly (First chapter) published in 1896 from Vijaga pattam and then fully edited by T.B. Laddu in 1912. It was further edited by Batuknatha Sharma and Baldeo Upadhyay (Varanasi), Dr. P.L. Vaidya (Jiyaraj Granthamala, Solapur, 1954) and Jagannatha Shastri (Varanasi 1950) On the basis of Prakrit Sabdanusasana, Simharaj wrote the Prakrit Rupavatarå
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