A Comprehensive List of the Published Works of Hemacandra (From the Catalogue of India Office Library) by Plates

Summary

What this is: A bibliographic checklist of printed editions, translations, and commentaries on the works of Hemacandra, reproduced “from the Catalogue of the India Office Library,” and compiled by M. Maj. (Jain Journal, April 1968). It lists titles, variant titles, editors, series, presses, cities, years, formats, and pagination. Lexicons & wordlists (often in the “Abhidhana-samgraha” series): - Abhidhana-cintamani (also …-nama-mala): multiple editions, including the St. Petersburg edition by O. Böhtlingk & C. Rieu (1847), several Nirnayasagar Press (Bombay) printings, and versions with Ratna-prabha commentary and Sesa-nama-mala. - Anekartha-samgraha (polysemes), Nighantu-Sesa (supplementary glossary), and Linganusasana (gender rules) appear as numbered parts of the Abhidhana-samgraha edited chiefly by Pandit Sivadatta and K. P. Parab (Bombay, 1896). Grammar & linguistics (Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsha): - Sabdanusasana (Siddha-Hemacandra; also called Haima-Vyakarana): editions of the sutra-patha, an index, Laghu-vrtti, and larger commentarial works such as Tattva-prakasika / Sabda-maharnava-nyasa; related parts include Dhatupatha, Ganapatha/Unadi-gana-sutra, and a treatise on Dodhaka (an Apabhramsha metre). Editors include Meghavijaya Gani (Candraprabha / Haima-Kaumudi). Locations include Benares, Ahmedabad, Bombay. - Prakrta Vyakarana (Adhyaya VIII) of Siddha-Hema: editions and studies by P. L. Vaidya and R. Pischel (text/translation with notes). A separate Prakasika (vrtti) is also listed. Haima-laghu-prakriya (abridged grammar) by Vinayavijaya Gani; Haima-dhatumala by Gunavijaya Muni. - Chando’nusasana (prosody) with Vritti. - Desinamamala (glossary of vernacular/desi words) critically edited by R. Pischel & G. Bühler in the Bombay Sanskrit Series (1880). - Unadi-gana-sutra with Hemacandra’s own commentary, edited by John Kirste (Vienna, 1895). Poetics & rhetoric: Kavyanusasana (with Hemacandra’s own gloss), Nirnayasagar Press, Bombay (1901). Philosophy & logic: Pramana-mimansa (with Hemacandra’s svopajna-vrtti) in a Poona edition (Arhatmata Prabhakara series). Jain doctrine & devotion: - Anya-yoga-vyavaccheda-dvatrimsika (also circulated as Mahavira-svami-stotra): numerous editions, including those paired with Mallisena’s Syadvada-manjari and a critical edition with introduction/notes by A. B. Dhruva (Bombay Sanskrit & Prakrit Series, 1933). - Vitaraga-stava/stotra: base text plus Vivarana by Prabhananda Muni, with references to Visalaraja; Gujarati and Hindi translations/anthologies are recorded. - Atma-garha-stava (Ahmedabad, 1909). - Yogasastra: editions in Sanskrit and Gujarati, and Hemacandra’s own Svopajna-vivarana; long critical edition in Bibliotheca Indica (Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, 1907–1921). Narrative & historiographical works: - Dvyasraya-kavya (with Abhayatilaka Gani and Purnakalasa Gani commentaries; parts printed 1915/1921). Its Prakrit section circulates as Kumarapala-carita (Bombay Sanskrit Series LX). - Trisastisalakapurusa-carita: multi-part Nirnayasagar editions (1904–1908); English translation of Adinatha-carita by Helen M. Johnson (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series 51, Baroda, 1931). - Sthaviravali-carita (Parisishtaparvan): Bibliotheca Indica edition (Calcutta, 1891) and German selections by Johannes Hertel (Leipzig, 1908). Editorial & publication ecosystem repeatedly cited: Nirnayasagar Press (Bombay); Vidya Vilas/Benares presses; Jaina presses in Ahmedabad/Poona/Surat; European publishers (e.g., Halle, Leipzig, Gottingen, Vienna); series such as Bombay Sanskrit Series, Bibliotheca Indica, and Gaekwad’s Oriental Series. Cross-references & variants: The list consistently notes alternate titles (e.g., Abhidhana-cintamani-nama-mala; Prakrta Dvyasraya-kavya = Kumarapala-carita; Anya-yoga-vyavaccheda-dvatrimsika = Mahavira-svami-stotra), companion indices, abridgements, and commentaries.