The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c14.s3.13

v2.c14.s3.13

Hemādri is the reputed author of a number of Sanskrit works. The principal among these are the *Chaturvargachintāmaṇi*, the *Kālanirṇaya*, the *Tithinirṇaya*, the *Āyurvedarasāyana*, the *Dānavākyāvali*, the *Parjanyaprayoga*, the *Tristhalividhi* and the *Arthakāṇḍa*.⁴ Whether a busy minister, who in addition to the duties of his office was also in charge of the elephant squadrons maintained by the State, could have found time to write all these voluminous works may well be doubted. It is likely that some of them may have been written under the guidance or direction of Hemādri and their authorship then attributed to him by his protégés, as was done by Bhānu in the case of the *Sūktimuktāvali*.