Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c35.1

v1.c35.1

The versatile and voluminous Jaina writer Hemacandra directed his many-sided activity to the field of Sanskrit Poetics as well, and wrote a *Kāvyānuśāsana* (with *vrtti*) and its commentary, called *Alaṃkāra-cūḍāmaṇi*, basing it chiefly on Mammaṭa's work, but appropriating his materials from various sources¹. While as a textbook it hardly supersedes the *Kāvyaprakāśa*, it is, like most of Hemacandra's other productions, more or less an industrious compilation, displaying its author's encyclopaedic erudition, but hardly constituting an original contribution to the subject.