A History of Sanskrit Literature c29.s4.7

c29.s4.7

The western school is held to be represented by the *Vālmīki-sūtras* which are lost in their original form, and are only preserved in a much expanded late version. In Hemacandra’s grammar,¹ book viii deals with Prākrit; he adds Ārṣa to the list as a good Jain must, and takes note of Jain Māhārāṣṭrī as well as the ordinary Māhārāṣṭrī of the poets; besides Paiçācī he places Cūlikāpaiçācika, and handles Apabhraṅça, giving stanzas of unknown source. For Māhārāṣṭrī he cites Hāla and the *Setubandha*, for Paiçācī, it seems likely, the *Bṛhatkathā*, probably, however, not in the original version. He is followed by Trivikrama in his *Prākṛtaçabdānuçāsana*,² who uses the *Vālmīki Sūtra* terminology, by Siṅharāja (14th cent.) in the *Prākṛtarūpāvatāra*,³ by Lakṣmīdhara (16th cent.) in the *Ṣaḍbhāṣācandrikā* and others.