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published in the Singhi Jain Granthamala), the प्रबन्धचिन्तामणि of मेरुतुन (composed in संवत् 1364, 1307, A. D. and translated by Tawney) and the प्रबन्धकोश of राजशेखर pp. 46-54 (written in tiq 1405, 1348 A. D. and published in the Singhi Jain Series). The प्रभावकचरित (pp. 183-212) gives at some length an account of the life of tHara, who was born at Dhandhuka of Modh Bania parents named चाच or चाचिग and पाहिनी. हेमचन्द्र's origi- nal name was चञ्देव. The four important dates concerning हेमचन्द्र are given by the प्रभावकचरित (p.212) as follows: He was born on the Full-Moon day of Kartika in eiaa 1145 (1088 A. D.), he was initiated in diaa 1150 (1093 A.D.), he became a sūri or भाचार्य in sarvat 1166 (1109 A. D.) and died at the age of 84 in संबद् 1229 (1173 A. D.). हेमचन्द्र's guru was देवचन्द्र. Forbes in his 'Rasmala' gives an account of the two kings Siddharāja and Kumarapala with whom Ha was connected (vol. I. pp. 165-197 of the Oxford Press ed. of 1924). Buhler's monograph 'Uber das Leben des Jaina Mönches Hemacandra' (1889) is complete and authentic, except in a few unimportant parti- culars. This German work was translated into English by Dr. Manilal Patel and published in the Singhi Jain Series in 1936. From the fact that हंमचन्द्र (on p. 109) mentions मम्मट by name and quotes from काव्यप्रकाश a verse and a half (V. 1-2) and from the fact that he wrote the काव्यानुशासन after the शब्दानुशासन and makes no mention of कुमारपाल in the काव्यानुशासन it may be said that he composed it about 1140 A.D. जयसिंह सिद्धराज at whose bidding he composed शब्दानुशासन reigned from 1093 to 1143 A. D. and कुमारपाल his successor from 1143 to 1172A.D. Mr. R. C. Parikh holds that the काव्यानुशासन was composed between 1136-1143 A. D. (Intro. p. CCLXII). 30 The चन्ब्रालोक of जयदेव. This has been printed several times in India. The Gujarati Prcss edition with the com. Rama of बैधनाथ पायगुएड has been used for purposes of this note. The चन्द्रालोक is an elementary treatise on Poetics written in the Anustubh metre. The author gives his own examples as do भामह and दएडी. The work is divided into ten मयूखs and contains about 350 verses. The style is lucid and easy, the language is flowing and sonorous, and the work is admirably adapted to the needs of beginners. The contents are :- I. the definition of काव्य, the hetu of काव्य (viz. प्रतिभा aided by श्रत and अभ्यास), the threefold division of words into रूढ, यौगिक and