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 [- § 59 Accessory Treatises vritti it is very likely to shed considerable light on many a dubious point in the history of Indian grammar. At the end of each pada of the vritti Hemachandra, by way of a prasasti, has added a stanza in praise of his patron and his family. They are all given together in a note to Dr. Bühler's pamphlet above referred to, and are written in the usual classical style of flattery. An abridgment of the Brihadvritti for the first seven chapters of the Sabdanuśäsana is also attributed to Hema- chandra, and may probably have been written with his concurrence. It is a mere patchwork, containing nothing new or original. Mss. of it date as far back as cir. 1350 A. D., and one old palm leaf Ms. calls it, instead of Sabdanuśäsana, Laghuvritti-Sabdanusasana-Rahasya. To illustrate the rules of his grammar, Hemachandra has composed a poem, resembling the Bhattikävya, which is known as Dvyaśraya-mahakavya. 59. Treatises accessory to Hemachandra's Sabdanusāsana.-It is not necessary to describe in fuller details the treatises accessory to Hemachandra's Sabdanuśäsana. These are: i. Haima-Dhātupätha, which is arranged for the most part like the corresponding treatise of Panini; ii. Uņādisātras, numbering a little over 960; ili. Lingānusā. sana, a metrical treatise, being an enlargement of the Sakaṭāyana Lingānuśäsana and divided into eight sec- tions; iv. Ganapatha; v. A collection of Paribhashas; and some others. For the most part these treatises are embodied in Hemachandra's Brihadvritti, from which they seem to have been subsequently extracted and pub- lished in a separate form. It is doubtful whether the vivaranas or vrittis which are given in Mss. of the Linga- nusasana or of the Unadisutras do really come from 1 Namely-, gende, tande, difery, seiende, difra: and