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 Systems of Sanskrit Grammar 61 § - ] during the reign of Surasimha alias Siwairaj of Jodhapur, 1594-1619 A. D, a commentary called Durgapadaprabodha on Hemachandra's Linganuśasana;' iii. Hemahamsävijaya. gani who put together a collection of about 140 Paribhā- shäs or maxims of interpretation used in Hemachandra's grammar, and wrote a commentary on them called Nyäyärthamañjöshä, in Samvat 15152 or A. D. 1457 at Ahmedabad; iv. Amarachandra, a pupil of Jinadattasari of the Vayadagachchha, who lived about the middle of the thirteenth century and wrote a work, called Syädisamuch- chya, on declensions and their irregularities; and v. Gunaratnasuri who wrote a work, called Kriyaratnasa- muchchaya, on the use and conjugational peculiarities of the more important Sanskrit roots. He was the pupil of Devasundarasuri and wrote this work in Samvat 1466 (=A. D. 1408). At the end of his work, in nearly so stanzas, he gives a succession of spiritual preceptors which is of considerable historical importance. 80 62. Conclusion of the Hemachandra school.-Hemachandra was a prolific writer. In nearly every branch of litera- ture which he touched he has left one or more important works behind him. The school of grammar which he founded was not, however, destined to have a very long and even career of popularity. After the age of com- mentators which had its fullest swing in the fifteenth century, the work fell more or less into neglect, perhaps for lack of originality but more probably because of the sectarian character of its founder and followers. Outside its circle it has not exerted much influence, while in its own circle it had to stand against two predecessors, Jainen- dra and Sakatayana, and at least one successor, Malayagiri - i wateyted (?) schokt metusmāt ar ad &.........! 2 startament fardet & 3.