Hemraj Pande

Hemraj Pande (17th century CE) was an Indian author who had written commentaries on numerous Jain texts.[1] He was a disciple of Rupchand Pande who had delivered sermons on Gommatasara in 1635.[2] He wrote a commentary on Pravachanasara of Kundakunda in 1652 based on the commentary on Samayasara by Rajmall.[1] He also wrote the differences between Jain sects, Digambara and Svetambara, in Chaurasi Bol in the same year.[2] He wrote these texts on the request of Kanvarpal or Kaurnpal of Agra.[2] He wrote some original works in Brajbhasha.[3] He also translated Bhaktamara Stotra, a sixth century Jain composition, of Manatunga.[3] This was done in the style of translation of Kalyanamandir stotra's by Banarsidas.[3]

Hemraj Pande
Works	Chaurasi Bol

References

Citations

1. Orsini & Schofield 1981, pp. 87-88.
2. Orsini & Schofield 1981, p. 87.
3. Orsini & Schofield 1981, p. 88.

Sources

• Orsini, Francesca; Schofield, Katherine Butler, eds. (1981), Tellings and Texts: Music, Literature and Performance in North India, Open Book Publishers, ISBN 978-1-78374-105-2