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drawing 1294 palm leaf of hemchandra based on '' vikram samvat '' acharya hemchandra suri devchandrasuri 1173 -lrb- '' see notes '' -rrb- anhilwad patan dhandhuka khambhat '' see notes '' somchandra chachinga , pahini 1088 -lrb- '' see notes '' -rrb- acharya hemachandra.gif hemachandra
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hemachandra

acharya hemachandra was a jain scholar , poet , and polymath who wrote on grammar , philosophy , prosody , and contemporary history .
noted as a prodigy by his contemporaries , he gained the title `` kalikāl sarvagya '' , `` all-knowing of the kali yuga '' .
