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Hemadpant

Prime Minister of the Seuna Yadava Empire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Hemādri Paṇḍita, popularly known as Hemāḍapanta, was a polymath and a prime minister from 1259 to 1274 CE during the reign of Samrat Mahādeva (1259–1271) and samrat Ramachandra (1271–1309) of the Seuna (Yadava) dynasty, which ruled the western and southern part of India. Hemadpant is also the creator of Hemadpanti architecture.[1][2]

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Origin

Hemadri Pandit was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family[3][4] in Paithan that had its origin in the Karnataka.[5] His father, Kāmadeo, had brought him up in Maharashtra. Hemadri's biography[6] written by Keshav Appa Padhye, the author has mentioned that Hemadri was a Rigvedi Vatsagotri (belonging to the Vatsa Gotra), Panchapravari (5 pravara) brāhmaṇa (५: जामदग्ना वत्सास्तेषां पञ्चार्षेयो भार्गवच्यावनाप्नवानौर्वजामदग्नेति, ref. आश्वलायनश्रौतसूत्र). He has mentioned the reference for this information to be the book authored by Hemadri himself, the चतुर्वर्गचिंतामणि, or chaturvarga-chintāmaṇi.

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Career

Hemadri was a diplomat, an administrator, an architect, a poet, and a theologian and scholar. During his prime ministership, the Yadav kingdom reached its zenith;[citation needed] soon after his tenure, the Turkic emperor of Delhi, Alāuddin Khalji, and his successors ended the Yadav rule in southwestern India.[citation needed]

Writings

  • Hemadri wrote the encyclopedic book about dharma, the Chaturvarga Chintāmaṇi. It contains, among other subjects, thousands of Vratas along with the modus operandi for performing them.[citation needed]
  • He wrote the commentary Āyurveda Rasāyan on the Ayurvedic Samhita "Ashtānga Hṛdayam", containing descriptions of various diseases and their remedies.[citation needed]
  • A small historical book, the Hemādpanti Bakhar (Hemadpant's Chronicle) is credited to him.[citation needed]
  • He created the Mestakas to standardize procedural sections of state administration.[citation needed]

Cultural contributions

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