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{{Short description|Prime Minister of the Seuna dynasty from 1259 to 1274}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hemadpant
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| office = [[Prime minister|Mahapradhan]] of the [[Seuna (Yadava) dynasty|Seuna dynasty]]
| term_start = 1259
| term_end = 1274
| monarch = [[Mahadeva of Devagiri|Mahadeva]]<br>[[Ammana]]<br>[[Ramachandra of Devagiri|Ramachandra]]
| successor = Keshavpant
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| death_date = 1309
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| battles = Third Seuna Civil War
| resting_place =
| relations = Kamadeo (father)
| occupation = [[Prime Minister|Mahapradhan]]
| allegiance = [[Seuna (Yadava) dynasty]]
| rank =
[[Peshwa]]
| serviceyears = 1259–1309
| unit =
[[Seuna (Yadava) dynasty|Seuna]] [[cavalry]]
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'''Hemādri Paṇḍita''', popularly known as '''Hemāḍapanta''', was a [[polymath]] and a [[prime minister]] from 1259 to 1274 during the reign of [[Mahadeva of Devagiri|Mahādeva]] (r. 1261–1270) and [[Ramachandra of Devagiri|Ramachandra]] (r. 1271–1311) of the [[Seuna (Yadava) dynasty]], which ruled the western and southern part of [[India]]. Hemadpant is also the creator of [[Hemadpanti architecture]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tjndiykddsIC&pg=PA7|title=Marathwada Under the Nizams, 1724-1948|page=7|author=P. V. Kate|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1987|isbn=9788170990178}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iztuAAAAMAAJ|title=A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar|author=Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1966|page=482}}</ref>

== Origin ==
Hemadri Pandit was born in a [[Deshastha Brahmin]] family<ref>{{cite book|title=Kāḷācyā paḍadyāāḍa , Volume 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_wvAAAAMAAJ|page=373|publisher=Marāṭhī Sāhitya Parishada|year=1992|quote=देवगिरी येथे रामचंद्रराव राजा राज्य करीत असता दमरदारीच्या कामावर ''हेमाद्री ऊर्फ हेमाडपंत' हा देशस्थ ऋग्वेदी ब्राह्मण काम करीत होता''}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Religious Cultures in Early Modern India: New Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NTnJBQAAQBAJ&q=Hemadpant+is+brahmin&pg=PT194|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|isbn = 9781317982876}}</ref> in [[Paithan]] that had its origin in the [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Novetzke |first=Christian Lee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z9kbDQAAQBAJ |title=The Quotidian Revolution: Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India |date=18 October 2016 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-54241-8 |pages=64 |language=en}}</ref> His father, Kāmadeo, had brought him up in [[Maharashtra]]. Hemadri's biography<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hemadri Urf Hemadpant Yanche Charitra By Keshav Appa Padhye |url=https://varadabooks.com/products/hemadri-urf-hemadpant-yanche-charitra-by-keshav-appa-padhye |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Varada Books |language=en}}</ref> written by Keshav Appa Padhye, the author has mentioned that Hemadri was a Rigvedi Vatsagotri (belonging to the Vatsa [[Gotra]]), Panchapravari (5 [[Pravaras|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.

== 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|date=March 2008}} soon after his tenure, the Turkic emperor of [[Delhi]], [[Alauddin Khalji|Alāuddin Khalji]], and his successors ended the Yadav rule in southwestern India.{{fact|date=September 2024}}

== Writings ==

* Hemadri wrote the encyclopedic book about [[dharma]], the ''Chaturvarga Chintāmaṇi''. It contains, among other subjects, thousands of ''[[Vrata]]s'' along with the modus operandi for performing them.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
* He wrote the commentary ''Āyurveda Rasāyan'' on the Ayurvedic [[Samhita]] "Ashtānga Hṛdayam", containing descriptions of various diseases and their remedies.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
* A small historical book, the ''Hemādpanti Bakhar'' (Hemadpant's Chronicle) is credited to him.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
* He created the ''Mestakas'' to standardize procedural sections of state administration.{{fact|date=September 2024}}

== Cultural contributions ==

* Hemadri introduced the use of the [[Modi script]] for [[Marathi language|Marāthi]] (cursive style of writing Marathi) in government correspondence, a script which continued to be used till the end of [[Peshwa]] rule.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
* He conceived of buildings and temples which did not use [[Limestone|lime]] under his [[Hemadpanti architecture]] style.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
* He introduced the plantation of [[pearl millet]] (Bājari) as a staple crop.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
* He encouraged and supported many artists and writers like Bopadev and studied their books and presented his own criticism.{{fact|date=September 2024}}

== See also ==
*[[Yadavas of Devagiri]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==
* ''Samasta Maharashtriya Brahman Potshakha'' (A Genealogy of all the Maharashtrian Brahmins, [[Marathi language|Marathi]]) by Dr. Abhaykumar Savaji
* ''Hemadri Athawa Hemadpant'' (Hemadri, or Hemadpant; [[Marathi language|Marathi]]) by Keshav Appa Padhye
* ''Maharashtra Saraswat'' (The [[Saraswat Brahmin|Saraswats]] of Maharashtra, [[Marathi language|Marathi]]) by Vinayakrao Bhave
* ''Aitihasik Prastavana'' (Proposals on History, [[Marathi language|Marathi]]) by [[Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade]]

[[Category:Politicians from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:13th-century Indian writers]]
[[Category:Indian Hindus]]

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