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1 SIDDHASENA DIVĀKARA
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He has, therefore, attempted to refute these varieties of the doctrine of Abhedavāda. Whether Siddhasena was the first founder of Abhedavāda or whether he was the first person who systematised this doctrine is not quite clear. But this much is quite clear that either in his own times or after him there were Ācāryas who advocated this doctrine and composed works bearing on it. Maladhāri Hemacandra has quoted a Saṁsksta verse in his commentary on Višeşāvasyaka Bhāşya. This verse purports to support Abhedavāda, and very probably belongs to Siddhasena. But looking to the Dwātrimsikās of Siddhasena that are available at present, we bave not been able to trace this verse to them or to other Samsksta 'works of his. If the verse may not be one of the lost Dwātrimśikās it might belong to some other Acārya and if this is true, it means that along with Siddhasena there were other Ācāryas also dealing with this doctrine. Perhaps Siddhasena himself had written another treatise on Abhedavāda.
Abhayadeva? mentions Mallavādi as an advocate (Puraskartā) of the doctrine of Yugapadvada. Nowa question arises as to what is the meaning of the word advocate (Puraskartā in Samskřta). From the works of Kundakunda it becomes clear that the Yugapad vāda of the Digambaras was well-known even before Mallavādi. As to Mallavādi, no complete work of his is available at present. The remark of Abhayadeva must, therefore, be interpreted to mean that Mallavādi merely
1 p. 1198. 2 Sapmati-Tika p. 608 line 21.
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