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1 SIDDHASENA DIVĀKARA
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Nyāyāvatāra, etc. This statement of our can easily be corroborated by comparative study of the works of these two authors. Iaribhadra's work Saddarśanasamuccaya can be said to be inspired by his critical study of Siddhasena's Dwätrimsikās.
Gandhahasti : In his commentary on Tattwärtha Bhāşya, Gandhahasti advocates the doctrine of Kramavāda and levels severe attack on Abhedavāda. This attack it seems probable, has been levelled against Siddhasena Divákra ; but in spite of this fact, Gandhahasti bimself was so profoundly influenced by the scholarship of Siddhasena that in his Bhāşyavrtti at other places, in spite of his opposition to Siddhasena, he has, with great respect, quoted several Gāthās of Sanmati® and verses from Dwātrimśikās in support of his own statements. It seems from the relations of all these Ācāryas to one another that these Ācàryas, notwithstanding their strong opposition on certain points to one another, regarded one another as authority on points in which they all agreed.
(f) Akalanka and Vidyānanda. Akalanka : These two towering scholars among Digambara Jaina Ācāryas were also profoundly influenced
1 The origin of the subject discussed in Anekantajaya Pataka is to be found in the third chapter of Sanmati. In Šāstravárta Gatha 505 & 506, a translation of the Gathă 43 and 44 of the first chapter of Sanmati is found. The subject discussed in Saddarsana-Samuccaya is found in the Dwătrimsikās of Siddhsena.
2 bgafa pfla afecai A-41:” etc. 1. 31. p. 111.
3 Vide Tattvārtha Bhasya Vștti 1. 7. in which Gatha 21 28 from Sanmati are quoted.
4 Tattvärtha-Bhasya Vịtti 1, 10 p. 71.
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