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by Siddhasena. Akalanka in his Rājavārtika? not only quotes verses from the Dwātrim ikās of Siddhasena, but accepts with great regard some of the views of Siddhasena in Rājavārtika of his—such as the Guņas not being differ. ent, from Paryāya, in spite of the fact that these views went against his own Digambara tradition. After a como parative study of the works of Siddhasena and Afkalanka it seems to us that the latter has taken much of the subject matter of Sanmati in his Laghiyastrayi? and the development of Naya, Pramāņa and Nikṣepa found in the work of Akalanka is clearly after the fashion of Siddhasena..
Vidyananda : As to Vidyānanda he was more inspired by the study of Siddhasena's works than Akalanka was. In his Ślokavårtika* he not only quotes Găthās of Sanmati but accepts some of the views of Siddhasena whole beartedly although in some other places he has stated his strong opposition to some of them. Like A kalanka, he has accepted the view of Siddhasena that Gaņas are not different from Paryāya. Moreover the distribution of the Nayas under the heads of the two original Nayas has been done by Vidyānanda, thus clearly following the classification of Sanmati in this
..1 The 30th verse from the 1st Dwa. is quoted in Rajavārtika 8. 1. 17. . 2. See Värtika on Sutra 5. 37.
3 See Laghlyastrayi 1.4 and the fourth verse of Nyāyāvatāra.
4 On page 3rd the 45th Gatha of the third chapter of Sanmati is quoted.
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