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the second chapter of Sanmati to the discussion of this doctrine. But it is a curious thing to know that JinaBhadragaại Kşamāśramaņa, in his great Bhāşya, and in his treatise Visesaņa-Vatī, while refuting the doctrine of Abheda-Vāda, and establishing the doctrine of KramaVāda, which was already found in Jaina scriptures has mentioned many arguments which are usually advanced in support of the doctrine of Abheda, but are not found in Siddlasena's works. Some of these arguments clearly seem to have been quoted from the works of authors other than Siddhasena. From this it can very well be inferred that there were other Ācāryas who were either contemporaries of Siddhasena or preceded him or succeeded him and who were eqnally mighty advocates of the doctrine of Abheda-Vada, and these advocates must have written either independent works or commentaries in support of Abheda-Vāda and it was against these works that Jina-Bhadra rainly levelled his attacks. It is also possible that there might be other works of Siddhasena not available at present in which there were other arguments that were refuted by Jina-Bhadra in his own treatise. This much, however, is certain that, at present, there is no other work dealing with this AbhedaVāda except the present work “Sanmati”.
In his commentary of the second chapter of Sanmati, the commentator has briefly commented on all the Gātbâs except the first and the fifteenth. All these Gāthās are commented upon just to make their meaning clear and no controversy has been introduced therein, but in the case of the fifteenth Gāthâ, the commentator
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