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INTRODUCTION
difference, between the works of Siddhasena on one hand and Kundakunda and Umāswāti on the other, which is really noteworthy. From the works of Siddhasena it is clear that Siddhasena must have thoroughly stadied the works of these two authors--his predecessors.
Kunda kunda: A comparison between Kundakunda and Siddhasena falls under four heads : (1) Similarity of words, (2) style, (3) subject matter and (4) development.
(1) In the Pravacanasāra of Kundakunda (chapter 1, Gatha 15-16), the word Swayambhū is defined by the author in his own way. He interprets the word in the sense of Omniscient and uses it with reference to Vītarāga. Siddhasena in the very first verse of his Stotra? uses the word Swayambhū in the same sense. Samantabhadra” also does the same. .
(2) The twelfth Gāthā of the 1st chapter of Pañcāstikaya and the first half of the 12th Gathā of the 1st Chapter of Sanmati are almost the same : -
sagaraga cai soalafat 499711 ury" --Pañcastikya. "poa qgafase falasait 4 95521 ofen"-Sanmati.
The 13th verse of Pañcāstikāya namely cu faunt of Tu Tule roi Party of HHafe has no parallel in Sanmati because the word Guņa is used in a slightly different and modified
i afya cha" etc. 2 "faqiyar Laleda raad'? etc.
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