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INTRODUCTION
It occurs in Bhāşya as verse No. 2265 with slight changes thus:
'जावंतो वयणपहा तातो वा नया विसद्दाओ । a aa q QAHAT AFAT' Agraan pod "
(2) In the 22nd Gāthā of the 1st. chapter of Sanmati an exhaustive illustration of the necklace of jewels is given in which occurs the words from[8 #fo' etc. Now these very words along with this very illustration in a brief form ocenr in Gāthā No. 2271 of Viseşā vaśyaka Bhāsya. In the 54th Gāthā of the 1st. chapter of Sanmati the word 'afah T ' occurs. This very word occur with a slight change as it all in" Gāthă No. 2276 of Višeşā vaśyaka Bhāsya. The argument advanced in 28th. Gatha of the 1st. chapter of Sanmati is found with some of the very words of Sanmati in the Gātha No. 2272 of Višesävaśyaka Bhāşya, Jinabhadra being a faith • ful follower of Scriptures is considered as an opponent of Siddhasena who was a famous logician. In his Bhāsya Jinabhadra has dealt with some points that are directly opposed to the points dealt with in Sanmati. It is, however, noteworthy that some argument and views of Siddhasena in his Sanmati have been adopted in Bhāsya. The commentator Maladhārī in all such places clearly says that these points belonged originally to Siddhasena and comments on them accordingly. Maladhāri had before him the tradition of the old commentators, and at every such place in the Bhāşya he knew clearly that these were the views that were opposed to those of
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