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## Introduction
An attempt has been made to establish the authenticity of the account. However, as other facts prove, the author of the Panini grammar, Panini Rishi, lived long before Pujyapada. Not only this, the Varttika of Katyayana and the Mahabhashya of Patanjali on Panini grammar, which are famous, were also written many centuries before Pujyapada. Therefore, it cannot be said on the basis of this story alone that Acharya Pujyapada lived during the time of Panini and completed his incomplete grammar. The story mentions many other events that can be called exaggerated. But one thing is clear that Acharya Pujyapada was a connoisseur of Panini grammar, its Varttika and Mahabhashya. This suggests that he may have been born in a Brahmin family and may have been a follower of another religion in the early part of his life. Therefore, the introduction of his father, mother, and family in this story may also be correct. Whatever may be the case, we can say from this story that Pujyapada was born in a Brahmin family. His father's name was Madhav Bhatt and his mother's name was Shridevi. They were residents of a village called 'Kole' and his birth name was Pujyapada. He did not marry and embraced Jainism in his childhood. Later, he saw a frog struggling in the mouth of a snake and took Muni Diksha. During his lifetime, he traveled to the Videha region many times due to the influence of the Gaganagami Lep. Based on an inscription at Shravanabelagola, it can also be said that the water used to wash his feet turned iron into gold. The story writer has also mentioned that the dust sanctified by his touch had the power to turn stone into gold. Once, while on a pilgrimage, his vision became clouded. He overcame this by composing the Shanti Ashtak. But this incident had such an impact on him that he returned from the pilgrimage and took Samadhi.
## Self-composed Literature
The following is a brief introduction to the literature that Acharya Pujyapada composed during his lifetime, including the Sarvarthasiddhi:
1. **Sarvarthasiddhi:** We have already given a detailed introduction to this.
2. **Samaashitantra:** This contains a total of 105 verses. The subject is spirituality. The name of the text is Samadhitantra. Acharya Pujyapada himself has given this information in the last verse of the text. One inscription from Shravanabelagola, dated Saka Samvat 1085, mentions it as Samadhishatak in inscription number 40. Secondly, the first bunch printed from Banaras also contains this with commentary and at the end, a praise verse is quoted in which its name is mentioned as Samadhishatak in a play on words. It seems that due to these reasons, its other name Samadhishatak became famous.
Although this text is an independent work of Acharya Pujyapada, an internal examination reveals that he composed it after assimilating the Agam created by Acharya Kundakunda. For example, this verse appears in the Niyamsar:
> णियभावंण विमुंच परभावं व गिण्हए केई।
> जाणवि पस्सदि सव्वं सोहं इदि चितए जाणी।।97॥
Now compare this with this verse from Samadhitantra:
> यवपाह्यं न गृह्णाति गृहीतं नापि मुञ्चति । जानाति सर्वथा सर्व तत्स्वसंवेद्यमस्म्यहम् ॥30॥
1. 'श्रीपूज्यपादमुनिरप्रतिभौषद्धिजीयाद्विदेहजिनदर्शनपूतगात्रः। यत्पादधौतजलसंस्पर्शप्रभावाकालायसं किल तदा कनकीचकार ॥' Inscription 108 (Saka Samvat 1355).
2. See Introduction, page 23.