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XXX : CANDRAVEDHYAKA PRAKĪRṆAKA
this belief of Candravedhyaka prakīrṇaka in the Uttaradhyayana and Vacaka Umāsvāti's Tattvärtha Bhāṣya and Prasamarati Prakaraṇa. It has been said in the Tattvārtha Bhāṣya that
"Eṣāmi ca pūrvasya lābhe bhajaniyamuttaram uttaralābhe tu niyamataha pūrva labhaḥ" meaning that out of the right belief and the right conduct, attainment the former does not necessarily guarantee the attainment of the latter but the gain of the latter certainly yields the former.
The same fact has been further clarified in the following kārikā of Prasamarati Prakarana :"Pūrvadvayasampadyapi teṣām bhajaniyamuttaram bhavati Pūrvadvaya lābhaḥ punaruttaralābhe bhavati siddhaha |\"
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Meaning that by gaining the earlier two the right belief and the right knowledge (Samyagjñāna) – the latter i.e. the right conduct is uncertain but when the latter is present, the existence of the earlier two is certain.
Thus, the view-point, regarding the mutual relationship between the right faith, the right knowledge and the right conduct, that exists in the Tattvärtha Bhāṣya and the Prasamarati Prakarana, is also contained in Candravedhyaka. On the basis of this evidence, it can be said that the period of composition of Candravedhyaka should be considerably contemporary to the Tattvartha Bhāṣya and the Prasamarati Prakaraṇa. As these two works are considered to be of the period between the 1st and the 3rd century AD, it must be the period of the composition of the Candravedhyaka too. If the period of the author of Tattvartha Bha
1 A. Tattvärtha Bhāsya, 1/1.
B. Yapaniya Aur Unkā Sāhitya, Dr. Smt. Kusum Patoria, p. 118.
Prasamarati, Kärika 231.
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