Nyayavatara and Nayakarnika

SR No.: 003992
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Siddhasena Divakar, Vinayvijay, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Vikas Mandal
Publication Year: 1971
Total Pages: 376
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 24 MB

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Siddhasena and his Works
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A. D.), his legendary biography and his association with Vikramāditya. King Cardragupta II of the Gupta dynasty had the title of Vikramāditya, and his period is from 380 to 413 A. D. The Jaina tales very well agree with what he know about him from other sources. Kālidāsa is also associated with him. Among the available Dvātrimméikās Nos. 1, 3 and 16 contain the word Siddha, while Nos. 5 and 21 mention the full name Siddhasena. There is much common in them which indicates common authorship. The 11th Gunavacana-dvā is an eulogy of a king whose main traits are extolled. From similar expressions found in inscriptions, in the works of Kālidāsa etc., it can be said that Siddhasena is praising King Candragupta II.
24. Sanmati-prakaraņa by S. SANGHAVI and B. J. DOSHI, Jnanodaya Trust, Ahmedabad 1963. This is a Hindi rendering, with some additional specialities, of the Gujarati (2nd ed.), Ahmedabad 1953. There is an English Translation of the 1st ed., Ahmedabad 1933, by A. B. ATHAVALE and A. S. GOPANI, Bombay 1939.
There have been many authors bearing the name Siddhasena, but one with the title Divākara is the author of the Sanmati-tarka, and no other Jaina authors named Siddhasena is known earlier than him.
DATE-As to his date, i) Haribhadra (first half of the 8th century of the V. era) mentions Sanmati and also Siddhasena; ii) Jina dāsa gani Mahattara has three references to Siddhasena and his Sanmati in his Nisītha cūrņi (A. D. 677); iii) Jinabhadra (A. D. 609) upheld the Agama tradition, while Siddhasena was a logician and out to put the Āgama in Sanskrit. Circumstances indicate that Siddhasena might have flourished 150–200 years earlier than him. iv) He is said to have been a contemporary Vikrama, but which Vikrama cannot be ascertained. v) VIDYABHUSHAN, who identifies Siddhasena with Kșapaņaka of the nine jewels, puts him in 530 A.D. as a contemporary of Yaśodharmadeva of Malwa. But this has a twofold error: Vikrama's identity is dubious and likewise is that of Siddhasena and Kșapaņaka. vi) The chronology given by Pattāvalis deserves attention for the period of Siddhasena. According to the Prabhāvakacarita (V. §. 1334), Siddhasena was the pupil of