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
cannot be decisively proved. The word Samana in the Pañcastikaya Samayasara No. 12 possibly includes Siddhasena. Pts. SANGHAVI and DOSHI have shown how Kundakunda has attacked the doctrinal positions of Svetambaras, but there is no such sectarian discussion in the Sanmati-tarka or in other works of Siddhasena. There is no influence of Umasvati on Siddhasena. If Umāsvāti was the predecessor of Siddhasena, then Siddhasena might not have suffered for his proposal of Sanskritising the scripture. The Prasamarati of Umāsvāti deserves to be compared with the Tattvärthasutra. Pujyapada (5th century A.D.) refers to Siddhasena and mentions him also as Stutikāra. Samanta bhadra is a great name among the Jainas. In any case he was prior to Pujyapada who refers to him also in the Jainendra Vyakarana. He is a great philosopher and a great genuis but he is posterior to Siddhasena. There are similarities in the works of them as well as in the traditions about them.
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Mallavadi is the author of Dvadaśara-nayacakra. Hemacandra pays homage to him. Pts. SANGHAVI and DOSHI consider him to be a contemporary of Siddhasena. He had the honour of being the first commentator on the Sanmati. It is not available but Haribhadra has quoted it in his Anekānta-jayapatākā. So also Yasovijaya seems to have utilized it. It is strange that Abhayadeva fails to give any hint of his work. He was not a contemporary of Siddhasena. He does not seem to be acquainted with authors like Dharmakirti. He had the Sanmati and Dvātrimśikās before him. He is said to have propounded yugapadupayoga-vada. Jinabhadra refutes the Abhedavāda of Siddhasena. He has adopted many gāthās from the Sanmati. Sumatideva is said to have written a commentary on the Sanmati as stated by Vadirāja and Sravana Belgol inscription. Haribhadra was a prominent Jaina scholar. He is highly influenced by the works of Siddhasena. He flourished before 800 A.D. His praise of Siddhasena is significant. He quotes the Sanmati-tarka, but his alleged commentary on the Nyāyāvatara is not available. Haribhadra has received inspiration from some of the contexts in the works of Siddhasena (enumerated). Simhakṣamāśramaņa quotes verses from the Sanmati-tarka and he mentions both Sanmati and Nyāyāvatāra of Siddhasena.