Siddhi Vinischay Tika Part 01

SR No.: 004038
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Anantviryacharya
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year: 1944
Total Pages: 686
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 15 MB

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2. THE AUTHORS: ANANTAVIRYA
is altogether a different person from Anantavirya, the author of Prameyaratnamālā. But the date of Ravibhadrapadopajivi Anantavirya suggseted by him seems to be unacceptable in the light of the available evidences today; this has been sufficiently clarified in the preceding pages. The fact that Akalanka was a renowned teacher of 720-780 A.D. i.e., the last quarter of 8th century A.D. cannot enable us to suppose that his commentator belonged to the last quarter of the seventh century. I have proved that Anantavirya, the disciple of Ravibhadra, belonged to the period of 950-990 A.D.1 this conclusion is in harmony with the conclusion of Dr. Pathak; hence it seems impossible to hold that he belonged to the last quarter of the 8th century A.D. About Vṛddha Anantavirya, only this much, can be said that he probably belonged to the earlier part of ninth or tenth century A.D. But it cannot be said about Anantavirya, the author of SVT, that he belonged to a period prior to the last quarter of tenth century A.D. It is also proved that Anantavirya, the author of Prameyaratna-mālā was a scholar of the eleventh century A.D.
Dr. Upadhye seems to rely upon the identification of Prabhācandra mentioned in Adipurāņa (858 A.D.) with his namesake, the author of NKC. It may be said, with due deference to his examplary service, that Dr. Upadhye commits the mistake of identifying one with the other of the same
name.
It should be noted here that Pt. Kailashcandraji has proved, with strong evidences, that Dhārānivāsi Prabhācandra the author of NKC, is different from Prabhācandra, the author of Candrodaya, who is referred to by Jinasena in his Adipurāna. The date of Prabhācandra, the author of NKC, is proved to be 980-1065 A.D.1 So on the strength of Prabhācandra mentioned in Adipurana we cannot fix the date of Anantavirya; but, to solve this problem we will have to take into considration the date of the other Prabhācandra.
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Dr. S. C. Vidyabhusan maintained that Anantavirya had written a vṛtti on NV and that Säntisena and Säntisūri were identical; on this identification he fixed the date of Anantavirya, the author of Prameyaratnamālā to be 11th c. A.D.
Dr. Vidyabhusan's contentions are rightly refuted by Dr. Upadhye, except the time limit of Anantavirya fixed by him, which is found to be correct as discussed above.
1 NKC, vol. II, Intro. pp. 48-58,