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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INTRODUCTION
work named Aṣṭasahasrī stands by itself as the most original work though it is a commentary on Aṣṭaśati, he incorporates Aṣṭasati in such a way that it becomes a part and parcel of the unique work. He is supremely aware of the difficulty of commenting on Astasati, a fact which is clearly expressed in the words "Kaṣṭasahasri siddha Saṣṭasahasri". He is proud of this stupendous achievement of such a commentary, suggestive of the par excellence of this work over such other works of Buddhists.
Astasati comprises the discussion on Sadekanta-asadekānta, bhedaikanta-abhedaikanta, nityaikānta-anityaikānta etc. In the examination of these schools, first he starts with the position held by the schools, from the authoritative texts. He discusses the concept of omniscient being, selfsubsistent in itself and establishes the theory on a firm footing, on the strength of the conformity of the teachings with logic and the scriptures. Lastly, he discusses the epistemological problems, like pramāṇa, naya and durṇaya such as "(Pramāṇāt)tadatat-pratipatteḥcnayat)tat-pratipatteḥ (durṇayat) tadanyanirākṛteśca". i.e. Pramana consists in the apprehension of the intended (Vivaksita) and unintended (avivakṣita); naya refers to the intended objects and durṇaya negates the unintended ones. It criticises all the absolutistic systems uptodate and has established the non-Absolutism of the Jainism.
(3) Laghiyastraya with Vivṛti:
The title of LT is self-expressive of the fact that it is a compendium of three small treatises. The colophon2 of the vṛtti on LT goes to prove that the Pramana Praveśa and Naya Praveśa together formed one book and was named as Pramāṇanaya-Praveśa. Since the Pravacana Pravesa has a separate manglacaraṇa and repeats mostly the topics of Nayapravesa, it can be proved that it is a separate treatise3.
It seems that Akalanka was inspired by Nyaya-Pravesa of Dignaga to write a treatise on Jaina Logic namely Pramananaya-Praveśa. As regards the designation Laghiyastraya of these works nothing can be definitely said as to who did this; however, we can venture to remark that either Akalanka himself or very probably his commentator Anantavirya might have taken them as Laghiyastraya a fact which can be proved by the references to Naya Pravesa as a separate work by Anantavirya in SVT.4 Thus there was the
1 Astasati & Astasahasri, P. 291.
2 AGT,-LT. p. 17.
3 "iti pramāṇanaya-pravesah samaptaḥ Krtiriyam sakalavādi-cakravartino kalankadeva sya."
4 SVT. p. 737.
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