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INTRODUCTION
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believe that Kumārila has critized Dharmakīrti's view. Further, on p. 19 he asserts that on the contrary Dharmakīrti has criticized Kumärila, in his Pramānavārtika in I, 34–35; III, 265; III, 259; III, 289; III, 216; II, 141; III, 240 and in the scopajño com. on III, 291. Mahendrakumāra assigns to Kumārila the date 600 to 680 A, D., and to Dharmakirti 620 to 690 A, D. whereas Bhagavad Datta assigns to both of them a date earlier than 600 A. D. (vide this intro. p. XIV). K. B. Pathak in his article“ Bhartrhari and Kumārila" has fixed the date of the former as 650 A. D.
Gopendra = Bhagavadgopendra He is referred to in Yogabindu (v. 200). In its com. he is said to be an author of some Yogasastra. Verse 101 of Yogabindu is a quotation from some work of his as can be seen from Y. 100. It runs as under:
"अनिवृत्ताधिकारायां प्रकृतौ सर्वथैव हि ।
न पुंसस्तत्त्वमार्गेऽस्मिन् जिज्ञासाऽपि प्रवर्तते ॥ १०१ ॥" In Lalitavistarā (p. 45b) Gopendra is mentioned as Bhagavadgopendra. For a passage quoted from some work of his see p. LVIII of this intro.
Gosālaka
He is referred to Viahapannatti as Gosāla Mańkhaliputta and in Sämannaphalasutta as Makkhali-Gosāla. He became a pupil of Mahāvīra, stayed with him for six years and thereafter left him and founded a school of his own. He was a prominent leader of the Ajīvika sect. He was a staunch fatalist, and as such he denied the free will of man and his moral responsibility for any so-called good or evil. He opposed Mahāvira and once discharged tejolesy, with a view to reducing him to ashes, but he failed”.
Jaimini He is the author of Mināṁsāsūtra. He flourished in 200 B. C. or so.
I See JRAS, (Bombay Branch, Vol. XVIII, pp. 213-238). 2 For details about his life and views aee pp. 139-201 and 238-244 of
Dr. P. L. Vaidya's edn. of "Uväsagadasão".
