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INTRODUCTION
Jhānasaya. He however looks upon him as the author of Nisihabhāsa,
In Visesão (v. 1508 ) there is mention of Vasavadatta. Is this the work of Subandhu or does it refer to one noted in the Mahābhāsya on Aşçõdhyāyi (IV, 3, 872)?
Jinabhadra notes the view of somebody in v. 273 of Visesão, Has it anything to do with Kumārila ?
Siddhasena Sûri in his Cunni (v. 5–11 ) on Jiyakappa has saluted and praised Jinabhadra. From its v. 7 we learn that this Jinabhadra was proficient in Jaina and non-Jaina systems of philosophy, scripts, mathematics, prosody and grammar. In his expositions Jinabhadra has every now and then resorted to anekāntavāda. His life is narrated in Kahāvali. That he lived for 104 years and was a contemporary of Haribhadra is the view expressed by Dharmasāgara in his com, on his Guruparivādi (v.9) also known as Tapāgacchapatļāvali.
Dinnaga He is well-known as the father of Indian mediaeval logic, According to the Tibetan sources he was born in the Madras Presidency in Simhayaktra, a suburb of Kanchi. He was a Brāhmaṇa by birth. Năgadatta initiated him in the Hinayāna school. Later on, he became a pupil of Vasubandhu ( 280 A. D.. 360 A. D.), and he studied the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school along with those of the Hinayāna one. On his being invited he went to Nalandā. He earned a name as "Vādin' by defeating several followers of different schools. He had a pupil named Sankarasvāmin who according to some scholars composed Nyāyapravesaka. This Dinnāga has written works on logic, and they are rendered into Chinese by Paramārtha ( 499 A.D. to 569 A. D.). Dr. B. Bhattacharya notes the period of Dinnāga as 345 A. D. to 425 A. D.', and attributes the authorship of the following eight works to him :--
(1) araarten, (2) 3142274ftantia, (3) fahrmitet, (4)764saat, (5) h azar97a, (6) 1979, (7) HATAY and (8) 1997(3)#T.
Of these the first is edited by Yamaguchi and is published
1 Kalyanavijaya gays that Diänäda flourished in 320 1. D.
| SR No. | 008406 |
| Book Title | Anekantajay patakakhyam Prakaranam Part 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | Haribhadrasuri |
| Author | Munichandrasuri |
| Publisher | Oriental Research Institute Vadodra |
| Publication Year | 1947 |
| Total Pages | 503 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari & Philosophy |
| File Size | 11 MB |