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Swami Samantabhadra. We have always remembered Swami Samantabhadra with epithets like 'Syadvadavidyamaguru', 'Syadvadavidyadhipati', 'Syadvadasharir' and 'Syadvadamargaagrani'. But let this be, the great Acharya, Bhattakalankadeva, a logician of the 8th century, writes that 'Acharya Samantabhadra has made the Syadvadarupi Punyodadhi-tirtha, which is the subject of all the principles of reality, effective in this Kaliyuga, to remove the internal impurities of the Bhavyas - that is, its influence has been spread everywhere. As
Tirtha sarvapadarthatatvavishaysyadvadapunyo dadhebhavyanam akalankabhavakrutyai prabhaavi kale kalau. Yenacharyasamantbhadra yatina tasmai namah santatam
Krtva viviyate stavo bhagavatan devagamastaskriti: || This verse is the second verse of the Mangalacharan of Bhattakalanka's 'Ashtshati' named Vritti, which Bhattakalanka has given as a praise and a promise to write the Vritti (Bhashya) of Samantabhadracharya's 'Devagama' named Bhagavat Stotra, while starting to write it. The brief introduction of Samantabhadra and his literature given in it is very important. Samantabhadra has made the Syadvadatirtha effective in the Kaliyuga
1. 'Ashtsahasrivishamapadatatparyatika' by Laghusamantabhadra. 2. 'Devagamavritti' by Vasunandiacharya. 3. 'Ashtsahasri' by Shrividyanandacharya.
4. In the 46th inscription of Nagar Taluka (Dist. Shimoga), Akalanka-deva, who wrote the commentary on Samantabhadra's 'Devagama' Stotra, is written as 'Mahardhika'. As
Jiyaatsamantabhadrasya devagamanasanjginah. Stotrasya bhashyam kritavanalanko mahardikah ||
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