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Swami Samantabhadra.
The claim that Samantabhadra existed before Singhanandi and Pujyapada is incorrect. If they truly believe Samantabhadra was a scholar from 750 AD or later, we have no hesitation in saying that this belief is completely baseless and lacks any support.
4 - In "History of the Medieval School of Indian Logic," Dr. Satishchandra Vidyabhushan, MA, has expressed his opinion that Samantabhadra flourished around 600 AD. However, the basis for this assumption, or the reasons that compelled you to make such an assumption, are not mentioned. However, it is mentioned that Samantabhadra is also mentioned by the Hindu philosopher "Kumaril" and refers to page 118 of Dr. Bhandarkar's report on Sanskrit texts, which we have already mentioned in No. 1. It is also stated that "Kumaril" was a contemporary of the Buddhist logician Dharmakirti, and his lifetime is generally considered to be the 7th century AD. Perhaps the mention of Samantabhadra in this text led you to believe that he was a scholar from a slightly earlier period. If so,
* Samantabhadra is supposed to have flourished about 600 A. D.
it was necessary to mention that Kumaril's Samantabhadra was a contemporary of Kumaril; because other scholars believe that Samantabhadra existed in the 1st or 2nd century AD.