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Time-Decision.
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Although his treatise is mostly kept separate, he has generally mentioned in this treatise the same famous system of proof that everyone uses, and for this reason this verse also seems to be quoted in the treatise. If the author has indeed quoted this verse in the form of 'Uktan Cha' to support the form of the sentence given in the eighth verse of the treatise, then there can be no hesitation in saying that Siddhasena must have come after Samantabhadra. But, as far as we understand, the type of scholar that Siddhasena Divakara was and the way (method) in which he started and ended his treatise, it is very unlikely that Siddhasena would have quoted this verse - it does not even occur to us that a scholar like Siddhasena would have considered it appropriate to quote the words of another scholar in his small sutra treatise in the form of 'Uktan Cha'. In our opinion, this verse was either quoted in some other old commentary of the treatise, while explaining the 'sentence', or some scholar has quoted it there while commenting on the word 'sentence' that came in the 8th or 10th verse, and from the same commentary or commentary-containing copy, while copying the original treatise, due to the carelessness or ignorance of the writers, it has been interpolated in the treatise and has become a part of the treatise. It is not unusual for a verse to be interpolated in this way - there are many examples of verses interpolated in this way in treatises. This
x-Proof etc. system is eternal and endless.
It is also famous and well-known to all those who deal with it. || 32 ||
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