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Time-Decision.
133. The 'Dvaatrimshikaas' do not follow a rule of 32 verses in all of them - in the eighth Dvaatrimshika there are 26, in the eleventh 28, in the fifteenth 31, in the nineteenth also 31, in the tenth 34 and in the twenty-first 33 verses are found. In such a situation, no insistence can be made for 32 verses for the 'Nyaaayaavaataar', and it cannot be said that 31 verses pose any obstacle to its quantity.
Now it should be seen when Siddhasena Diwaakar happened and whether Samantabhadra happened before him or not. It is said that Siddhasena Diwaakar was one of the nine gems of the court of King Vikramaditya of Ujjayini, and the following verse from the 'Jyotirvidaabharan' text is presented for the names of those nine gems:
Dhanvantari: Kshapanako'marasinghasankurvetalabhattaghatkhaparakaliidaasaah. Khyaato vaarahamihiro nripateh sabhaayaam ratnaani vai vararuchi nava vikramasya ||
In this verse, although, there is no mention of the name 'Siddhasena', but the scholar named 'Kshapanak' who is mentioned is considered to be 'Siddhasena Diwaakar'. Dr. Satishchandra Vidyabhusan, while mentioning his belief in this matter, writes to this extent that 'the Kshapanak (Jain monk) whom the Hindus consider to be one of the nine gems adorning the court of Vikramaditya is none other than Siddhasena.
_ * See 'Shri Siddhasena Diwaakar Krit Granthamala' which was printed and published by the 'Jain Dharma Prasarak Sabha' Bhavnagar in VS 1965.
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