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## Time-Decision | 141
Besides this, the Svetambara Acharya Hemachandra and the Digambara Acharya Shridharasen have given the meaning of the word 'naked' as 'Kshapanaka' in their respective lexicons. 'Nano vivasasi magadhe cha kshapanake.' (Hemachandra) 'Namastraishu vivasatre syatpunsi kshapanavandinoh.' (Shridharasen) And from this, it is clear that when the word 'Kshapanaka' is used for a monk, it means 'naked or Digambara monk'.
Given the state of the word 'Kshapanaka', it seems quite objectionable and not without doubt to call the 'Kshapanaka' Ratna of Vikramaditya's court a Svetambara.
Whether Siddhasen was a Digambara or a Svetambara is a separate issue altogether and we want to clarify it through a separate article. We will definitely try to do so when the opportunity arises. Pujyapada - Time.
After criticizing the arguments of other scholars, we now see when Swami Samantabhadra lived. It is undisputed that Samantabhadra, the author of Jainendravyakarana and Sarvarthasiddhi etc., lived before 'Devanandi', another name for 'Pujyapada Acharya'. The inscription at Shravanabelagola also mentions Samantabhadra as a scholar who lived before Pujyapada. After the introductory verse of Samantabhadra in the 40th inscription, the word 'Tata:' is written...
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1. Excerpt: 'Khavanau vandar sevadau' Kshapanako Digambaro'ham vandako Bauddo'ham shvetapataadilingadharako hamiti moodhatma sarvam manyata iti. — Brahmadeva. The verse of the inscription also,
2. This verse introducing Samantabhadra and both the 108th, are quoted in 'Gunadhiparyachaya'.
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