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Time-Decision.
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What is all this less harm? It is not understood why the jurist has written this without considering the previous and subsequent relationships. However, in our opinion, firstly, Jayasenadica's writing that 'this Panchastikaya was composed for the address of Shivakumar Maharaj or for his sake' seems very modern, there is no mention of it in the original text, nor is there any support for it from the ancient commentary by Shri Amritchandracharya. Kundakunda himself has stated at the end of the text that he composed this 'Panchastikaya Sangrah' Sutra for the sake of Morga, inspired by preaching devotion. As
- * Around the 13th and 14th centuries; because Balachandra Muni was a scholar of the 13th century Vikram. His guru Nayakirtika died in Shaka Samvat 1099 (Vikram Samvat 1234). And Jayasenacharya seems to be a scholar of the 14th century Vikram. The 'Kumudeendu' whom he has saluted in the praise of Pravachansaratika was a contemporary scholar of the said Balachandra Muni. In your Pribhritratraya commentaries, there are many mentions of texts like Gommatasar, Charitrasar, Dravyasangrah etc. made in the 11th and 12th centuries. In such a situation, the time given as 'Vikram Samvat 1369 Varshvahin Shukla 1 Bhoum Dine' after 'Panchastikaya: Samapt:' at the end of the Panchastikaya commentary is not surprising, which is the time of the completion of the commentary.
1 Prof. A. Chakravarti writes in the preface of 'Panchastikaya' that all the commentators of Pribhritratraya have mentioned that Kundakunda composed these three texts for the benefit of his disciple Shivakumar; but we have not seen any such mention in any commentary of Amritchandracharya. It is not known on what basis Prof. Sahib has made this statement. . 2 'Margo hi paramavairagyakaranapravanaparameshwari paramaajna.' (Amritchandra). .