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Swami Samantabhadra.
We do not wish to say anything. However, we can definitely say that if any grammar text written by Swami Samantabhadra is available, it will be a matter of great pride for the Jains. Shri Pujyapada Acharya has also mentioned the opinion of Samantabhadra in his 'Jainendra Vyakaran' through the sutra 'Chatustayam Samantabhadrasya', which makes it not at all unnatural for a grammar of Samantabhadra to be available. 9 Pramanapadartha |
The list of the 'Paduvastibhandar' of Moodbidri reveals that there exists a Sanskrit text named 'Pramanapadartha' written by Samantabhadracharya there and its verse count is 1000. Along with this, it is also written about its subject that it is incomplete. It is not known whether this verse count is along with its commentary or is the extent of the original itself. If the extent of the incomplete original is this much, then it should be said that this is the largest text among the available original texts of Samantabhadra, and being on the subject of Nyaya, it holds great importance. It is also not known how this text is incomplete - whether some of its leaves are lost or the author could not complete it. Without seeing it, nothing can be said about all these things*. However, we definitely want to say that if
1 This list is present in the 'Jain Siddhanta Bhavan' of Ara.
* To know the necessary things about this text, two letters were given to Pandit Lokanathji Shastri of Moodbidri. In response to one letter, he had also promised to have the text looked at and provide sufficient information about it, but it is not known what happened due to which he could not give us any further information. If we had received answers to our questions from Shastriji, we could have been able to introduce this text well to the readers.
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