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Swami Samantabhadra.
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It is correct - then there can be no objection to saying that Siddhasena Divakara, considering him to be a scholar named 'Kshapanaka' from the nine gems of Vikramaditya's court and contemporary of Varahamihira, who has been shown to be a scholar of the sixth and fifth centuries AD, or
x We could not investigate this matter due to the absence of Dharma Kirti's 'Nyaya Bindu' etc. It is possible that the characteristics of direct and inferential evidence given in 'Nyaya Avatara' were also written with the characteristics of Dharma Kirti in mind. 'Pratyaksha Kalpanapoddham Abrant' this is the characteristic of 'Pratyaksha' is famous for Dharma Kirti. In the fourth verse of Nyaya Avatara, the characteristic of Pratyaksha, unlike Akalankadeva, is not given as 'Pratyaksha Vishadam Gnanam', but rather 'Aporoksha Tayarthasya Grahakam Gnanam Idrisham Pratyaksha', and in the next verse, while giving the characteristic of inference, 'Tadabrant Pramanatvat Samakshavat' by the phrase, it (Pratyaksha) is also indicated as being characterized by the adjective 'Abrant', from which such a sound definitely emerges or the possibility is found that Dharma Kirti's said characteristic was also present in front of Siddhasena - in his target - and he, in his characteristic, by using the word 'Grahak', has shown Pratyaksha to be a decisive knowledge, thus negating or piercing Dharma Kirti's adjective 'Kalpanapoddham' and, at the same time, has accepted his adjective 'Abrant' in a different way. The commentators of Nyaya Avatara also point out that the said characteristic of the Buddhists (Dharma Kirti) is negated by the word 'Grahak'. As
"Prahakamiti Cha Nirnayaka Drishtavya, Nirnayabhave Arthagrahanayogat. Tena Yat Tathagataih Pratyapadi 'Pratyaksha Kalpanapoddham Abrant' Tadapastham Bhavati, Tasyayuktiriktatvat."
Similarly, 'Trirupal Lingato Lingijnanam Anumanam' this is the characteristic of Dharma Kirti's inference. In this, by the word 'Trirupat', the linga is shown to be trirupaatmaka, giving a special form to the general characteristic of inference. It is possible that keeping this in mind, Siddhasena has given the 'Sadhyavina -
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