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It is not entirely accurate to call him a scholar of the first century of the Vikram era. It must also be said that if there was a scholar named 'Kshapanaka' who was a contemporary of Varahamihira or Kalidasa, then he must have been a different scholar than this Siddhasena Divakara. And there can be no doubt that the scholar Sri Pujyapada Acharya of the fifth century AD, in the following sutra of his 'Jainendra' grammar, has mentioned 'Siddhasena', who must have been a different Siddhasena:
Vetteh Siddhasenasyah || 5-1-7 || _ It is not surprising that these are different Siddhasenas, whose mention is found in Digambara texts and whose brief introduction has been given on pages 138-139. In Digambara texts, Siddhasena is not mentioned by the name 'Siddhasena Divakara'; in such a situation, there will be a special need to investigate which of the texts available under the name Siddhasena belong to which Siddhasena. It is hoped that the learned doctor will be kind enough to clarify his purpose and other scholars will also pay attention to the research of this important subject.
'Bhunolingaatsadhyanishchayakamanumanam' may have been the formulation of this characteristic and in it, by giving the form of 'Sadhyavinaabhavi' to the linga, he may have preferred to distort the three forms of Dharma Kirti. Whatever may be the case, we do not want to say anything definitively about this subject without proper investigation.
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