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Besides this, a copy of this commentary of the Ratnakarandaka is available in the Shastra Bhandar (Balatkaragan. Mandir) of Karanja, written in Vikram Samvat 1415 (Magha Sudi 7 Ravi Din), as it appears from the list which was recently compiled by B. Hiralalji M.A. by personally inspecting the manuscripts in the Bhandar and sent to us for our perusal. From this, it becomes even clearer that this commentary was not written by any Prabhachandra who lived after Vikram Samvat 1415. This commentary is also not written by any Svetambara Prabhachandra mentioned at number 20; because the belief of the Svetambaras regarding the Kevali Kavalahaar is specifically refuted in it (in the commentary of the sixth verse). There are many other things which suggest that this commentary is not written by any Svetambara Acharya. Now we should see which Prabhachandra Acharya, out of the remaining 5 to 15 scholars, wrote or could have written this commentary.
Some scholars believe that this commentary was written by the same Prabhachandra (No. 5) who is the author of the Pramey Kamal Martand and the Nyaya Kumud Chandrodya, and in support of their view, they often present the following sentence from the commentary: "Tadalamatiprasangena" Pramey Kamal Martande Nyaya Kumud Chandraye Prapanchata Prarupanaat.
They say that by this sentence, the commentator, while restricting the natural topic of Kevali Kavalahaar, has encouraged the reader to see its detailed explanation in his own works, "Pramey Kamal Martand" and "Nyaya Kumud Chandrodya". But there is no such regulatory word in this sentence from which it can be determined that the commentator has mentioned his own works in it. The clear meaning of the sentence is only that "since the Pramey Kamal Martand and Nyaya Kumud Chandra (Chandrodya) have a detailed explanation of the natural topic, there is no need to say more about it here, we are satisfied with what has been given" - it does not say anywhere that the explanation was given by me or that I am the author of those works. Yes, it is true that by such sentences, an author can mention another work of his own in his work, but in the same way, the works of other scholars are also mentioned by sentences, and it has often happened, two examples of which are given below.