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(70. Ages-- Śaka 1765 (i. e. A. D. 1843). Author of the text. - Akalanka. For his life in Hindi sec Kamta
Prasad Jain's article “sofagai ” published in "Śri Jaina Siddhānţa Bhāskara ” ( Vol. III, pt. IV, pp. 149-165). Here a list of his works is given as under :w (1) , ( 2 ) ta rafrT, ( 3 ) saufaimu, ( 4 )
rea , ) agradi, ( 6 ) FTUST (not found as yet ), (7) 37TEPE (of doubtful origin), (8) Hara, (9) TATOTTA PETT, ( 10 ) STATUTNE and ( 11 ) arutata.
To this I may be add his commentary on Räjavärtika, Laghiyastraya and Siddhiviniscaya.
Akalanka and Prabhācandra as well, are referred to by Jinasena in his Adipurāņa. So Akalanka's date may be looked upon as one not later than 830 A. D.
As regards his date see K. B. Pathak's article (pp. 213-238) published in the “Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society ", 1894 and his another article “On the Date of; Akalanka” published in “The Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute" (Vol. XII, pp. 157-160 ).
Bangiya Mahākośa may be consulted. If not, a Gujarāti reader may refer to Susila's article glacia 3a esta (pp. 38-40) published in “ Jainacharya Shri Atmanand
Centenary Commemoration Volume ”in A. D. 1936. Author of the com.- Prabhäcandra. Subject. The text in kārikās in Sanskrit is divided into three
praveśas which respectively deal with pramàņa, naya and niksepa. The commentary written in Sanskrit and composed after Prameyakamalamārtanda explains 'almost all the kārikās of these 3 praveśas : the ist in three paricchedas discussing (a) pramāṇaparikşă, (b) prameyaparikșă and
(c) agamaparikṣā, the 2nd in two paricchedas dealing - with (a ) arthanaya and (b) śabdanaya, and the 3rd in
two paricchedas treating ( a ) syădvāda and ( b ) nikṣepa. 1 The first two are not oommented upon.
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