Mahavidya Vidambanam

SR No.: 020464
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vadindra Bhatt, Anandpurna, Bhuvansundarsuri, Mangesh R Telang
Publisher: Central Library
Publication Year: 1920
Total Pages: 247
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 16 MB

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authority of a colophon of only one manuscript of Sapta-padartlı belonging to the Benares Sanskrit College which runs as follows:-"इति श्री व्योमशिवाचार्यविरचिता.
reggalatait agna FATET”? But Ríma-śástri Tailanga, Assistant Prfessor, Benares Sanskrit College who first attracted notice to this colophon in his perface to the Sapta-padárthî has expressed his doubt as to whether the copyist may not have written the name wrongly. Besides, Pratyagrûpa-bhagavan (author of the Nayaua-prasadini commentary on the Tattva-pradipika of Chitsukháchárya), has alluded to siváditya Miśra and Vyomasiváckúrya separately. He has mentioned the former by his name some ten times but the latter only once.
Vallabháchárya (A. D. 984–1178) in his Nyáya-lilávati mentions one Vyomáchárya. Perhaps he may be the same as Vyomasivacharya, But Vallabha does not mention Shivaditya.
Rajasekhara, a Jain author of the commentary Panjik on Prasastapáda Bhashya, says that one Vyomasiváchirya wrote a commentary named Vyomavati on the Prasastapáda Bháshya. But no copy of this Vyomavati is yet available. If a manuscript of it be found, it may perhaps throw some light on this point. We must therefore wait for further proof to identify śivaditya Misra with Vyomašiváchárya.
śivaditya's Works-1 anteroff-As regards the works of sivaditya Miśra, his Sapta-padárthi is well known and was published with the commentary Mitabáshiņi of Madhava Saraswati in the Vizianagaram Series in Benares in 1893 and with the contentary Padártha-chandrikii of Sesha Ananta, by Prof Gháte in Bombay in 1909.
2 OTA?!—This work is mentioned in several books on logic. The definition of correct knowledge viz tarafa:941, has been criticized by Srilarsha (A. D. 1187) in his Khandana-khanda-khadya and Sankaramiśra (A. D. 1529), commentator of Khandana in explaining this portion of the text states that this is the first definition in the Lakshanamála of Nyáyácharya (i. e. Śivadiya Miśra).
Varadaraja (Between A.D. 1097-1200 ) in his Tárkikarakshi quotes the definition of Lingar from the Lakshanamála. It may be observed here that
1 See Prof, Gháte's Introduction to Sapta-padárthî p. X (Bom Edn of 1909) 2 See Sapta-padárthi, preface p. 1 (Vijaya. S. Series 1893) 3 See pages 180, 183, 190, 192, 195, 200, 237, 295, 310 and 323 (Tattva-pradipika
N. S. Edition) 4 See page 139 (Ditto) 5 See Introduction to Prasastapáda bhíshya p. 19 (Vivia. Series) 6 न्यायाचार्यकृतलक्षणमालाग्रन्थे प्राथमिकं प्रमालक्षणं खण्डयितुमुपक्रमते-तत्त्वानुभूतिरिति ।
ROSACOSCIE 9. 987-488
(Lazarns Edition, Benares A. D. 1888) 7 fasurfertaraaruandes fanfafa mat(21717 I arfifter g. que (First)