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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But it is 110t found either in the Saptapadarthî or Hetukhandana of Sivaditya. As the verse treats of Mabávidya Syllogisms, it must have been taken by Vádîndra from some work of Sivaditya on Mahavidya Syllogismis.
Sivá ditya has been alluded to by Gangeshopadhyaya (A.D. 1178 ?) in his Tattva-chintamanil and by Janakinātha (A. D. 1400?) in his Nyayamanjari' without mentioning the name of his work.
Mahimahopadhyaya Gokulanathas (A. D. 1.588) of Mangroni in Maithila country quotes a verse from Sivaditya Misra's work in the following passage of his Pada-vákya-ratnákara to explain the difference between Višeshana and Upalakshana:-- विशेषे साक्षात्संसृष्टं विशेषणं, परंपरयोपलक्षणम् । यथाह शिवादित्यः
"व्यावर्तनीयमधितिष्ठति यद्धि साक्षा
देतद्विशेषणमतो विपरीतमन्यत् । दण्डी पुमानिति विशेषणमत्र दण्डः पुंसो न जातिरनुदण्डमसौ च तस्य ।।"
पदवाक्यरत्नाकरः पृ. ५१ (Shastra M. Edition 1904) This verse is not seen in any of the known works of siváditya Miśra. We must therefore infer that he must have written many works on logic. Let us hope that some of them may be discovered in future.
Short-notices of authors who have mentioned Mahavidya, Vádindra and his Mahavidya-Vidambana - ___1 चित्सुखाचार्य-It has already been mentioned that Chitsukhachirya has alluded to the Mahavidya syllogisms. He was a grent Vedantin and lived about A. D. 1200. His published works are (1) Tattvapradipiki (Chitsukhi) (2) A commentary on Anandabodhichārya's Nyayamakaranda. He has also written (3) a commentary on Sriharsha's Khandana which is not published'. His other works recently discovered and secured by Mr. S. Kuppusvámi
1 सच संयोगसमवायस्वरूपसंबन्धसाधारणो ज्ञाने विषयस्याधिकरणे अभावस्य संबन्धिनि समवायस्य अस्तीति तेषामपि विशेषणात्वमिति शिवादित्यमिश्राः।
त. चिं. प्रत्यक्षखण्ड पृ. ८३० 2 शिवादित्यमिश्रास्तु करणाद्याकारानुगतमतेःकरणत्वादिकमखण्डोपाधिरूपसामान्यमङ्गीचक्रुः ।
न्यायसिद्धान्तमञ्जरी पृ. १४
१ तत्त्वचिन्तामणिटीका चक्ररश्मिः, २ दिक्का, लनिरूपणम् , ३ मिथ्यात्वनिर्वचनम् , ४ कुसुमाञ्जलि टिप्पणम् , ५ काव्यप्रकाशटीका, ६ कुण्डकादम्बरी७ द्वैतनिर्णयटीका ८ कादम्बरीप्रश्नोत्तराणि, ९ एकावली, १० कादम्बरीकीर्तिश्लोकाः; ११ शिवस्तुतिः, १२ अमृतोदयनाटकम्, १३ पदवावयरत्नाकरः, १४ लाघवगौरखरहस्यम् इत्यादि
Preface to Padavákyaratnákara p. 2. lle, the son of Vidyiatridhi, has also written (न्याय) सिद्धान्ततत्त्वविवेक.
See Khandana p. 32 footnote 3 (Choukhanıba)