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________________ Error! No text of specified style in document. Shvetambaraacharyalike HaribhadraSooriandHemchandraacharyahavementioned Siddhasena'snameasagreatscholarandthebestamongpoets. Asregardshisbirthyearandbirthplace,onecandeducefromthePrabhavakCharitrathatSiddhasena'sfamilylived duringthetimeofKing Vikramin Ujjainiandthathisfather'snamewasDevarshiandhismother'snamewasDevasika ThisstatementatleastleadsonetobelievethatSiddhasenalivedduringthefirstcentury BCEbecause King Vikram wastherulerofUjjainiatthesametime. ThecalendarmostwidelyusedbymostHindusinIndiaisthe Vikram Calendar,andonecanaddfiftyseventotheChristianyeartogetthe Vikramyearbecause Vikram'scoronationtookplacefiftysevenyearsbeforeth eGregoriancalendarbegan. Now, wewillexploreanotherinterestingpointaboutthetimeofSiddhasenaDiwakar.Pandit SukhlaljiSanghaviand ShriBechardasDoshi'snamesareregardedinhighesteemin Jainliterarycircles. Thesetwoscholarsofthe 20thcen turyhavewrittenabookwithadetailedcommentaryon SanmatiPrakranaabookoflogicby Siddhasena Diwakar.Intheprologuetothebook, theauthorswrite:Alltraditionstendtoconsider Si ddhasena'stimeassameasthatofKing Vikram'sandthathelivedinUjjaini', butthereisadisputeabouttherealVikra mandwherehewasborn, thereforeindecidingwhowasborn withreferencetoVikram'stimedoesnothelpusatall. SiddhasenaandhisbooksarementionedbytwogreatJainacharyas:Oneis HaribhadraSooriwhoexistedinthe8thcenturyAD,andtheotherisJinabhadraganiofthe 7thcenturyAD.Referencesbytheset womonkssuggestthatSiddhasenawasbornsometimesbeforethe7thcenturyAD. NowwealsoknowthatSiddhasena'sguruwasVriddhavadi,and Vriddhavadi'sguruwas Skandil. Skandil'stimeha sbeendeducedfromthefactthathepresidedatoneoftheconferenceswhichwasheldinthe5thcenturyAD.Thus, Si ddhasenaDiwakarwasprobablyborninthesixthcentury AD. ButonemayneverbeabletofindoutSiddhasenaDiwakar'sactualdates, normaywefindoutwhether SiddhasenaDi wakarwastheauthoroftheKalyan Mandir Stotraornot. Itendtothinkthatthetraditionofpassinginformationverballyfromgenerationtogenerationisreliableinonerespect, viz.theauthorshipofthestotrabutnotthedatingofthecomposition. Thereforelwouldtendtoagreewiththestateme ntthattheKalyan MandiriscomposedbySiddhasena Diwakar, whosenamewasalsoKumudchandra,ashasbeen mentionedinthelastverse.Butasregardshisdateshemaynothaveexistedasearlyasthefirstcentury ADbutmayh avebeenexistedafewcenturiesafterthat. Prof. Hermann Jacobi putshimafter Mantunga Soori,thepoetoftheBha ktamara Stotra,andthereforehestatesthattheKalyan MandirhasbeencomposedinimitationoftheBhaktamaraSt otra. ComingtootheraspectsofSiddhasena:Hisnameisalsofamousasthescholarwhodisagreedwithmanyminorpoin tsinJainphilosophy,butthenhehadhisownideologyandtheextraordinarypowerofconvincingotherswithlogicale xplanations. Hewasalwaysfrankandhonestinhisopinions. Thisalsoledtohisunpopularity.HeoncesaidthatallJai nscripturesshouldbetranslatedintothe Sanskritlanguageas SanskritwaswidelyusedduringthattimeandthatPra kritwasalmostdead. However, theorthodoxJain Sanghadidnotlikehisideaandaskedhimtorepentandacceptapu nishmentforthinkingthisway. Siddhasenawasastonishedbythisreactionbutacceptedthepunishmentimposedu ponhim.Itissaidthathewasmade outcast'fromthe Jain Sanghafortwelveyearsformakingsuchastatement. Thus hecouldnottranslatethescripturesinto Sanskritbutmostofhisownworksarecomposedinthe Sanskritlanguage,a ndshowshisscholarlycommandofthelanguageaswellashisdeepknowledgeofJain, BuddhistandHinduscriptur es. ThePrabhavakCharitramentionsthatafterSiddhasena'sdeath, itseemedasif thesunwassetandonlythetwinklin glightsofthefire-insectsremainedinthesouthernsky. 'SanmatiPrakrana, Page 74, Gujarat Vidyapeeth 1972 Forewordwrittenin HirallaKapadia'sbook Bhaktamara, Kalyan Mandir.Published 1928 स्फरन्तिवादिखधोताःसाम्पतेदक्षिणापथे Page 2 of 23
| SR No. | 300570 |
| Book Title | 59 Kalyan Mandir Stotra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Purvacharya |
| Publisher | ZZZ Unknown |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 1 |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Classification | Audio_File, Ritual_text, & Sutra_Svetambar |
| File Size | 27 MB |