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The Date of Siddharshi.
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of 1400 books as a tradition and nothing more and it is a patent fact that nothing can be a tradition within a century. Fourthly:-Now I go to the preceptor of Abhayadeva Suri viz Jineshwar Soori. He is found to have flourished somewhat in the year 1040 (Vikrama ). He being a companion of Budhisagar appears to have been initiated at the age of 40 years. So his period is removed from that of Haribhadra Soori by not more than 50 years, according to your calcu lation. This puts him in a very near period if Haribhadra's date can be ascertained in the tenth Vikrama century. Now the spirit of his writings show that he is far removed from the time of Haribhadra.
While commenting on the gas of Shri Haribhadra he affords same clue to the inference of the time of Haribhadra. Commenting on the word धीमत् (slok 8th अष्टक 1st) अन्यैस्तु â¤à zzzzà ziâ s. This shows two things. (1) There has been good many commentaries on the work he is com. menting. (2) The commentators are other than the original author of the work, who is not known to have composed any commentary on the gas and besides had there been commentory composed by the author himself, he is generally bound to quote and follow him.
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It cannot be supposed looking to the surrounding atmosphere of the time and the spirit of the writings of Jineshwar Soori that good many at least more than two commentaries could have been composed within a period of 50 years.
The same inference can be more easily drawn when the commentator, while commenting on the 2nd verse of the 32nd Ashtaka says to the effect that मूलटीकाकृतातु नायं श्लोको व्याण्यातः and further with reference to the 9th verse of the same ag when he says that मूलटीकायां नास्त्येवायं श्लोकः As to his own date of composition Jineshwar Soori writes at the end of the commentary. समाना मधीते शीत्या सहस्रे विक्रमागते ।
वृत्तिरेषा समापिता ॥
श्री जाबालीपुरे रम्ये
This conclusively shows that the commentary was com, posed and completed in the Vikrama year 1080,
