Contribution Of Jaina Writers To Nyaya Vaisesika Literature

Author(s): J N Jaitley
Publisher: J N Jaitley

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Like Siddhasena Diväkara, Acārya Haribhadrasūri was also a learned Brāhmaṇa Pandita before embracing Jainism and therefore probably felt some inner necessity of reconciling his former philosophical outlook with his new faith.-a1
Vidyānanda (9th Cen. A.D.), Prabhācandra (9th 10th Cen. A.D.) and Abhayadevasūri (11th Cen. A.D.):
After Akalankadeva, in Digambara sect there follow two logicians, Vidyān anda and Prabhācandra. Vidyānanda wrote a voluminous, commentary, Aşțasāhasrī on the Aptamāmāṁsā of Samantabhadra, Prabhācandra wrote similar commentaries—Nyāyakumudacandra on Laghīyastrayi of Akalanka and Prameyakamalamārtanda on Parīkşāmukhasūtra of Māņikyanandi. Abhayadevasūri of the Svetāmbara sect wrote a very big commentary Tattvabodhavidhāyinī popularly known as Vāda-Mahārnava on Sanmati-Tarka-Prakarana of Siddhasena Divākara. These Ācāryas exhibit in their works a mastery of style and exposition which shows their thorough study of works like Nyāya-Tātparyatīkā of Vācaspati Miśra. In fact Siddhasena Divākara and all the later Jaina logicians remained always familiar with the contemporary works of the different schools of Indian philosophy and to enunciate and establish their tenets on a logical basis, they studied Nyāya and Vaiseșika schools in particular. The stamp of Nyāya-Vai eşika logic will be clearly visible in the following passages of Atsasāhasrī by Vidyānanda where he defines the terms Prāgabhāva and Pradhvansābhāva from the Jaina point of view :
ऋजुसूत्रनयार्पणाद्धि प्रागभावस्तावत्कार्यस्योपादान परिणाम एव पूर्वोऽनन्तरात्मा (अ. . 7. C. 800) 774100||IIGUTUSTU çataratata TECH: 1 37. 9. q. 80$
In the Prameyakamalamārtanda Prabhācandra also defines the above terms as follows: __यदभावे हि नियमतः कार्योत्पत्तिः स प्रागभावः ।, प्रागन्तरपरिणामविशिष्टं मृद्रव्यम् । 4. 8. HT. T. 888
यद् भावे हि नियता कार्यस्य विपत्तिः स प्रध्वंसः मदद्रव्यानन्तरोत्तरपरिणामः । 1. F. AT. T. 888
The Tattvabodhavidhāyinī or Vāda-Mahārnava of Abhayadevasūri is a veritable encyclopaedia of the Indian philosophical topics before the 11th Cen. A.D. This work shows Abhayadeva to be a great scholar of Nyāya and Vaiseșika works along with his knowledge of other Darśanas.
1 -a. For the list of Haribhadrasūri's works vide “Jain Sahityano Itihāsa'
(Gujarati) p. 159.