Date and Authorship of Nyayavatara

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30. Mukhtar, Jaina Sahitya aur Itihäsa., p. 46. 31. His "Parisista 1," lbid., p. 287. 32. Mukhtar, "Sanmatisütra.," pp. 540-543. 33. Vide his "Prstabhumi," pp. 19-21. 34. Since in the present discussion the point is of subsidiary importance, I forego citing
sources and the current writings and controversies on it. 35. Cf. Malwaniya, “Parisista 1," pp. 288-290. 36. Mookerjee, "Introduction." 37. Malwaniya, discussion in his "Parisista 1." Following his earlier perceptions on the date and
authorship of the Nyāyāvatāra, Malwaniya of course then had noted that Akalanka had
made a fair use of the Nyāyāvatāra. The position is now reversed. 38. Malwaniya, pp. 287-288. 39. Ibid., p. 288. 40. Tattvärthädhigamasutra, Ed. H. R. Kapadia, Sheth Devachand Lalbhai Jain Pustakoddhar
Fund Series No. 67, Surat 1926, p. 7. 41. The citation refers to the fact that the bowl and the monastic robe are ultimately meant
as an aid on the path of salvation; by themselves they cannot be termed as possession; for
attachment on a thing or an object is possession. 42. For instance his commentary in Prakrit on the Jita-Kalpa-sútra of Jinabhadra. Citations from
his works also figure in the Nišitha-cūrni of Jinadāsa gani Mahattara (c. A. D. 675). 43. This commentary is full of citations from the agamas and at places refutative discussions
from the epistemological standpoints of the other systems, but mainly Buddhist. 44. For details, vide their "Introduction” to Sammaipayarana (Hindi Edition), Ahmedabad 1963. 45. His “Upodgháta," p. 20. 46. "purvācārya-viraciteșu sanmati-Nayavatārādisu nayaśastresu" : Cf. Ed. Muni Jambuvijaya,
"Prākkathana," Sri Atmanand Jain Granthamala, Serial NO. 92, Bhavnagar 1966, p. 10. 47. "Some Less Known Verses of Siddhasena Divakara", Sambodhi, Vol. 10, Nos. 1-4, April 1981,
Jan. 1982, p.173, infra. 48. Ibid.
49. This is included in H. R. Kapadiya, Bhakrāmara, Kalyanamandira and Namiüņa, SDLJPFS
No. 79, Surat 1932, p. 243. It has been edited also by J. Mukhtar, "Siddhasenkä Siddhisreyasamudaya stotra" (Hindi), Anekānta 1/8-9-10, pp. 499-504. Also, it has been edited by Muni Kirtiyasavijaya (with translation in Gujarati ) in the Arhannamaskärāvali, Bombay-Ahmedabad 1983, pp. 47-66. After the 12th verse, the remaining part seems an