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An Epitome of Jainism Prabhāchandra saluted Māņikyanandi at the beginning of Prameyakamala-mātanda*.
Prabhāchandra's commentary is specially valuable as it quotes the views of various Hindu and Buddhist writers on Nyāya philosophy and criticising the same, establishes the Jain view.
The most widely read commentary of Parikṣā-mukham is Prameya-ratnamālā. The writer of this is Ananta-virya who also wrote commentaries of Akalanka's works, Prabhāchandra has mentioned at the beginning of the fourth Chapter of his Nyāya-kumudachandra that he has been able to study and discuss many times through the writings of Anantavirya, the difficult expositions of Akalanka imparting a knowledge of all objects in the three worldst. Vadiraja Suri in his Nyāya-vinschaya-vivarana writes that at every step the deep meaning of Akalanka's writing has been illuminated by the writings of Anantavirya like a lampi.
Though such a great writer, Anantavirya professed utmost humility in saying at the beginning of his commentary on Siddhivinischaya : “It is a great wonder that even Anantavirya (in another sense 'one who has infinite power') is unable to explain fully the meaning of the work of Akalanka”s.
In his commentary on Siddhiviniśchayo, Anantavirya has mentioned Dharmottar, Prajnakar and Archata. The date of Archata, the author of the commentary on Hetu-vindu, is according to Rāhula Sankrityāyana 825 A.D. Ananta-virya must have therefore flourished not earlier than the 9th century A.D.
In Prameyaratnamālā, Anantavirya has referred to Dharmakirti, Vyasa Patanjali, Avadhuta and Manu. He has mentioned the works Apta-parikșa Devāgamālankāra also known as Apta-mināmsā by Samanta-bhadra and Naya-chakra. He has quoted from the Vedas and Sankhya-kārika of Isvarakrisna.
*शास्त्रं करोमि वरमल्पतराववोधो माणिक्यनन्दिपदपंकजसत्प्रसादात् । अर्थ किं न स्फुटयति प्रकृतं लधीयांल्लोकस्य भानुकरविस्फुरिताद् गवाक्षः ।।
--Pramoyakamala-mărtanda. त्रैिलोक्योदरवत्तिवस्तुविषयज्ञानप्रभावोदयो दुष्प्रापोऽप्यकलंकदेवसरणिः प्राप्तोऽत्र पुण्योदयात् । स्वभ्यस्तश्च विवेचितश्च शतशः सोऽनन्तवीर्योंक्तितो भूयान्मे नयनीतिदत्तमनसस्तद्वोधसिद्धिप्रदः ।।
गढ़मर्थमकलंकवाङमयागाधभूमिनिहितं तदथिनाम् । व्यञ्जयत्यमलमनन्तवीर्यवाकदीपत्तिरनिशं पदे पदे ।।
देवस्यानन्तवीर्योऽपि पदं व्यक्तुं तु सर्वतः । . न जानीतेऽकलंकस्य चित्रमेतद् परं भुवि ॥
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