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grammar being founded in Karņāțaka. Sākațāyana, a protege of Amõghavarşa, has compressed Pāṇini and Jainēndra in convenient form. Sākațāyana, a fore runner in arrangement of sūtras topic-wise, a model later followed by other grammarians.
4.6.4. Ācārya Pālyakirti, who had Śākatāyana as his second name, occupied a place of worship by successive generations. Author of Sākatayana prakriyā-samgraha has addressed Pālyakirti as Munindra, ‘chief of saints', and Jinēśvara, 'victor'. Yakşavarma, composer of Cintāmaņicommentary on Sabdānnsasana, has referred to Śākațāyana as 'saphala-jñana sāmrājyapadam=āptavān’. Cidānanda, Kannada poet, has given a glowing tribute :
"Benediction to Ācārya Pālyakirti reflecting the ocean of canonical knowledge with the Mandara Mountain of his percipience Pālyakirti has brought out the nector of grammar and earned endless name and fame".
4.6.5. Amogha-Vrtti, śākațāyana-nyāsa (Prabhā candra), Cintāmaņi-Tikā (Yakşavarma), Maniprakāśika (Ajitasena), Prakriyā-samgrah (Abhayacandra), Sākațayana-Tīkā (Bhāvasēna-Traividya), Rūpasiddhi (Dayāpāla)- et cetera glosses on this work approve the merit of Sākatāyana. In defence of the salvation of woman, against the Digambara doctrinal position, Pālyakirti has also authored another work of 34 kārikas, called Strimukti - prakaraṇa and Kēvalibhukti.
4.6.5.1. The role of nudity in the holy life of a monach is an issue between the Jaina schisms. Digambaras, more conservative, emphasise nudity as an absolute prerequisite to the mendicant path, and hence a woman must be born as a man to attain salvation. Svētāmbaras, more liberal and pragmatic, admit that clothing per se is not an obstacle to salvation, and hence women are capable, in the present life
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