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compared these with 'help-books', one is tempted to ask, help-books to what ? Strictly speaking, each tract represents the view point of the author which he developes. The ten tracts are as follows:
(1) Sad-darśana-nirnaya or a discussion on the six systems of
Indian Philosophy including Jaina and Bauddha and excluding Sankhya. Vedanta is included with Mimansa. This is the work of Merutunga Suri of Ancala Gaccha.
(2) Pañca-darśana-khandana by an anonymous Jaina writer is a
refutation of the four philosophical systems, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Sankhya and Bauddha, not five as given in the title.
(3) Vividha-matasthāpakothāpakānumāna-samgraha by an anony
mous Jaina writer is a work on syllogisms. The writer upholds the Jaina view that sound (sabda) is a form of matter.
(4) Väda-catuşka by an anonymous Jaina writer seeks to establish
(a) Coolness as a quality of fire, (b) the existence of an omniscient being, (c) that use of garment does not disqualify a person to attain liberation, and (d) the refutation of God as the creator of the world.
(5) Parabrahmotthāpanasthala by Bhuvana Sundara Suri of Tapa
Gaccha is mainly a refutation of the Vedanta doctrine.
(6) Hetuvidamvanasthala by one Jinamandana demonstrates that
an inference can never be a means of knowledge (pramāna). His line of thought is influenced by Carvaka.
(7) Hetukhandanapāņditya (also called Vādivijaya-prakaraṇa) by
Sadhuvijaya Yati is a work on logical reasoning.
Pramānasāra is probably a work by Munisvara Suri who earned the title Vadindra-cakra-cudamani. He belonged to the Brhad Gaccha. This is a fairly elaborate work on pramāna, its nature and its classification. The third part of the book is devoted to the consideration of the essentials of six systems of Indian philosophy including Jaina and Bauddha.
(9) Pramāņasundara by Padmasundara of Tapa Gaccha is also
a work on pramāna and anumāna.
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