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commented on by Siddharși (10th century AD.) and Abhayadevasūri (10th century A.D.) respectively, are famous Jain logical texts. Samantabhadra (also belonging to the same period) wrote Aptamīmāmsă in which the Jainistic philosophy of Syādvāda was explained.
In this age belonged Haribhadra Sūri (705-775 AD.) whose Şad-darsana-samuccaya is a famous book where brief discussions of the different systems of Indian philosophy are described. In fact, as far as I know, Haribhadra Sūri's Anekāntajayapatākā edited by H.R. Kapadia (Baroda 1947) is perhaps the first book where the problem of anekānta philosophy is explained.
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In the same period (i.e. in the later part of the 8th century) also belonged Bhatta Akalanka or Akalankadeva who wrote the Tattvārtha rajavarttika on the Tattvārthādhigama-sūtra of Umāsvāti, and Aştaśati, a commentary on Samantabhadra's Āpta-mimāṁsā, Nyāyaviniscaya, Tattvārtha-vārttika-vyākhyānālankāra and numerous others.
Two other famous authors also belonged to this golden age. And they are-Vidyānandi (belonging to the early part of the 9th century AD.) and Māņikyanandi (also belonging to the 9th century AD.). Vidyānandi (a Digambara) wrote a commentary entitled Aștasahasri on the Așțaśati of Akalankadeva and Tattvārtha-slokavārttika, whereas Māṇinkyanandi (another Digambara of the 9th cent. A.D.), wrote his famous Parikṣāmukha on Jain Logic.
In the last period of Jain philosophy (bet. 11th and 15th centuries A.D.), there developed the Jain philosophy on the syādvāda. Two contemporary authors-Devasūri (1086-1169 A.D.) and Hemacandra (1088-1172 A.D.)-are the pioneers on the idea of syādvāda. Devasūri wrote pramāņa-naya-tattvālokālankāra and its commentary Syādvādaratnākara. The prolific writer Hemacandra has two famous works called Anya-yoga-vyavacchedikā-dvātrimsikā and Pramāņamīmāṁsā which are the landmarks on Jain philosophical texts.
So also Ratnaprabhasūri and Mallişeņa. Ratnaprabhasūri (1181 A.D.) wrote Syādvāda-ratnākara-vārttika which was a shorter commentary on the Syādvāda-ratnākara.
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