Jain Journal 2014 07

Author(s): Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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Dr. Anupam Jash : Historical Development of Jaina Epistemology and Logic
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Haribhadra (705-775 AD), a famous svetāmbara philosopher, composed a large number of works both in Sanskrit and Prakyta, His Saddarsanasamuccaya, Anekāntajayapatākā, Šāstravārtāsamuccaya, Anekāntavādapraveśa, Sarvajñāsiddhi etc. deals with Jaina theory of knowledge in brief.
Akalamka (750-800 A.D.) was a great digambara philosopher who composed the following philosophical (logical) treatises in Sanskrit : (I) Laghīyastraya, (2) Nyāyaviniscaya, (3) Pramārtharājavārtika and (4) Siddhiviniscaya. He commented on the Tattvārtha Sutra is known as Tattvärtharājavārttika and that on the Aptamīmāṁsā is called Astašati. All of these works deals with the Jaina theory of knowkedge.
Manikyanandi was an early Jaina philosopher of digambara sect. It is mentioned that Mānikyanandi lived about c. 523 AD, according to S.C. Ghosal it is 6th century and according to S. C. Vidyābhusana it is 800 A. D. We must accept the opinion of Vidyābhusana as Parīkņāmukham of Mānikyanandi is the first aphoristic treatise on Jaina Nyāya philosophy or Jaina logic and it is based on the various works of Akalamka such as Tattvārtha-rāja-vārtika, Aștašati, Nyāya-viniścaya, Laghīyastraya, Pramāṇasmgraha etc. Anantavirya, the first commentator of Pariksāmukham writes in the beginning of his commentary named Prameyaratnamālā thus. 'Salutatation to that Mānikyanandi who has churned the nector of nyāya vidyā from the ocean of Akalamka's works'. In this work Parīksāmukham the author discussed the logical problems in sūtra style. He established in this book the Jaina views on logical grounds.
The Naycakra or Dvādaśāranayacakra by Mallavādin (827 AD) is an excellent Sanskrit work on the Jaina theory of naya and dvādasāngī naya.
Vidyānandin (9th century) is a distingushed Jaina philosopher