Jain Legend Vol 2

Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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not written by Caturda a Prvadhara crya Bhadrab hu Swm but by somebody else or the examples were included later in the text by someone else, because, c rya Bhadrab hu Sw m being a rutakeval , could see through the past, present and future and so was able to cite the names of succeeding c ryas and events related to them.
The following arguments uphold the stance that Caturda a P rvadhara Bhadrab hu Sw m cannot be the author of Niryukti:
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Caturda a Prvadhara Bhadrab hu is not the author of Niryuktis; had he been its writer, he would not have saluted, addressed and praised his disciple rya Sth labhadra as 'Lord Sth labhadra'.
In the first stanza of Dasa ruta Ska dha Niryukti, the author offered his salutations to Bhadrab hu Sw m in the following verse:
Vamd mi Bhadrab hu, p i am carimasagala suyan im/ Suttassa k ragamisim das su kappe ya vavah re || 1/1
In Cheda S tra s the Dasa ruta Ska dha is famous as the first composition of rutakeval Bhadrab hu and for this reason the author of Niryukti in his commentary on Dasa ruta Ska dha offered salutations to rutakeval Bhadrab hu.
In the commentary (Niryukti) to Uttar dhyayana S tra, the commentator honoured c rya Sth labhadra by giving him the Title of Lord and praised him in the following manner:
Bhagavampi th labhaddho, tikkhe camkammio na u a chinno/
Aggisih ye vuttho c ummase na u a daddho //
After going through this stanza of Niryukti even a person with an average intelligence will also derive a conclusion that if
rutakeval Bhadrab hu was the author of this text, he would not have compared his disciple with or saluted him as the Lord himself.
2.
The second evidence to support the fact that Caturda a Prvadhara crya Bhadrab hu Swm is not the author of
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