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the commentary thereon, the sentence fa: fugliore' is positively by Haribhadra süri and it is certain that the phrase is employed here in reference to the original text together with the commentary. Also, granted that the term watake does not directly appear, its sense arguably has been conveyed by the author in a different way. Hafare means emancipation from the transmigratory cycle. In the last sentence of the Pañcasūtra, the author has suggested the expectation of emancipation, but it is not through the term face, but through the term f1:44, employed there either affirmatively or positively. Refer, in this context, the last sentence of the Pañcasūtra :
एसा करुण त्ति वुच्चइ एगंतपरिसुद्धा अविराहणाफला तिलोगनाहबहुमाणेणं निस्सेयससाहिग त्ति पव्वज्जाफलसुत्तं ।।69
If, however, the demand for the term fake is insisted upon, then even in the end portion of the commentary supposed to be written by Haribhadra sūri, the term face is nowhere noticeable ! And on that ground the authorship of Haribhadra sūri for the commentary can as well be objected, even denied. So, taking the term f: HH as synonymous with the term wafake, would allow us in connecting the total composition with Haribhadra sūri.
Regarding the authorship of the Pancasūtra, M. A. Dhaky, in his communication some years ago to me, wrote:
"Your Holiness believes this text to be the composition of Haribhadra sūri instead of Cirantanācārya. Examining the original text from the standpoint of matter, diction, and style which are replete with gracefulness and elegance, it also seems to me that it is a post-canonical work : it, moreover reflects the constructions of phrases and sentences which can be called relatively modern. Haribhadra sūri has neither referred to the name of the Echinor has he respectfully presented the text as ancient. Also, he has not offered obeisance to the ETC. Thus comprehending, it may seem that the commentator and the author of the original text is the same person."
Thus, as deduced from the bulk of evidence, internal as well as external, Haribhadra sūri arguably is the author also of the text proper of the Pañcasūtra.
The Pañcasūtra, a work which may have been composed by him in the evening of his life, appears to be the essence of his life-long study of
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