Nirgrantha-1

Author(s): M A Dhaky, Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

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Vol. 1-1995
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14. In 1908, he considered him to be the contemporary of Varahamihira (c. early 6th century A. D.) on the authority of the Jyotirvindābharaṇa. In 1909, he made him contemporary with (the Aulikara monarch) Yasodharma of Malava (c. early 6th century A. D.) whom he identified with Vikramaditya. But 12 years afterwards, in his A History of Indian Logic (Ancient, Medieval and Modern Schools), Calcutta 1921), he had felt that he was contemporary of Jinabhadra gani kṣamāśramana (ob. A. D.588 or 594) since Jinabhadra criticised him (for his concept of the simultaneity of perception and cognition for an omniscient being.)
15. In his edition of the Samaraiccakahā, Bibliothica Indica, Calcutta 1925, he takes Siddhasena
to be a contemporary of Dharmakirti whose term abhrānta he used in the Nyāyāvatāra. 16. In his 'Introduction' to the Nyāyāvatāra, Bombay 1928. He takes him to be Digambara if identified with the kṣapanaka (of the Jyotirvindabharaṇa). His style, Vaidya felt, is postKālidāsa. Siddhasena upholds his views against the apologetic position taken by Jinabhadra: hence, according to Vaidya, he is younger in time.
17. "Introduction," A Critical and Comparative Study of Jaina Logic and Epistemology on the basis of the Nyāyāvatāra of Siddhasena Divakara, Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin No. 1, p. 19. 18. The foregoing footnotes reveal that Vidyabhusana favours sixth century for Siddhasena. 19. Jacobi, Vaidya, and others.
20. "Sanmatisūtra aur Siddhasena" (Hindi), Jaina Sahitya aur Itihasa par Visada Prakāśa, Calcutta 1956, pp. 538-543.
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21. "Pṛṣṭabhūmi," Jaina Nyāya (Hindi), Calcutta-Delhi 1966, pp. 19-21.
22. "Parisista 2," Jaina Darśana aur Pramāṇaśāstra pariśīlana, Varanasi 1980, p. 540.
23. Cf. footnote 2 (i).
24. Siddhasena Diväkara: A Study: A thesis submitted to the University of Bombay for the Ph. D. degree, September 1962. Also, his "Upodghata" (Gujarati) to Dvātrimsaddvatrimsikäḥ, Botad 1977, pp. 14-16.
25. This problem has been discussed in my Introduction in Gujarātī (with Jitendra Shah) to Siddhasena's 21st hymn to be shortly published.
26. Malwaniya, Nyāyāvatāra, "Parisista 1, Nyāyāvatārakī Tulanā," pp. 292-293.
27. Ibid., p. 294.
28. Ibid., p. 291.
29. There is no unanimous agreement on the date of Dinnaga which in part depends on the date of Vasubandhu. If he is a direct disciple of Vasubandhu, then he must be dated either c. A.D. 450-510 or earlier by a few decades if Vasubandhu's date is finally fixed at c. A. D. 350-430. However, the current opinion of the Western as well as Japanese specialists do not favour the earlier brackets. So following them, I have adopted here c. A. D. 480-540 for Dinnaga.