Nyayavatara

Author(s): Satish Chandra Vidyabhushan
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INTRODUCTION.
mentioned by Pradyumna Sûri (1000 A. D.) in his Vicâra-sâra-prakarana.1
This famous logician, who was a pupil of Vṛddhavâdi Sûri, received the name of Kumuda-candra2 at the time of his ordination. He is said to have split, by the efficacy of his prayers, the Linga (Brâhmanical symbol) of Rudra in the temple of Mahâkala at Ujjaini, and to have called forth an image of Pârsvanatha by reciting his Kalyâṇa-mandira-stava. He is believed to have converted king Vikramaditya to Jainism, 470 years after the Nirvana of Mahâvira.3 The Jainas believe that he was the spiritual tutor of that famous king, as is evident from the Kumârapâla-caritra and other works.
It may be noted here that Vikramâditya of Ujjaini has been considered by scholars to be identical with Yasodharma Deva, king of Malwa, who, according to Alberuni, defeated the Huns at Korur, in 533 A. D. The Chinese pilgrim, Hwen-tshang, who came to India in 629 A. D., says that a very powerful king (presumably Vikramâditya] reigned 60
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पंचैव य वारिससए सिद्धसेण दिवायरी य जयपयड़ो । छलए वीसहिए सक्कथुऊ अज्जरक्खि पहू ॥ २६ ॥ (Vicara-sara-prakarana, noticed by Peterson Report, p. 272.)
in his Third
Cf. Prabhavakacaritra VIII, V. 57.
* See Klatt's Pattâvalî of the Kharatara Gaccha in the Indian Antiquary, Vol. XI, Sept. 1882, p. 247.