Nyayavatara and Nayakarnika

Author(s): Siddhasena Divakar, Vinayvijay, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Vikas Mandal

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Siddhasena and his Works
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uncertain identification) 470 years after Mahāvira. In the Pattāvalis he is mentioned as Divākara from 15th century of the Vikrama era. Some of the respectful references to him with or without Divākara, in the Svetāmbara literature are collected here (from the Amamacaritra, Samarādityakathā, Syādvādaratnākara, Dvātrimśikā of Hemacandra). Some time it is suspected that this Siddhasena may be the author of some Dvā.s and not of the Sanmati and other Dvā.s. Any reference to the Sanmati is conspicuous by its absence. Different Siddhasenas have been merged into one. He is at times called Divākara in Svetāmbara works. In the Digambara works one Divākara-yati is mentioned by Ravişeņa, and he is probably identical with Siddhasena Divākara. The period of time agrees well. Indra, the teacher of Divākara, mentioned by Ravişeņa, seems to be the same as Indradinna of the Svetāmbara Pattāvalis. The Senagaņa Pattāvali also refers to Siddhasena's breaking of the Linga at Ujjaini. Further, Siddhasena is claimed to be Svetāmbara because of some sectarian references (2.6 ff.). Even the wedding of Mahāvīra is not accepted by some Svetāmbara texts; or this may be just a para-vaktavya. It is equally possible that some Dvās are written by a Svetāmbara Siddhasena. But this does not prove that Siddhasena, the author of the Sanmati, was a Svetāmbara. Some Dvā.s have patent Digambara views in them. Then Abheda- is nearer Yugapad-vāda of Kundakunda. The alleged Svetāmbara doctrines are not found in the Sanmati. Siddhasenagani has criticised Siddhasena Divākara who is nowhere criticised by Digambara authors. Taking all the views and even opinions into consideration one has to admit that Siddhasena, the author of the Sanmati, was a Digambara. Some Dva.s may have been composed by one Siddhasena of Svetāmbara persuasion. He shows great influence of Samantabhadra. Some of the tales about him are just a copy of those associated with Samantabhadra. The author of the Nyāyāvatāra might have been a Svetāmbara.
21. D. MALAVANIA: Nyāyāvatāra-vārttika-vștti, Bombay 1949, Introduction pp. 141f. In his exhaustive Introduction he presents a survey of Jaina Darsana from the Āgama period etc. On the date of Siddhasena he changes his earlier opinion and accepts