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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All the 21 Daā.s are found in one and the same Ms. It may be seen what their colophons mention. At the end of the 19th Dvā, Siddhasena is qualified as Dveșya-øvetapata. The 21st Dvā mentions Siddhasena-Divākara. The Nyāyāvatāra mentions ŚrīSitapata-Divākara, and the Sanmati colophons mention SriSiddhasena-Divākara. There is unformity in the style in every one of them. His progressive and independent logical thinking is seen in the Sanmati-tarka and in the Niscaya-Dvā. Some orthodox scribe appears to have added the word dveşya before his name. Siddhasena is both a poet and a philosopher and even his hymns are philosophical; and he has a remarkable comprehension of the various systems of philosophy. His verses contain beautiful similes. There is no doubt about the common authorship of the Sanmatitarka and the Dvātrimsikās. One can speculate about the proper order of his works. His former phase of life was disorderly but the latter a Kștayuga. The 6th Dvā refers to the former phase and the 11th to the latter. Love for one's name is a sign of youth, so he mentions his name in the 5th and 2nd Dvā.s. The 4th explicitly refers to his recent anointment. The Sanmati-tarka also alludes to his name. The 6th Dva complains that the modern authors are not appreciative. This possibly refers to the Sanmatitarka or the Niscaya-Dvā: the latter perhaps an earlier composition. It is possible, according to some of the sources, that the Sangha inflicted on him the atonement. The 6th Dvā is perhaps an apology. Then he seems to have composed the hymn of Pārsva or Rsabha. Then comes the Gunayacana-Dvā in honour of Vikramāditya who favoured him and who was admitted to the Sangha. Thereafter he composed rest of his works to educate
disciples. Vāda Dvā is characteristic of his mature age. Nothing can be said about the Nyāyāvatāra and his hymns on different systems of Philosophy. IV) SIDDHASENA AND OTHER AUTHORS—Siddhasena is a pioneer of most of the branches of the knowledge among the Jainas. Excepting the scriptural literature no other writings have influenced Siddhasena. There are different opinions about the dates of Kundakunda and Umāsvāti. Along with Siddhasena they have been respected by both the sects. Kundakunda and Siddhasena have much in cammon, but Kundakunda's influence on Siddhasena
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