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Manikyanandi was later than Akalaňka.
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(a Bengali encyclopaedia) it is mentioned "According to the Pattavali of the Sarasvati Gachcha of the Digamvaras, Manikyanandi became Pattadhara in 585 Vikrama Samvat (523 A. D.) Before be became a Pattadhara that is to say, in the beginning of the 6th century, Manikyanandi wrote Parikṣāmukham.
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This view is untenable. It is accepted by everyone that Manikyanandi was later than Akalanka and that he based his work or Akalanka's writings. Anantavirya, the author of Prameya-ratna-mālā a commentary on Parikṣāmukham begins his work by saluting Māņikayanandi in this manner :
Salutation to that Manikyanandi who has churned the nectar of the knowledge of Nyaya from the ocean of the words of Akalanka1.
In Nyayamani-dipika a commentary on Prameya-ratna-mālā we find :
"Bhatta Akalanka Deva promulgated the influence of the true religion by the weapon of arguments delighting the hearts of all scholars of the world in the court of King Hima-sitala....Afterwards the great sage Manikyanandi wrote the Prakarana Parikṣāmukham culling the subject matter from the ocean of the sastra written by him (Akalanka). This work (of Manikyanandi) is like a vessel to cross the ocean (of the work of Akalanka.)"
1. “ अकलंकवचोऽम्मोधेरुदधे येन धीमता ।
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न्यायविद्यामृतं तस्मै नमो माणिक्यनन्दिने || " Prameyaratnamāla. 'सकलराजाधिराजपरमेश्वरस्य हिमशीतलस्य महाराजस्य महास्थानमध्ये ·· भगवान् भट्टाकलंकदेवो विश्वविद्वन्मण्डलहद्दयाह्लादियुक्तिशस्त्रेण जगत्सद्धर्मप्रभावमवबुधत्तमाम् । तदनु ··· माणिक्यनंदिमुनिवृन्दारकस्तत्प्रकाशितशास्त्रमहोदधे रुद्धृत्य तदवगाहनाय पोतोपमं 'परीक्षामुख' नामधेयमन्वर्थमुद्वहत् प्रकरणमारचयन् मुदा ।”
Nyayamanidipika ( A Mss. ).
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