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the end of the 7th or the beginning of the 8th Commentaries century A. D. He has mentioned the Chārvāka on Parīkņā
school of philosophy as well as the Buddhist, mukham.
Sānkhya and Nyāya-vaiseșika systems of philosophy and Prabhākara and Jaimini?. Prabhāchandra
was the most celebrated commentator of ParikşāI. Prameya- mukham. His work is entitled “Prameya-kamala
kamala- mārtanda”. This Prabhāchandra has been mentioned mārtanda by (with his work Nyāya-kumuda-chandrodaya ) Prabhāchandra.
by Jinasena in Adipurāņa ( 838 A. D.) in the following verse :
"I praise Prabhāchandra the poet whose fame is white as the rays of the moon and who has encompassed the whole world by making 'Chandrodaya' (ʻrising of the moon' ; another meaning the work entitled Kumudachandrodaya' )”.
Prabhāchandra saluted Māņikyanandi at the
beginning of Prameya-kamala-mārtanda“. 1.: erfaffl Figa: gallgfaaret TEACHER Tacfaperala 11” Parikṣāmukham VI. 56.
2. “सौगतसांरव्ययौगप्रभाकरजैमिनीयानां प्रत्यक्षानुमानागमोपमानार्थाFerra sarfa cuffiaa Il" Ibid VI. 57. 3. "GILTSPURTE GH1975afå Egài
Stical and coi ta 319redi FOTEL II" Adi-purāņa.
Jinasena lived in the court of Amoghavarşa I who reigned according to Vincent Smith from 815 to 877 A.D. ( Early History of India P. 328 ). 4. SETEN ATI achegarcraatit
माणिक्यनन्दिपदपंकजसत्प्रसादात् । अर्थ किं न स्फुटयति प्रकृतं लधीयांलोकस्य भानुकरविस्फुरितादू गवाक्षः ॥"
Prameyakamala-mārtaņda. P-6
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