Parikshamukham

Author(s): Saratchandra Ghoshal
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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Parikṣamukham is a standard work on Jaina
Earlier writers
or
on Jaina Nyaya. Nyaya philosophy. The earliest writers on this subject were Kundakundacharya and Umāsvāmi Umāsvāti (1st century A. D.). Umāsvāmi wrote his work Tattvarthādhigama Sūtra in the form of aphorisms. Parikṣāmukham is also written in the same style. Commentators to Tattvārthādhigama Sūtra were many and the most famous of them developed this subject in their commentaries. The following among them are worthy of special mention (1) Pujyapada Devanandi, a Digamvara, the writer of Sarvartha-siddhi ( 5th century A. D.); (2) author of Gandhahasti Mahabhāṣya (Samantabhadra according to the Digamvara view, or Siddhasena Divakara according to the Svetamvara view or Siddhasena Gani according to another view); (3) Akalanka, a Digam vara, the writer of Tattvartharaja-varttika (7th century A. D.); and (4) Vidyanandi or Vidyananda, a Digamvara, author of Tattvärtha-sloka-varttika (9th century A. D.).
Umāsvāmi.
Kundakunda
charya.]
Samantabhadra.
INTRODUCTION
Kundakundacharya is the author of many works the most famous of them being Pravachanasāra, Panchastikaya-samayasāra, Samayasāra and Niyama
sāra.
Samantabhadra (2nd century A. D.?) a Digamvara scholar saint whose date has not been definitely ascertained) was the author of the famous work Apta-mimāmsā. Akalanka Deva wrote a commentary on this work entitled Asta-sati. Vidyananda or Vidyanandi wrote a commentary on Aṣṭa-sati entitled Aṣṭa-sahasri. Yuktyanusāsana is another