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These illustrative stanzas and so many other stanzas found in his poetic works prove his extraordinary capacity for composing poetry and his extraordinarily vivid imagination.
JINASENA, THE LOGICIAN
Jinasena is also a logician of renown. In his Adipurāṇa, he is found to have argued away the reasons given by the opponents to prove the stand taken by them. His arguments are, indeed, irrefutable. He has criticised various schools of thought and succeeded in thrashing out the truth. He is found to have tried his level best to transfer his thoughts, based on correct thinking and established on the ground of several means of knowledge, to others with a desire not to defeat but to correct them. On thinking deeply on the doctrines propounded by the Jain scholars, he pinned his faith on Jainism. He seems to have studied deeply the works, dealing with various subjects treated logically, of his predecessors. Similarly, it can be inferred from various internal evidences found in his work that he possessed knowledge of the tenets promulgated and advocated by various schools of thought.
JINASENA, THE PHILOSOPHER
Acarya Jinasena was a staunch supporter of the Jain theory of Non-Absolution [1]. With the help of this theory, he is found to have achieved success in deciding various debatable points and in examining correct nature of things, living as well as non-living. He was also a staunch supporter of moral philosophy. He is found to have deeply studied the principles of human conduct. A close study of the Adipurāṇa helps to gather evidence for his knowledge of moral philosophy. His every story is meant for teaching some or other moral principle. To preach moral principles, it seems, was his motto. From this point of view, his endeavours, are praise-worthy.
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