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JINASENA, THE ADEPT IN KARMA-PHILOSOPHY
Acarya Jinasena was profoundly proficient in Karmaphilosophy. In the Jayadhavala commentary he is found to have dealt prominently with anger, pride, fraud and greed which He stigmatise knowledge, the specific characteristic of the soul. has equalized himself with his predecessor in writing the Jayadhavalā commentary in such a way that his work cannot be distinguished from that of his predecessor, Acarya Virasena, his preceptor. It is not necessary to give information of the Karma-philosophy in detail.
THE PĀRSVĀBHYUDAYA
[Though one of the best poetic works, this Pärśvābhyudaya, a scholarly work of Acarya Jinasena, is set aside and not read by the scholars of the past and the present, like the works of Aşvaghosa, a Buddhist poet, who, according to some scholars, preceded Kalidasa, the great poet who is said to have borrowed some ideas from his work and improved upon them. If I am correct, I think that this work and the works of other poets like Aśvaghosa were and are set side by the scholars of the present on account of motiveless malignity cherished by them. Most probably, they might have allowed malicious thoughts to absorb their hearts owing to those works being written by poets, deserving great renown, who had pinned their faith upon the principles disagreeing with those promulgated by their Acaryas. I, hereby, request them to renounce all the malicious thoughts that might have engrossed their hearts and to enjoy charm by reading the present work carefully. ]
The author of the present work is found to have adopted one or two lines from the Meghadüta of Kalidasa and to have himself composed the remaining lines. This is how the entire work of Kalidasa is subjected to the process of what is recognised as Samasyapürti. There are a few other works written
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