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systematised this doctrine or perhaps wrote an independent treatise on this subject or else wrote a commentary on some work dealing with the subject.
(e) Simhakşamāśramaņa, Haribhadra and
Gandhahasti,
Simhaksamaśramana : Simhakşamāśramaņa" in his commentary on Nayacakra quotes several Gathās from Sanmati with the name of Siddhasena or without mentioning his name. At the end of this work it is said that Sanmati and Nyāyā vatāra are profoundly erudite works no doubt, but then they are difficult to understand as they are written in a very terse style. He, moreover, adds that in order to simplify the arguments of Siddbasena and to supplement them, the work Nayacakra was composed. This one reference is quite sufficient to show that the author of Nayacakra was very strongly influenced by Siddhasena.
Haribhadra : The influence of Siddhasena on Haribhadra is quite clear. He has described Siddhasena as the most profound scholar and able author of Sanmati, but over and above this reference his own works Anekāntajayapatākā, Šāstravārtāsainuccaya, Saddarśanasamuccaya, Dharmasangrahaņi, and others freely quote, copiously draw upon and have received direct inspiration from the scholarly works of Siddhasena such as Sanmati
1 See Appendix Second S. T. vol. 5 Simhaksamasramaņa.
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