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INTRODUCTION
flourished 1200 years after Siddhasena was almost the last of the Jaina scholars. It is quite plain that he had not the honour of being a direct disciple of Siddhasena, but inspite of the gulf of twelve centuries between these two towering scholars, Yasovijayaji can very well be considered as deserving the honour of being a disciple of Siddhasena. No doubt there was a host of close students and reviewers of the works of Siddhasena among the Jaina Pandits, but from our study of Yaśovijayaji we can maintain without fear of contradiction that there was not a single scholar in the whole galaxy of Jaina scholar who could be said to have made such a deep and all-embracing study of the works of Siddhagena as Yásoyijayaji had. This scholar bearing the title of Vācaka has composed many works in Prā krta, Samskřta, and Gūjarāti, and almost all these works were based on the three chapters of Sanmati. He has written independent works of a very high order, merely taking suggestion from the Chapters of Sanmati, and the thoughts, arguments and doctrines of Siddhasena are scattered here and there in his other works also. In fact if we collect all the Gathās of Sanmati commented upon by Yaśovijayaji, his whole writing can be said to be a vast commėtary on the San mati of Siddhasena. A study of appendix No. 3 in vol. 5th of Sanmati will convince the reader of the truth of this statement.
We have in the said appendix made quite clear, by a comparative survey of the works of Yasovijayaji and Siddhasena, as to what particular work of Yasovijayaji
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