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the commentator of Sanmati refer in their works. But if there is at all any Sankara-Swāmi who is the author of Nyāya-Praveśa and if he be again the disciple of Din-Nāga his contemporary, then it is beyond doubt that one of these two authors Siddhasena and SankaraSwāmi, influenced the other or else there was a third common source regarded by them as a legacy, for both. .. (d) Dharma Karti and Bhamalu
There is yet a conflict of opinion as to whether Bhāmaha preceded Dharma-Kirti or Dharm-Kîrti preceded Bhā maha?. But we are convinced of the fact that Siddhasena was undoubtedly a predecessor of these two authors. Dharma-Kîrti is considered as one of the great logicians of the 7th Century and Bhāmala is a well-known. Rhetorician. We have no means to compare Dharma-Kirti's Hetu-Bindu? with any of the similar works of Siddhasena. But fortunately there is a work of Siddhasena still extant which can very well be compared with Nyāya-Bindu. That work of Siddhasena is Nyāyāvatāra. In Nyāya-Bindu there is a general discussion of the nature of Pramāņas, but there occurs a discussion of inference and especially of Parārtha-inference on an extensive scale. Now the same subject is discussed in Nyāyāvatāra. Comparing
i See the article on Bhåmaha and Dharma-kirti by Mr. Divekar. J.R. A. S. October, 1929 p. 825 onwards.
2 An old Manuscript of Tika of this work by Arcata is fortunately fouud in the Jaina Bhandāra of Pattan-a copy of which is in the Rajacandra Library of Gujrata Vid ydpeitha.
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