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INTRODUCTION
I SIDDHASENA DIVĀKARA
G) SUDDHASENA'S DATE
The author of the Sanmati-tarka is Siddhasena Sūri. There are many Jaina Ācāryas? known to Jaina tradition bearing the name of Siddhasena. Among them, that Siddhasena who bore the title of Divākara, is the author of this work. It is not definitely known as yet whether before this Siddhasena Divā kara there was any other Siddhasena either in the Swetambara or the Digambara sect.
Adequate materials are not yet available to prove beyond doubt the date of Siddhasena Divākara. To fix the date, we have only three kinds of sources. First, his own works; secondly, the Jaina traditions with their several anecdotes and thirdly, references by authors whose dates are fixed,
Let us first avail ourselves of the last-mentioned source. Haribhadra Sūri who lived in the first half of the eighth century of Vikrama era, 2 makes a mention of Sammai or Sammati in his own work Pañcavastu and
1 See J. G, pp. 54, 75, 79, 94, 127, 138, 273, 275, 277, 281, 289 and 292.
2 See J. S. S. Vol. I p. 53 and Sam. Introduction : p. 2.
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