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commentator has discussed the Nagas one by one but incidentally here and there, he has refuted doctrines going against the Jaina philosophy and after refuting them has established the truth of the Jaina doctrines. In the commentary on the second verse he has exhaustively discussed the relation between word and sense and has referred to all the current doctrines with regard to this relation and after completely refuting the rival views, has established the particular Jaina point of view in this respect. In his commentary on the 3rd Gäthā, as an instance of pure Dravyāstikanaya, he has discussed Brahmādwaitavāda as also Puruşaprakrtivāda of the Sankhyas as an instance of mixed Dravyāstikanaya. Then after refuting these two vādas by means of Paryäyästikanaya he has established finally the authority of the two Nayas - Dravyāstika and Paryāyāstika. In his explanation of the 5th Gāthả, while explaining ably the nature of the four Nayas beginning from Rjusūtra as the varieties of the Paryāyāstikanaya, he has incidentally discussed at great length the famous doctrines of the Bauddhas--the doctrine of transitoriness, the Vijñaptivāda and Śūnyavāda and has described in details the principal tenets of the four sects of Mahāyāna--the Sautrāntika, the Vaibhāșika, the Yogācāra and the Madhyamika.
In his commentary on the 6th Gāthã, while distributing the four Nikşepas between the two original Nayas, he has fully explained the Sabdabrahmavāda of Bhartrhari and the Kşanabhangavāda of the Bauddhas and discussing, at every step, other systems of philosophy has clearly stated as to what the view of the Jaina
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