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4 DWATRIMSIKAS OF SIDDHASENA
praise of these Umpires in order to win them over to their side. Works of logic with all their nice subtleties and details were composed, on a grand scale, in those times, especially works relating to l'ararthānumāna and the rules of dialectics, Controversy was the order of the day in those times. It is in those times that the present Dwa. were composed by Siddhasena
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After the perusal of these Dwa, we get some information about the author, which could be put under the following nine heads :
1. Name: At the time of the composition of these Dwa the author, was well-known as Siddhasena for, at the end of the 5th Dwa. his name is explicitly mentioned.
2. Caste: It seems Siddhasena was born of a Brāhmaṇa family. This can be inferred from his mastery over Samskṛta language and from his critical study of the Upaniṣads and the Vedas.
3. Sect: It seems from the Dwa. that Siddhasena, the author, was a Jaina and belonged to Swetambara sect. He was not a follower of Digambara sect as can be inferred from the fact that some of the tenets not accepted by the Digambaras but accepted by the Swetambara scriptures, such as the life of a house-holder as lived by Mahavira and the story of Camarendra1 as surrendering himself at the feet of Mahavira have been mentioned with approval in Dwā.
Vide Dwa. Nos, 2,3; 5.6.
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