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his rivals, is not employed by him impartially while discussing his own doctrines.'
7. Acquaintance with Kings, assemblies and halls of dispute:+It seems he was closely familjar with some king, for he has devoted one whole Dwa to the praise of a certain king That he had intimately come in contact with royal courts and dispute-halls is evident from some of the Dwa. dealing with the modes of controversy fashionable in those days. He seems to have a personal knowledge of controversies and seems to have made a critical' observation of such controversies in which he was an eye-witness; for he has described the rules of controversy ( such as Jalpa ahd Vitrậdā) in a manner as if he was intimately familiar with all these things...
8, Genius : --His genius seems to be eminently of a creative character. In writing his Dwā. he has, to some extent, followed his predecessors, no doubt, but the remarkable 'manner of giving a' peculiarly happy turn to a subject, is entirely his own and things described by others have been described by him in a peculiarly charming manner all his own. Some of the thoughts in the present Dwā. are entirely novel and are found nowhere else. He has the courage to express his thoughts, though contrary to the current of thoughts in his days.
9. His rational devotion:- His devotion towards Lord Mahavira is not merely that of a man of faith, but is the devotion of a true thinker. Wherever he has lavished profusely his treasure of devotion at the
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