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lives a sådhu who has taken to fast unto death but who is well-versed in such epoch-making works as Sanmati.”
The third reference mentions Siddhasena himself. It says "As Siddhasen created horses by his miracnlous powers obtained from Yoni Prābbộta and other mystic sciences."
In all these references, there are two chief points. The first is this that this work Sanmati was regarded as a Darśanaprabhāvaka work at the time of Jinadāsagaội Mahattara so much so that its student, even though committing some sort of fault on account of some reason or other, was not considered liable to any purificatory penance. Moreover, permission was granted to Jain sādhus to study the work even if the teacher stayed in the country of heretics. The second point is that the miracle on the part of a certain Àcārya named Siddhasena of having created horses was a well-known and an accepted story at the time of Jinadāsagaại.
The present Cūrņi is on the Bhāşya, and this Bhāsya in its turn is supposed to be written by - Jinabhadragani.' In this Bhāşya there is no direct mention of San mati. But Śăstras bearing the title Darsanaprabhāvakaļ are mentioned there without specific names. Jinabhadragani died in Vikrama 645 according to Jaina tradition. This Siddhasena Divā kara mentioned as having
1 See introduction to Jit. p. 10 2 दंसणपभावगाणं सत्थाणट्ठाते सेवति जा उ ।
Vì yazarti attau-ITERETET 311 N. B. p. 21.
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