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of fallacies. Udayana too seems to follow in a way Sivāditya in his Laksanāvali when he recognises Abhāva as an independent category. He enumerates Padārthas as Bhāva and Abhāva. Bhāva Padārthas are six and Abhāva is the 7th which is of four types. Thus he accepted the conception of Seven categories as proposed by Śivāditya. All these facts considered together lead us to the conclusion that Sivāditya lived about 950 A. D.
Commentaries on Saptapadārthi :
There are many commentaries on the Saptapadārthi of Sivāditya but following five are the important ones as accepted by scholars :
(i)
Jinavardhani by Jinavardhanasūri the high priest of the Kharatara Gaccha from 1406 A. D. to 1419 A. D. as indicated below!
(ii) Mitabhāșini by Mādhava Saraswati. Ms. dated 15232. (iii) Padārthacandrikā by seşānanta son of sesa Śārngadhara before A. D. 1459
as indicated by the MS.? and after Madhavācārya whose Dhātuvrtti has been
quoted in it. (iv) Sisubodhini by Bhairavendra about 1500 A. D. and, (v) Balabhadrasandarbha by Balabhadra of unknown date. He was probably the
father of Padmanābha Miśra (17th Cen.), the author of the Kiranāvalibhāskara (Ed. Benares).
Out of these five commentaries the Padārthacandrikā by seșānanta was edited by V. S. Ghate and was published in 1919 by the Nirnayasagar Press. The same was once again edited by Narendrachandra Bhattācārya and was published in Calcutta Sanskrit Series in 1934. The latter also edited the Balabhadrasandarbha and was published in the same series in the same year. The Mitabhāsini which is considered to be the oldest commentary was edited by Syt. A. M. Bhattācārya and was published in c. S. S. in 1934. The editors of Padārthacandrikā, Balabhadrasandarbha and Mitabhāsini frequently quote Jinavardhanī in their notes.
1. Also vide, Ed. Vijianagaram Series, Intro. to Mitabhāşinī, p. 2. 2. Ibid. Intro., p. 2. 3. Tarkasangraha G. O. S. Intro. 4. Ed. Vedāntatirtha, Padārthacandrikā. p. 97. C. S. S. VIII. 5. Tarkavāgisa, Nyāyaparicaya Intro., p. 21.
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