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INTRODUCTION
death of Jakkale ; it also mentions Anantakirti as the preceptor of Jakkale, who may be identical with one mentioned as the head of Sāntinātha Basadi of Bāndhavanagara, since both belong to the same period.
Pt. Nathuram Premi believes that Anantakirti might be prior to Vādirāja (1025 A.D.) and later than Jinasena ; for, Anantakirti is mer
inasena ; for, Anantakirti is mentioned after Jinasena (783 A.D.) by Vädirājał. We found from the comparison of Prabhācandra and sāntisuri with Anantakirti that Anantakirti's later period of life is definitely the same period as that of Prabhācandra which, in turn, coincides with the time limit of Vädirāja. Therefore, it is appropriate to fix the upper limit for Anantakirti at 980 A.D. and the lower limit can be fixed in the light of the comparison of statements by Vidyananda and Anantakirti ; they are : Vidyanand's TSLV
Anantakirti's BSS 1. sükşmādyarthopadešo hi
1. sūkşmāntaritadūrārthāh kasyacit tat-säkşātkartrpūrvakaḥ
pratyakṣāḥ anupadeśalingānanvayaParopadeśālirgākṣānapekṣā
vyațirekapūrvakävi samvādinaștamuvitathatvatah—p. 11
șticintālābhālābha sukhaduhkhah grahoparāgādyupadeśakaranānyatha
nupapatteh-p. 130 2. svasambandhi yadīdam syād 2. Pramānapañcakäbhavalaksano'bhavyabhicāripayonidheḥ
vah samudrodakaparisamkhyānena ambhal kumbhādi-samkhyānai!
anaikāntikaḥ—LSS, p. 113 sadbhirajñayamānakaih-p. 13 Similarly it may be mentioned that the trend of arguments of both the sections on Sarvajñasiddhi and Aptaparīkņā of Vidyānanda is the same.
Just as Ratnākarasānti wrote Kşanabhanga-siddhi, Avayavinirākarana etc. in 10th c. A.D.; so also Anantakirti wrote Jivasiddhi,Laghusarvajñasiddhi and Brhat sarvajñasiddhi.
Acārya Anantavirya refers to Anantakirti’s Svatah-prāmānyabhanga in his SVT (p. 234); the present text SVT (p. 708) refers to ‘anupadeśālingavyabhicărinaştamuștyādyupadeśānyathānupapatteh', following the method of Anantakīrti's BSS (p. 130) and LSS (p. 107). So far as our knowledge of Jaina literature goes, it can be said that it is the author of Svatah-prāmānyabhanga is the same as that of LSS and BSS of Anantakirti. It is shown above that Anantakirti belongs to the period between 840 A.D. and 980 A.D. Similarly, there is no wrong in fixing the date of Anantavīrya, the disciple of Ravibhadra in between 950 A.D. and 990 A.D.
1 JSI, p. 404.
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