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that notion ; if syāt is used in this context, then it ceases to be naya-vākya and becomes Pramāņavākya.
But Vidyānanda and others of mediæval period and Yaśovijaya of modern times uphold the doctrine of Akalanka. According to Yasovijayaji, the use of syāt in Nayavākya connotes the other attributes but does not denote them. In this context, Malayagiri was an isolated scholar; no one accepted his views. 20. Candrasena (12th c. A.D.):
Candrasena quotes a verse, "na pasyāmah......etc. from SV in his Utpādādisiddhi. 21. Ratnaprabha (12th c. A.D.): .
Ratnaprabha was the disciple of Vädidevasūri ; he respectfully refers to Akalanka in these words 'prakațitatīrthāntarīyakalankokalankaḥ”; he quotes a verse from LT in his Ratnākarāvatārikā (p. 71). 22. Ašādhara (1188-1250 A.D.):
Ašādhara quotes the 4th and 72nd verses from LT in Anagara-dharmamrta, (p. 169) and Istopadeśa-tīkā (p. 30); his Prameya-ratnākara is extinct. 23. Abhayacandra (c. 13th A.D.):
Abhayacandra has written a Tātparyavrtti on Akalarka's Laghiyastraya. 24. Devendrasūri (c. 13th A.D.):
Devendrasūri refers to Malaviddhamani......etc. from LT in his Karmagrantha-tīka (vol. I. p. 8). 25. Dharmabhūşaņa (of 14th c. A.D.):
Dharmabhūsaņa quotes LT (v. 52) and NV (I. 3 & II. 172) in his Nyāyadīpikā,1 which is merely the extracts of Akalankanyāya. 26. Vimaladāsa (c. 15th A.D.):
Vimaladāsa quotes a verse beginning with "Prameyatvādibhiḥ......"etc. as 'taduktan Bhattākalankadevaiḥ in his Saptabhangitarangini. It occurs in svarūpa samvidhāna (v. 3) which does not bear any testimony regarding the authorship of Akalanka ; Mahāsena is also said to be the author of this work. Vimaladāsa's SBT is mainly based on Akalarkanyāya3.
1 Nyāyadīpika, Intro. pp. 96-98. · NKC. vol. I, Intro. p. 54. * vide TV. IV. 42.
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