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2. THE AUTHORS: ANANTAVIRYA
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Samantabhadra it remains to be seen as to from which work he quotes. He quotes, je santavāya' from Sanmati-tarka of Siddhasena, Sanyathānupapannatva', from Trilaksanakadarthana of Pätrakesari and 'ase savidiheksyate' from Pätrakesari-strotra. There is reference to Kathātrayabhanga, but it is not yet traced. The reference to Cūrni indicates the vrtti of NV, a fact which is supported by the reference 'na caitad-bahi' referring to NV. The śloka, jño jñeye kathamajñaḥ”, from Yogabindu of Haribhadra ; this very śloka is quoted by Vidyānanda in his Astasahasri. The 'Jivasiddhiprakarana' is none other than the chapter 'Jivasiddhi' of SV. There is reference to svatan-prāmányabhanga of Anantakirti and a verse from Yaśastilaka of Somadeva.
Thus, such of these quotations stand to the finest erudition of Anantavīrya. 5. Additional points of comparative studies
Brhat-Samhita :
Brhat-samhita (501 A.D.) of Ācārya Varāhamihira, a well-known work on Astrology, says, while discussing the nature of mind, that : "ātmā sahaiti manasā mana indriyena......etc., it is commented by Bhattotpala (Saka 888=966 A.D.): ‘ayamarthah ātmā manasā saha Yujyate manas-ca indriyena indriyamarthena'. This is also referred to in Nyāya-bhāsya (I. 1-4) and in PVVT (p. 177). Jayantabhatta, too, refers to it in this way: ‘ātmā manasā samyujyate mana indriyeņa indriyamarthena' in his Nyāyamañjarī (p. 70); from the nature of the sentence, it seems that it is from a Nyāya work which was versified by Varāha Mihira. In Nyāya-bhāsya this sentence runs in these words—"na tarhi idānīm idam bhavati' which shows that originally this sentence belonged to pre-Nyāya-bhāșya work of the Nyāya school. Two Aviddhakarnas :
Aviddhakarņa is one of the forgotten philosophers of India, about whom very little has been known. But due to the recent researches in Buddhology, we have the knowledge of two Aviddhakarņas, as will be discussed here in brief.
One Aviddhakarna was a Naiyāyika, who commented on Nyāya bhāsyal as suggested by Vādanyāya (p. 78). The following is a summary of the philosophical views held by Aviddhakarņa.
1. Dravya is knowable even without the knowledge of rūpa.1
2. The whole and the part are different succeeding each other. 1 Vide Hindi Intro. for a exhaustive collection of references, p. 72-74
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