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Jain Sources
The Tarka Period
(5th Cent. A.D. to 17th cent A.D.)
The Tarka period is prolific in dialectical works. I have drawn upon the most prominent and authoritative texts which throw light on the problem of Parināma and the subject-matter related to it. I mention below, in chronological order, these works with the names of their authors.
1. Sanmati-Tarka by Siddhasena Divakara. Later part of the 4th
cent. A.D. or the beginning of the 5th cent. A.D.18 Śvetāmbara. 2. Sarvartha-Siddhi by Pūjyapāda. About 5th cent. A.D. (latter
half).19 Digambara. 3. Apta-mimāṁsā by Samantabhadra. About 6th cent. A.D.20
Digambara. 4. Višeşāvaśyaka-bhāşya by Jinabhadra. About 1st half of the
7th cent. A.D.91 Svetāmbara. 5. Tattvārtha-Rājavarttika, Aştaśati, Laghıyastraya etc. by
Akalanka. About 7th cent. A.D.22 Digambara. 6. Tattvārthasūtrabhāşyavrtti by Siddhasena Gandhahasti. Later
half of the 8th cent. A.D.23 Svetāmbara. 7. Dharma-samgrahani, Sāstravártasamuccaya, etc., by Haribhadra.
8th cent. A.D.24 (latter part). Svetāmbara.
18 Pandit Sukhalalji's Introduction to Sanmati-Prakarana (Gujarati
Translation) p.69.19 'Jainendravyākaraṇa and Ācārya Devanandi' an article in Sähitya
Samsodhaka' p. 79. 20 Pt. Sukhalalji's Prākkathana, Nyāyakumudacandra, Part II,p.17. 21 Muni Jinavijayaji, 'Bharatiya Vidya', Singhi Smāraka Grantha. 22 Pt. Sukhalalji's Prākkathana, Nyāyakunudacandra. Part II. p.16-17. 23 Pt. Sukhalalji, Iptroduetion to the Tsū. (Gujarati), p.59. 24 Muni Jinvijayaji, “Jain Sāhitya Samsodhaka', year I, Vol.I.
