Mahavidya Vidambanam

Author(s): Vadindra Bhatt, Anandpurna, Bhuvansundarsuri, Mangesh R Telang
Publisher: Central Library

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This statement may lead one to think that Śivậditya himself may be Kulárka, as he is said to have proclaimed Mahậvidyâ syllogisms. But this is not sufficient to identify Kulárka Pandita with Sivaditya Miśra, For, Vâdîndra, Pratyagrûpa-bhagavân and Bhuvansundara have all separately mentioned the nanies of Kulárka Pandita and Sivaditya Misra iu their works.
Vadindra mentions Kulâtka? Pandita only once and Śivaditya" Miśra four times separately. Pratyagrupa-bhagavan, the commentator of Chitsukhi, also mentions the name of Kulárka? Pandita only once and that of Sivaditya' some ten times separately. Bhuvauasundara in his commentary 01 Mahavidyavidambana also mentions Kulárka Pandita and Sivaditya Misra separately, Had both of them been identical Bhuvanasundara would have explained it accordingly in the commentary. Besides, wherever the name of Kulárka Pandita appears in the above books, it is invariably mentioned in connection with the Mahavidya syllogisms only and not in connection with any other topic. But the name of Sivaditya Miśra is mentioned in connection with the definitions of Guņa, Játi, Satpratipaksha &c.
No doubt Śivaditya Miśra seems to have made use of the Mahavidya syllogisms of Kulárka Paudita and written either a commentary on the Dasaślokî-Mahavidya-sútra or an original work in support of the same as may be inferred from a verse of siváditya's quoted by Vádîndra in his Mahavidyavidanibana. In commenting on this verse Bhuvanasundara says that the verse is quoted by Vádiudra from another treatise on Mahavidya.
Many Authors Wrote Works on Mahavidya Before VadindraMany learned men who preceded Vádîndra seem to have writteu works either in refutation or support of the Mahavidyá syllogisms. For, Vádîndra
1 कुलार्कपण्डितैस्तु केनाभिप्रायेण स्वेतरपदं प्रयुक्तमिति चिन्त्यम् । महावि० वि० पृ. १७ 2 यदाहुः शिवादित्यमिश्राः।
महावि० वि० पृ. ७४ उद्भिन्नमहाविद्याः शिवादित्यादितार्किकाः ॥ सत्प्रतिपक्ष एवायं न विरुद्धो न हेत्वाभासान्तरमिति शिवादित्यादितार्किकाः। पृ. १०९ शिवादित्यमिक्षास्तु पूर्वोक्तन्यायेन साध्याभावप्रसिद्धिं कृत्वा ।
पृ. ११७ 3 Vide Chitsukhi p. 304 (N. S. Edition). " 4 Vide Ditto pp. 180, 183, 190, 192, 200, 207, 310 and 328 (N. S. Edition). 5 यदाहुः शिवादित्यमिश्राः
पक्षतद्भिनवृत्तित्वरहितत्वानुरञ्जितः ।।
धर्मः साध्यवतः साध्यो मेयत्वात्प्रतिभाक्षये ॥ इति . महावि० वि० पृ. ७४ 6 इयं च कारिका महाविद्याग्रन्थान्तरस्थिता अत्र प्रन्थे अयं शब्दः स्वस्वेतरेत्यादिप्रथममहाविद्यार्थसंग्रहप्रतिपादिकावगन्तव्या।
महावि० वि० पृ. ७५