पाटीगणित (श्रीधराचार्य - प्राचीन संस्कृत टीका एवं प्रो. कृपाशंकर शुक्ल सविस्तार व्याख्या)

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Jaina.¹ Similarly, Baladeva Miśra associates him with north
India on the basis that he was a Saivite.²
Both the above conjectures are based on fallacious
grounds. We have already seen that Śrîdharâcârya was a
Saivite Hindu and not a Jaina. Moreover, it cannot be said
with definiteness that Jainas lived in south India only. In
the same way it is also not true that only north Indians
were Saivites. Hence the conclusions of both N. C. Jaina and
Baladeva Miśra are untenable.
Sudhâkara Dvivedi’s opinion that Śrîdharâcârya belonged
to the village Bhûrisṛṣṭi (or Bhûriśreṣṭhika) in the district of
Râḍhâ in Bengal also cannot be accepted unless it is proved
that Śrîdharâcârya was the same person as the author of the
Nyâya-kandalî.
6. In the end I have great pleasure in expressing my
sincere thanks to Dr Ram Ballabh, Professor of Mathematics,
Lucknow University, for affording me all facilities in the
editing of this work ; and to Sri Gopal Dvivedi, Jyotiṣâcârya,
and Sri Markandeya Misra, Jyotiṣâcârya, Kâvyatîrtha, my
Research Assistants, for the assistance rendered by them to
me. I am also thankful to the authorities of the library at
Jammu for the transcript of the manuscript utilized in
the present work; and to the librarian and the staff
of the Lucknow University Library for securing for my
use manuscripts on loan or transcripts of manuscripts when-
ever required, and for the other facilities provided by them.
My thanks are also due to the Fine Press, Lucknow, for
their unfailing courtesy and care in the printing of this book.
K. S. SHUKLA
¹ N. C. Jain, l c.
² Baladeva Misra, l.c.