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	The ''Ṣaḍdarśananirṇaya'' is a general exposition, a [[doxography]] of 6 contemporary religious philosophies ([[~~Darśana\|darśanas~~]]) during Merutuṅga's time: [[Buddhism]], [[Nyāya]], [[Sāṃkhya]], [[Vaiśeṣika]], [[Mīmāṃsā]], and [[Jainism]]. It is unique among medieval [[Jain]] doxographies in that it presents refutations on non-Jain positions found in the other philosophies.		The ''Ṣaḍdarśananirṇaya'' is a general exposition, a [[doxography]] of 6 contemporary religious philosophies ([[darśana]]s) during Merutuṅga's time: [[Buddhism]], [[Nyāya]], [[Sāṃkhya]], [[Vaiśeṣika]], [[Mīmāṃsā]], and [[Jainism]]. It is unique among medieval [[Jain]] doxographies in that it presents refutations on non-Jain positions found in the other philosophies.

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{{Infobox person
| birth_date = 14th-century
| death_date = 14th-century
| works = ''[[Prabandha-Chintamani]]''<br>''Vicharashreni''
}}

'''Merutuṅga''' was a medieval scholar from present-day [[Gujarat]] in [[India]] and was a [[Śvētāmbara]] [[Jainism|Jain]] monk of the [[Añcala]] [[Gaccha]]. He is presently most well-known for his [[Sanskrit]] text, the ''[[Prabandha-Chintamani|Prabandhacintāmaṇi]]'', composed in 1306 CE.{{sfn|Cort|2001|p=35}}{{sfn|Sen|1999|p=79}} He also wrote ''Vicāraśreṇī'' in 1350 CE which describes the chronology of [[Chavda dynasty|Chāvḍā]], [[Chaulukya dynasty|Chaulukya]] and [[Vaghela dynasty|Vāghelā]] dynasties.{{sfn|Kailash Chand Jain|1991|p=85}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-0pAAAAAMAAJ|title=History of Gujarat|author1=Rajyagor|first=S. B.|author2=Chopra|first2=Pran Nath|publisher=S. Chand & Company Ltd|year=1982|location=New Delhi|page=17|chapter=Chapter II: Source Materials of History of Gujarat|oclc=12215325}}</ref>

== Works ==
=== ''Prabandhacintāmaṇi'' ===
{{Main|Prabandha-Chintamani}}
The ''Prabandhacintāmaṇi'' was composed in Vardhamāna (modern-day [[Wadhwan]]) in VS 1361 [[Phalguna|Phālguna]] Śukla 15, a Sunday.{{sfn|Tawney|1901|p=204}} In the text itself, Merutuṅga states that [[Gaṇī Guṇacandra]] compiled the first version of the text and that [[Dharmadeva]] assisted Merutuṅga in the compilation of the final version.{{sfn|Tawney|1901|p=2}}

=== ''Therāvalī'' ===
The ''Therāvalī'' of Merutuṅga is a [[Pattavali|Paṭṭāvalī]] that presents a chronology from [[Mahavira]] to the arrival of and invasion by the [[Saka]]s in [[India]].{{sfn|Eggermont|1969|p=67}}

=== ''Vicāraśreṇī'' ===
The ''Vicāraśreṇī'' is a [[Bhashya|bhāṣya]] on his earlier ''Therāvalī'' and was likely composed in VS 1363 (1306 CE).{{sfn|Eggermont|1969|p=67}}

=== ''Ṣaḍdarśananirṇaya'' ===
The ''Ṣaḍdarśananirṇaya'' is a general exposition, a [[doxography]] of 6 contemporary religious philosophies ([[Darśana|darśanas]]) during Merutuṅga's time: [[Buddhism]], [[Nyāya]], [[Sāṃkhya]], [[Vaiśeṣika]], [[Mīmāṃsā]], and [[Jainism]]. It is unique among medieval [[Jain]] doxographies in that it presents refutations on non-Jain positions found in the other philosophies.

=== ''Mahāpuruṣacarita'' ===
The work has survived with a [[Bhashya|bhāṣya]], likely written by Merutuṅga himself, and is a ''charita'', a biography, of five great figures in [[Jainism]]: [[Rsabha|Ṛṣabhadeva]], [[Neminatha|Neminātha]], [[Shantinatha|Śāntinātha]], [[Parshvanatha|Pārśvanātha]], and [[Mahavira|Mahāvīra]].{{sfn|Winternitz|1996|p=497}} Additionally, in the bhāṣya, the original work is named the ''Upadeśaśataka'' and the ''Dharmopadeśaśataka''. It is also referred to as the '''Vivaraṇa'''.{{sfn|Winternitz|1996|p=497}}

== Criticism ==
As a historian, Merutuṅga's works are generally regarded to be of poor quality, as compared with his contemporaries and with modern historians.{{sfn|Crouzet|1965|p=237}}{{sfn|Arai|1978}} Gujarati historian [[K. M. Munshi]] states that dates are "the weakest point in Merutuṅga's narratives"{{sfn|Mahesh Singh|1984|p=30}} and British Indologist [[A. K. Warder]] dismisses Merutuṅga's histories as "completely unreliable" and his narratives as "essentially fiction".{{sfn|A. K. Warder|1992|p=151}}

==References==
===Citations===
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===Sources===
* {{citation |last=Cort |first=John E. |author-link=John E. Cort |title=Jains in the World : Religious Values and Ideology in India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PZk-4HOMzsoC |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |date=2001 |isbn=0-19-513234-3 }}
* {{citation |last=Jain |first=Kailash Chand |author-link=Kailash Chand Jain |title=Lord Mahāvīra and His Times |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8-TxcO9dfrcC |date=1991 |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |isbn=978-81-208-0805-8 |ref={{sfnref|Kailash Chand Jain|1991}} }}
* {{citation |last=Sen |first=Sailendra Nath |title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC |year=1999 |orig-year=1988 |publisher=New Age International Publishers |edition=Second |isbn=81-224-1198-3 }}
* {{citation |last=Crouzet |first=François |title=Studies in the Cultural History of India |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Studies_in_the_Cultural_History_of_India/2HJDAAAAYAAJ |year=1965 |publisher=Shiva Lal Agarwala}}
* {{citation|last=Arai|first=Toshikazu|title=The Structure of Jaina Kingship as Viewed by the Prabandhacintāmaṇi|year=1978}}
* {{citation|last=Tawney|first=Charles Henry|title=The Prabandhacintāmaṇi or Wishing-Stone of Narratives|year=1901|publisher=The Asiatic Society of Bengal}}
* {{citation|last=Eggermont|first=P. H. L.|title=The Purāņa Source of Merutuṅga's List of Kings and the Arrival of the Śakas in India|year=1969|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ks4UAAAAIAAJ}}
* {{citation|last=Winternitz|first=Moriz|translator-last=Sarma|translator-first=V. Srinivasa|title=A History of Indian Literature, Volume 2|year=1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lgz1eMhu0JsC}}
* {{cite book |author=Mahesh Singh|author-link=K. M. Munshi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPsgAAAAMAAJ |title=Bhoja Paramāra and His Times |publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan |year=1984 |oclc=11786897 }}
* {{cite book |author=A. K. Warder |author-link=A. K. Warder |title=Indian Kāvya Literature |volume=VI: The Art of Storytelling |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fl0l5ZTkNxIC&pg=PA151 |year=1992 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0615-3 }}

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