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{{Infobox religious biography
| honorific-prefix = ''[[Acharya (Jainism)|Acharya]] Shri''
| honorific-suffix = ''Divakara Ji Maharaj''
| religion = [[Jainism]]
| sect =
| birth_date = 5th century CE
| death_date = 5th century CE
| works = ''[[Nyāyāvatāra]]
Kalyanmandir
Vardhman Shakrastav''
}}
{{Jainism}}
'''Siddhasēna Divākara''' ({{lang-pka|सिद्दसेन दिवाकर}}) was a ''[[jain monk]]'' in the fifth century CE who wrote works on [[Jain philosophy]] and epistemology.{{sfn|Long|2009|p=132}} He was like the illuminating lamp of the Jain order and therefore came to be known as ''Divākara'' "Lamp-Maker". He is credited with the authorship of many books, most of which are not available. ''Sanmatitarka'' (‘The Logic of the True Doctrine’) is the first major Jain work on logic written in [[Sanskrit]].<ref> Qvarnström, Olle; Jainism and Early Buddhism: Essays in Honor of Padmanabh S. Jaini, page 154.</ref>{{sfn|Dundas|2002|p=131}}

==Life==
Siddhasena Divakara is said to have lived in fourth or fifth century CE.{{sfn|Orsini|Schofield|1981|p=64}} He was a Brahmin by birth and a scholar.{{sfn|Orsini|Schofield|1981|p=64}} He was initiated by ''[[Acharya (Jainism)|Acharya]]'' Vruddhavadi.{{sfn|Natubhai Shah|2004|p=49}} According to the tradition, Siddhasena Divakara once planned to translate all the Jaina works from [[prakrit]] to [[Sanskrit]].{{sfn|Orsini|Schofield|1981|pp=64-65}} He was asked by his master to visit all the [[Jain temple]]s as a punishment. He thus visited the Jain temples for twelve years.{{sfn|Orsini|Schofield|1981|p=65}} He then came upon a [[Linga temple]] in Ujjain. He slept at the temple with his feet towards the [[Linga]], which is a symbol of [[Shiva]]. King [[Vikramaditya]] had him beaten for the sin on request of the devotees. However, with miraculous powers, Siddhasena Divakara made that the King's wife receive the beating instead of him. He was then set free. He broke the Linga by raising his hand and an idol of [[Parshvanatha]] emerged from there.{{sfn|von Glasenapp|1999|pp=126–127}}

==Thought==
Siddhasena's main contribution in the Sanmatitarka is his analysis of the Jain theory of [[Anekantavada]]. According to Jeffery Long, Siddhasena divides the seven classical Jain ''nayas'' (standpoints, viewpoints) into two categories: "those which affirm the substantiality of existence (dravyāstikanayas) and those which affirm the impermanent, changing aspects of existence (paryāyāstikanayas)."{{sfn|Long|2009|p=132}} This view sees the best account of reality as one which includes permanence and impermanence, identity and difference in a complex set of contradictory relations. Siddhasena also argued that the number of possible ''nayas'' or viewpoints of reality is potentially limitless.{{sfn|Long|2009|p=132}} He then goes on to correlate each of the nayas with the positions of Indian philosophical schools, showing how each view is not only partial but also one sided.{{cn|date=January 2017}}

==Works==
He was the author of ''Sammati-tarka-prakarana'' and is said to have written the ''[[Nyāyāvatāra]]'', ''Sanmati sutra'' and ''Kalyan Mandir stotra''.{{sfn|Natubhai Shah|2004|p=49}}{{sfn|Balcerowicz|Mejor|2004|p=313}}

==References==
===Citations===
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===Sources===

* {{citation |editor-last=Balcerowicz |editor-first=Piotr |editor-link=Piotr Balcerowicz |editor-last2=Mejor |editor-first2=Marek |editor-link2=Marek Mejor |title=Essays in Indian Philosophy, Religion and Literature |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2qPLswTCSIC |date=2004 |orig-year=2002 |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |location=[[Delhi]] |isbn= 9788120819788|edition=First Indian }}
* {{citation |last=Dundas |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Dundas |title=The Jains |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8iAAgAAQBAJ |edition=Second |date=2002 |orig-year=1992 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=0-415-26605-X |location=[[London]] and [[New York City|New York]] }}
* {{citation |last=Long |first=Jeffery D. |author-link=Jeffery D. Long |title=Jainism: An Introduction |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I3gAAwAAQBAJ |publisher=[[I.B. Tauris]] |date=2009 |isbn=978-1-84511-625-5 }}
* {{citation |editor-last=Orsini |editor-first=Francesca |editor-link=Francesca Orsini |editor-last2=Schofield |editor-first2=Katherine Butler |title=Tellings and Texts: Music, Literature and Performance in North India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P0SlCgAAQBAJ |publisher=[[Open Book Publishers]] |year=1981 |isbn=978-1-78374-105-2 }}
* Shri Abhidhan Rajendra Kosh Vol 5, written by [[Acharya Rajendrasuri]] (1827–1906)
* {{citation |last=Shah |first=Natubhai |author-link=Natubhai Shah |title=Jainism: The World of Conquerors |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLNQKGcDIhsC |volume=I |date=2004 |orig-year=First published in 1998 |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |isbn=81-208-1938-1 |ref={{sfnref|Natubhai Shah|2004}} }}
* {{citation |last=von Glasenapp |first=Helmuth |author-link=Helmuth von Glasenapp |others=[[Shridhar B. Shrotri]] (trans.) |title=Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation |trans-title=Der Jainismus: Eine Indische Erlosungsreligion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzEzXDk0v6sC |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |date=1999 |location=[[Delhi]] |isbn=81-208-1376-6 }}

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