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The impact of tradition can be seen in numerous previous authors, and we can recognize them by the names of their works. It is believed that this same influence inspired the reader Umaswati to name his commentary. In Buddhist literature, there is a reference to a text called 'Sarvasiddhi.' The original relationship between that text and the present Sarvasiddhi is unknown; however, it is certain that once the narrative style (Varttika) came into Indian literature, many texts named Varttika were written in different sects on various topics. This influence is reflected in the naming of the presented Varttika on Tattvartha. Akala has named his commentary 'Rajavarttika.' I am not aware of any earlier scholar who has yet mentioned that name; however, the name of Vidyānanda's Kshokavarttika is dependent on Kumārila's Shlokavarttika. There is no doubt about this.
The 'Rajavarttika' written by Akala on the Tattvarthasūtra and the Shlokavarttika compiled by Vidyānanda both fundamentally rely on 'Sarvasiddhi.' If 'Sarvasiddhi' had not been available to Akala, the present form of 'Rajavarttika' would not have been so distinctive, and without the foundation of Rajavarttika, the uniqueness seen in Vidhānanda's Shlokavarttika would also not exist. It is certain that both 'Rajavarttika' and 'Shlokavarttika' are direct inheritors of 'Sarvasiddhi,' yet both have developed distinctly from it. Like Udyotkara's 'Nyayavarttika,' 'Rajavarttika'…