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The original text of Tavaath has been described in terms of both types of qualities, and there is no textual variation available in either tradition; however, there are discrepancies in the interpretations regarding the meanings. This discrepancy is clarified in the following table.
Quality Components
- Commentaries, Dig. Commentaries
- Good, Bad; Good, Bad
1. Inferior + Not Inferior
2. Not Superior + Not
3. More than 9 + More than 4
4. Not Equal + Equal
5. Inferior Understanding + Not Inferior Understanding
6. Not Superior + Not
7. Not Lesser + Lesser / More
8. Not Greater + Greater
The amount of difference in these sutras is quite astonishing. In the context of the syllogism derived from the passages stated in Sutras 33-35 (34-36), it becomes thoroughly clear through the examination of the possibility and impossibility in all eight cases that these sutras are consistent with the meaning accepted in the Svetambara tradition, while they are contradictory with the meaning accepted in the Digambara tradition. The sutras provide no additional information beyond what is contained in the aphorism itself. This can also be clarified with some examples. In fact, for Sutras 23-35, there is no specific need for commentary, because...