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Presenting viewpoints in Sutras, although they do not engage in argumentation as seen in Akṣapāda's Gītama, they certainly elaborate on various purposes for validation; whereas the reader, Umāsvāti, does not introduce any reasoning, purpose, or argument to establish any of his principles. He articulates his assertions as established doctrines without providing any arguments or purposes, similar to how the author of the Yoga Sūtras, Patañjali, presents them. When comparing the Sutras of Umāsvāti and those of the Vedic philosophy, a distinctive impression arises, which is that the Jain tradition is primarily rooted in faith; it unconditionally accepts the declarations of the omniscient without room for doubt or resolution, resulting in the maintenance of various intellectual themes related to reform, increase, and development even amidst the era of rational discourse, solely based on the foundation of faith. However, it cannot be denied that thinkers such as Siddhasena and Samantabhadra, among others, have made significant contributions to the development of reasoning and argumentative discourse in Indian thought. Nevertheless, this statement should be understood in the context of an auxiliary perspective and difference of viewpoint. To grasp it through an example, one could consider the Tattvārthasūtras and the Upanishads. Although the authors may be distinguished thinkers and divided into different sects, the discussions and reasoning they employ all serve to clarify the previously established Jain doctrines. None of the commentators have generated new ideas; rather, they have elucidated established concepts.