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## Devagam-Aapta-Mimamsa
These references clearly show that in the beginning of the Tattvarthashastra (Tattvarth, Tattvarthsutra, Nishreyashastra or Moksha Shastra), the author, Aacharya Umaswami, has praised the Aapta with three extraordinary epithets like "Mokshamargasya Netaram". Swami Samantabhadra has examined these epithets (Soppaatti Vicharana) in the Aapta-Mimamsa. The implication is that the Mangalastotra of the Tattvarthsutra, starting with "Mokshamargasya Netaram", is the foundation of the Aapta-Mimamsa.
The words like "Shastravatarachitastutigocaraaptamimaansitam", "Shastrakaraaih Krtam Yat Stotram...Swamimimaansitam Tat", "Shastraadou Paramesthigunastotrasya Munipungavaividhiyamaanasya...Tadanvayasyaakshepa-samaadhanaalakshanasya Shrimatsamantabhadra Swaamibhirdevaagamaakhyaaptamimaansaayaam Prakaashanaat" found in the above mentioned references of Vidyānanda are significant and deserve special attention. These words clearly declare that the Aapta-Mimamsa is an explanation of the Mangalastotra of the Tattvarthsutra.
To make his statement more substantiated and traditional, Vidyānanda has also corroborated it with the statement of Akalankadev in his Ashtshati. In this statement, Akalankadev, while answering the accusations of lack of faith and knowledge of the qualities of the Aapta made against Samantabhadra for examining the Aapta, says that the author has accepted the examination of the special qualities of the Supreme Soul, which is the subject of the praise starting with "Mokshamargasya Netaram" done in the Mangalapurvak of Devagama, etc. This automatically implies that he has both faith and knowledge of the qualities, because without either of them, the examination is not possible. It is certain that the author has followed the Shastra-nyaya (the method of the Tattvarthashastra - the creation of the Shastra with Mangalavidhanapurvak) while undertaking the creation of the Aapta-Mimamsa. This clearly shows that the author has both faith and knowledge of the qualities. The statement of Akalanka is as follows:
"Devagamaadityadimangalapurvassarasthavavishaya parmaatma gunaatishya parikshamupakshipataiva svayam shraddhaguna jnaataalakshanam prayojanam aakshitam lakshyate. Tadanvatarapyaaye arth..."