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## Introduction
The "Jainendra Vyakaran" written on top of the "Padaka Vyakaran" is famous. He had also written a treatise on Nyaya, which is known from the mention in the Dhavala commentary. In such a situation, it is natural for the "Sarvarthasiddhi" composed by him to have a detailed and clear discussion of these subjects. But the situation of the reader Umasvati is completely different. He was mainly an Agamic scholar. All his works that have been available so far are in accordance with the Svetambara Agam tradition. The reason is that he has not specifically speculated on grammar and philosophy in the Tattvarthabhashya.
His third objection is of sectarianism. Panditji has chosen four such topics presented in the Sarvarthasiddhi in which he finds the smell of sectarianism. He writes that "Kalatattva", Kevalikavalaahar, Achalakatva and Strimoksha, etc., were written after taking the form of intense differences of opinion on these matters and after sectarian insistence on these matters, while this element of sectarian attachment is not visible in the Bhashya.
Before considering this subject in detail, it seems necessary to consider why Panditji dares to write such a thing.
After Lord Mahavira attained liberation, there were five Shrutakevalis, the last of whom was Bhadrabahu. During his time, there was a twelve-year famine in North India. Due to this, Bhadrabahu along with the Sangha went to the south. The Svetambara tradition also mentions this famine and accepts the fact that the Sangha scattered near the sea. At that time, Bhadrabahu's main disciple, Maury Chandragupta, also went with him and, on reaching there, Bhadrabahu attained Samadhi due to his declining age. But some Sadhus and Shravakas stayed in Patna at the special request and, due to circumstances, they accepted clothes, which is considered to be the origin of the Svetambara Sangha in the Jain tradition. When the twelve-year famine ended, some Sadhus returned to Patna. According to the Svetambara tradition, "Bhadrabahu was then in the Terai region of Nepal and was engaged in special penance for twelve years. The Sangha called Bhadrabahu to Patna, but he did not come, due to which he was threatened to be expelled from the Sangha and somehow he was persuaded to teach the disciple community. Sthulabhadra received Angajnan from him. Even if we accept this statement of the Svetambara sect as true, then also the Svetambara sect accepting its tradition from Sthulabhadra and the non-inclusion of Bhadrabahu in the Patna recitation are two things that indicate a major explosion in the Jain Sangha at that time. It is clear that the recitation at that time did not represent the entire Jain Sangha and the Ang literature that was compiled and written later was done with the view of establishing the clothed Sadhus in the Jain tradition. The Svetambara Ang literature available at this time is a compilation from about a thousand years after Lord Mahavira's liberation. It is a matter of thought that when the first recitation took place during the time of Bhadrabahu, why was it not preserved by writing it down at that time? The sequence of events shows that there must have been intense differences of opinion within the Svetambara Sangha at that time and one group would say that it is not desirable to change the Ang literature even in the situation of Sanghabhed. It is very possible that if the Svetambara Ang literature had been compiled and written down at that time, its present form would have been different.
Although there are mentions in the Svetambara Ang literature that support nudity, but
1. The matter of intense differences of opinion within the Sachela group is also accepted by the wise Pandit Sukhlalji. He writes... "After Mathura, there was a Shruta-Sanskar in Vallabhi, in which the differences of opinion of the Sthavir or Sachela group also remained." See Tattvarth Sutra Introduction p. 30.