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**Sarvarthasiddhi**
These references cannot be considered as a test of their authenticity. In fact, they have been accepted due to circumstances. It is not that the wise Pandit Sukhlalji is unaware of this situation. Knowing this, he is trying to ignore this situation for some reason and is trying to declare that the statements supporting Achalaktava in the Svetambara Angasutra are indicative of the complete representation of the tradition of Bhagwan Mahavira.
It is true that both Achalaktava and Sachalaktava have been given a place in the Shraman tradition and it is also true that Achalaktava is considered Utsarg Dharma and Sachalaktava is considered Apavad Dharma. We also find such references in the literature of the Digambar tradition which confirms this fact. But there, Achalaktava refers to Muni Dharma and Sachalaktava refers to Grihastha Dharma or Shravak Dharma. Shravak Dharma is an exception to Muni Dharma. Where a householder becomes a Muni by avoiding all kinds of violence, falsehood, theft and non-Brahma, there it is also necessary for him to avoid all kinds of possessions. In the Svetambara Angasutra and the miscellaneous literature, accepting clothes and utensils has also been considered a means of restraint, but the means of restraint can be that which is not necessary for the comfort of the body but is accepted only for the avoidance of animal suffering. But to say that clothes and utensils are accepted for the avoidance of animal suffering seems exaggerated, because this work is not visible through these means. Secondly, if we consider them as an essential part of the said work, then it cannot be considered to make the law of nudity and Panipatratva. But we see that in the Svetambara Agam, there is also a provision for Achalatva and Panipatratva, therefore, clothes and utensils cannot be instruments of restraint according to them. There is a discussion about Utsarg and Apavadling. It is said that nudity and Panipatratva are Utsarg Ling, but there should also be an exception to it and clothes and utensils are accepted as an exception. We believe that every Utsarg has an exception and this system has also been accepted by the Shraman tradition. That is why it directs these two distinctions of Muni Dharma and Grihastha Dharma. Muni Dharma is Utsarg Ling and Grihastha Dharma is its exception. Therefore, accepting clothes and utensils cannot be a part of Muni-Achar. Even though there has been such a situation during the time of famine that the saints who remained in North India at that time had to accept clothes and utensils. Not only this, they also had to accept punishment due to some reason. But considering them as a sign of a saint is against the Muni-Marg. We have already told you that those who accept clothes etc. due to weakness are Shravaks. Their results cannot be in accordance with Muni Dharma.
Despite this situation, clothes, utensils etc. have been considered as parts of a saint in the Svetambara Angasutra due to insistence and their two distinctions of Jinkalp and Sthavirkalp have been made. Due to this, the wise Pandit Sukhlalji has also been forced to support it. Otherwise, he would not only accept the facts that he finds the smell of sectarianism in the direction of, but he would also help in paving the way forward by avoiding a very big mistake that happened in the Shraman tradition due to circumstances.
We have already indicated that Panditji has chosen four such things from Sarvarthasiddhi, which he considers to be of a sectarian category. In Sarvarthasiddhi, the law of time element has been made decisively, while it is mentioned in Tattvarthabhashya as a special opinion. Sarvarthasiddhi accepts nudity by prohibiting Kevalikavalaahar and female liberation, while Tattvarthabhashya accepts nudity in the context of Parisha and also makes a provision for clothes, utensils and female Tirthankar. This is the situation of Sarvarthasiddhi and Tattvarthabhashya, due to which Panditji has formed his opinion about Sarvarthasiddhi in this way and on this basis, he has tried to prove Tattvarthabhashya as older than Sarvarthasiddhi. In this matter, Panditji's opinion is that
1. The meaning of the writings of the wise Pandit Sukhlalji. See, Tattvarth Satra Preface p. 291