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If there is any difference in the opinions of scholars, it is only that Pandit Sukhlalji considers Uma Swami to be of the Savastra Svetambar tradition, while Premiji considers him to be of the Yapaniya tradition.
3. Some inscriptions are found on the Chandragiri mountain in Shravanabelagola, which state that Gaddapichch was the author of the Tattvarth Sutra. In these inscriptions, only Uma Swami is mentioned with the epithet Gaddapichch in the 40th, 42nd, 43rd, 47th, and 50th inscriptions, and in the 105th and 108th inscriptions, he is called the author of the Tattvarth Sutra. According to Dr. Hiralalji, these two inscriptions are dated to the Saka year 1320 and Saka year 1355 respectively. The inscription 155 reads as follows:
'Srimanmaswatirayam Yatishastastvarthsutram prakaticakar. Yanmuktimargacharanodhatanam patheyam adhyam bhavathi prajanam ||15|| Tasyaiva sisya Ujani Gapichchdvitiyasanjnasya Balakapichch. Yatsushitaratnani bhavanthi loke muktyanganamo hanamananaani ||16||'
The Lord Uma Swami, the head of the Yatis, revealed the Tattvarth Sutra, which serves as an excellent guide for those who are engaged in the practice of the path of liberation. Gaddapichch is the second name of Balakapichch, a disciple of Uma Swami. His wise sayings are like ornaments that adorn the path of liberation and dispel delusion.
Inscription 108 records the same thing in this way:
'Abhuvumaswatimuni pavitra vamshe tabiyee sakalarthavedee. Sutrikritam yena jinpranitam shastrarthajatam manipungavena ||11||' 'Sa pranisamrakshanasavadhano babhar yogi kil gadhapkshan. Tada prabhutyeva busha yamahur acharyashamdottaragayapichch ||22||'
Although many small and large commentaries have been written on the Tattvarth Sutra at different times, only one Kannada commentary by the 13th-century scholar Balachandra Muni is known, which mentions the name Gaddapichcharya along with Uma Swami.
4. Pandit Jugul Kishorji Mukhtar follows this same opinion regarding the authorship of the Tattvarth Sutra. He considers Gaddapichch to be another name for Uma Swami.
5. In the Digambar tradition, the copies of the original Tattvarth Sutra that are available have a verse at the end:
'Tattvarthsutrakarim gadapichchopalakshitam. Vande ganindrasanjatam umaswamimunishvaram ||'
This verse identifies Uma Swami, who is known as Gaddapichch, as the author of the Tattvarth Sutra and calls him a Ganindra.
6. An inscription in Nagar Taluka mentions:
'Tattvarthsutrakaramamaswatimunishvaram. Shrutakevalideshiyam vande'ham gunamandiram ||'
This inscription mentions Uma Swami as the author of the Tattvarth Sutra and calls him Shrutakevalideshiya and Gunamandira.
7. There is also mention of Acharya Kundakunda being the author of the Tattvarth Sutra, which is contrary to the Tattvarth