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## Introduction
It is clear that even though there are two versions of the Tattvartha Sutra, most of the sutras are accepted by both sects. Among these, some sutras have remained in their original form, shedding light on the author's position, etc. Here, we present four main sutras from this consideration. The first sutra is about the causes of bondage for the Tirthankara nature, the second is about the twenty-two parishahs, the third is about the eleven parishahs of the Kevali Jina, and the fourth is about how many parishahs a single being has at the same time.
1. Both traditions mention the causes of bondage for the Tirthankara nature in their original Agamas. The Digambara tradition, in its Bandhasamittvichya, mentions the same sixteen causes that are almost accepted in the Tattvartha Sutra in the same form. For comparison, see:
> Darshanavishuddhivinayasampannata Shilvateṣvanaticharo'bhiṣaṇajñānopayogasanvego Śaktitastyāgatapasi Sādhusamāṣiyāvṛsyakaraṇamahavāchāryabahushrutapravachanabhaktiravashyakāparihāṇimārgaprabhāvanāpravachanavatsalatvamiti tīrthakaratvasya.
> Tattvartha Sutra 6,241: Bansanavisuzzhavaae Vinayasampannavaaee Solamvadesu Nirvicharadaae Aavaasesu Aparihoṇavaaee Sanalavashishzhanavaaee Latisanvegasampannadaae Jasha Thaame Tatha Tave Sahun Paasuaparichagadaae Sahun Samahisandharanaae Sahanan Vejjavacchajogajasaadaae Arahantammattie Bahusubhabhattie Pavayanabhattie Pavayanavachchalavaaee Pavayanappbhavanadaae Abhikkanam Abhikkanam Nanivacchajogajuttadaae Iccedehi Solasehi Karanehi Jivaa Tithyayaranamgovam Kamma Bandhati.
> - Bandhasamittvichya 75041.
However, the Svetambara tradition accepts twenty causes instead of sixteen. In the eighth chapter of the Anga called Jnatridharmakatha, these causes are mentioned in these words:
> 'Arahanta-siddhi-pavajana guru-ther bahussuae tavassisuṁ. Bachchalaya ya tesi abhikkanṁ jaṇovoge ya॥1॥ Basaviṇae avaśśae ya solamśae niraiyāram. Khaṇalava tavacchiāe veyāvacche samāhi ya॥2॥ Apugvaṇāṇagahaṇṁ suyabhatti pavaṇe phabhāvaṇaya.
> E ehi karanehi tithyayarattaṁ lahai jivo ॥3॥'
Here, two things are worth noting in the Tattvartha Sutra: first, the mention of the number sixteen, and second, the similarity in words. In this regard, the mentioned sutra of the Tattvartha Sutra is closer to the Digambara tradition than the Svetambara tradition.
2. Both the Digambara and Svetambara traditions accept twenty-two parishahs. The sutra in the Tattvartha Sutra that mentions these parishahs includes one called 'Nagnya'. The question is why the author of the Tattvartha Sutra accepted the word 'Nagnya'. Can this word be accepted as being in accordance with the Agamas according to the Svetambara tradition? In the Agamas of the Svetambara tradition, the word 'Achel' is mentioned everywhere in place of the 'Nagnya' parishah. This is in line with that sect, because the word 'Achel' has the 'Nan' compound, which in that sect implies both the absence of clothes and 'few clothes'. However, these two meanings cannot be derived from the word 'Nagnya'. 'Nagna' is an independent word, and its only meaning is 'without covering of clothes'. It is clear that these two meanings cannot be derived from the word 'Nagnya'. 'Nagna' is an independent word, and its only meaning is 'without covering of clothes'. It is clear that this is the twenty-two parishahs...
1. See, A09 Su09.
2. Samavayanga Samavay 22 and Bhagavati Sutra 8, 8.