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## Introduction
While it is appropriate to give prominence to what appears correct based on proper grounds, it is not right to attempt to declare one as completely false and the other as completely true.
This relevant statement makes it clear that the inscriptions and quotations found in the Digambara tradition regarding the Tattvartha Sutra are also ordinary, and the mentions found in the Svetambara tradition are also ordinary. Therefore, it is not our task to declare one authentic and the other inauthentic, but only to clarify their position in the light of other evidence. And in carrying out this task, based on the facts expressed at various places in the introduction, we have reached the conclusion that the name of the author of the Tattvarthaadhigama Shastra in the Svetambara tradition is indeed Vaachka Umaswati, but those who initially composed the Tattvartha Sutra and who belonged to the Acharya Kundakunda tradition, their name is not Giddhapiccha Umaswati, Grippiccha Umaswami, Umaswati or Umaswami, but simply Giddhapicchaacharya.
The mentions that express the fact that the author of the Tattvartha Sutra is Giddhapicchaacharya are from the 9th century. And around the same time, this belief seems to have become prevalent in the Svetambara tradition as well, as is evident from some questionable mentions of Siddhasena Ganika, that the author of the Tattvarthabhashya, Vaachka Umaswati, is also the author of the Tattvartha Sutra. Therefore, it appears that these two beliefs together gave birth to a new belief, and in later times, Giddhapiccha and Umaswati, these two independent names of two Acharyas, merged into one name, and later on, the author of the Tattvartha Sutra came to be referred to as Giddhapiccha Umaswati. This is the reason why we see the use of these names or the name Umaswati with Grippiccha as a suffix for one Acharya in the inscriptions of Shravanabelgola or elsewhere.
This view that the author of the Tattvartha Sutra should be Giddhapicchaacharya and Vaachka Umaswati is different from him, can be expressed briefly by these facts:
1. The association of Acharya Giddhapiccha's name with the composition of the Tattvartha Sutra cannot be without reason.
2. Acharya Vira Sena, Vidyānanda and Vadiraj have expressed the name of the author of the Tattvartha Sutra as Giddhapicchaacharya, and these mentions are older than other evidence.
3. In the Svetambara tradition, the name of the Acharya who authored the Tattvarthabhashya is Vaachka Umaswati, not Giddhapiccha Umaswati. Therefore, it appears that the name Giddhapiccha Umaswati is a combination of the two names Giddhapiccha and Umaswati.
4. Giddhapicchaacharya belonged to the lineage of Acharya Kundakunda, and the lineage of Umaswati is different, therefore, they must be two independent Acharyas, not one.
5. There is a big difference in the time of existence of both Giddhapicchaacharya and Vaachka Umaswati, therefore, they cannot be one.
## Tradition
Based on the above decision regarding the name, much of the controversy regarding which tradition the author of the Tattvartha Sutra belonged to is resolved, because based on the evidence that establishes his name as Acharya Giddhapiccha, he is only a Digambara. Whether he was a direct disciple of Acharya Kundakunda or not, he belonged to his lineage, this is proven by the lineage mentioned earlier and other evidence. This verse appears in the Panchaastikaya of Acharya Kundakunda:
1. Jayadhwala Book 1 Page 811