Tattvartha Sutra

SR No.: 006796
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sukhlal Sanghavi, K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 596
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth
File Size: 10 MB

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INTRODUCTION
words 'jñāna' and, caritra' whereas in Sarvārthasiddhi a threefold etymology of each has been clearly presented and in the end this etymology has been vindicated from the Jaina standpoint. Similarly, the bhāsya contains no discussion of the question as to which of the two words 'jñāna' and 'darśana' should come first in a compound, but this discussion is clearly present in Sarvārthasiddhi. Lastly, in the bhāsya on the second aphorism of the chapter one there are only indicated two meanings whereas Sarvārthasiddhi offers the rationale of both the meanings while also demonstrating as to how the verbal root drsi' is to be taken to mean faith, a topic absent in the bhāsya.
(b) The Development of Meaning
Viewed from the standpoint of meaning too Sarvārthasiddhi appears to be more modern than the bhāsya. When a topic already occurs in the bhāsya then Sarvārthasiddhi presents it in an expanded form—that is, by discussing it in greater details. And the discussions pertaining to grammar as also those pertaining to the other systems of philosophy are not as frequent in the bhāsya as they are in Sarvārthasiddhi. Similarly, a brief yet firm elucidation of the Jaina technical terminologies and an analytical exposition of the theses maintained are undertaken in Sarvārthasiddhi in a manner whose barest rudiments are visible in the bhāsya. The logical content of Sarvārthasiddhi is richer than that of the bhāsya and, unlike the latter, it refers to the views of the Buddhist Vijñānavādins etc. while its refutation of the rival systems is particularly pronounced. All this goes to prove that the bhāsya is older than Sarvärthasiddhi.
(c) Sectarianism
As compared to the just discussed two points that related to sectarianism is more important. Thus Sarvārthasiddhi has been
1. For example, compare the bhāsya and Sarvārthasiddhi on 1.2, 1.12, 1.32, 2.1 etc.
2. See the bhāsya and Sarvārthasiddhi on 5.39, 6.13, 8.1, 9.9, 9.11, 10.9 etc.