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INTRODUCTION
along with a Tippana. From that one gathers that this Tippana touches upon the original aphorisms alone. The date of the author of the Tippana-the Svetāmbara Ratnasimha-is not known but from the language and style of the passages quoted in the introduction in question it appears that he hardly could have flourished before the 16th century. This Tippana is as yet unpublished and the manuscript consists of eight leaves.
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The introduction here given to the few texts pertaining to Tattvärtha that are important and worth study-that is only by way of rousing the curiosity of serious students. For as a matter of fact, the introduction to each one of these texts demands an independent essay while a joint introduction to them all demands a big volume which all lies beyond the limit here imposed at present. So content with this much introduction I deem it proper to take leave of the reader.
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