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
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alternative reading of an aphorism!—which all are found in these commentaries would never have been possible.
All these can be well understood by having a glance at texts in whose case the author of the original and that of a commentary are definitely known to have been identical. So much consideration leaves us with the definite conviction that the author of our aphorisms and that of its bhāsya are one and the same person.
An ascertainment to the effect that the author of the aphorisms and that of its bhāsya are one and the same person is of much help in answering the question as to which sect this author belonged to.
The following arguments are adequate to yield the conclusion that Umāsvāti did not belong to the Digambara 'sect.
(1) There is not a single proof to substantiate the suggestion that a branch named Uccanāgara or Nāgara—the branch mentioned in that eulogy-ever pertained to the Digambara sect.
(2) The aphorism (5.38) to the effect that kāla is a real substance according to some, as also the account of it given in the bhāsya, stand opposed to the Digambara view of the matter (5.39). Again, the simple view maintained in the bhāsya (9.11) that eleven parışahas pertain to a kevalin and the clear mention made in the same of clothes, utensils etc. equally go against the corresponding traditional Digambara positions—9.5, 9.7, 9.26. Lastly, while treating of a siddha what is said in bhāsya in connection with the items linga and tirtha is opposite of what the Digambara sect would maintain in this connection.
1. See example, Sarvārthasiddhi "caramadehā iti vā pāthah" -2, 53 / "athavā ekādaśa jine na santīti vākyaśesah kalpanīyaḥ sopaskāratvāt sūtrānām"-9, 11. and "lingena kena siddhih ? avedatvena tribhyo vā vedebhyah siddhir bhāvato na dravyatah, dravyatah pumlingenaiva athavā nirgranthalingena sagranthalingena vā siddhir bhūtapūrvanayāpeksayā”— 19 9