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towards this scripture or had already renounced it altogether. Thus if Umāsvāti flourished some time before the Mathura recitation-session then one should say that the Angic-cum-Anangic scripture followed by him was subjected to an attitude of almost indifference on the part of the party of no-clothing; on the other hand, if he flourished nearabout the time of the Valabhi recitation-session then one should say that the same scripture was subjected to an attitude of not only indifference but positive hostility on the part of certain ones belonging to the same party.
TATTVARTHA SUTRA
Here the question must arise as to why, when the scripture followed by Umāsvāti was not acceptable to a certain section of the party of no-clothing, his Tattvärtha was so much favoured by the adherents of the same party. The answer is got from a comparison of the bhāṣya and Sarvārthsiddhi and a perusal of the original aphorisms. That scripture followed by the party of clothes which Umāsvāti had adopted described and respected nakedness as is indicated by the word nāgnya (= nakedness) occurring in an aphorism (9.9). Notably, not the entire lot of scriptural texts which in his bhāṣya is referred to as Anga-bahya has found mention in Sarvārthasiddhi. For the texts like Daśāśrutaskandha, Kalpa Vyavahārā etc. do not favour the party of no-clothing; what they clearly lend support to is the party of clothes. However, Sarvārthasiddhi does mention Daśavaikālika and Uttaradhyayana which even while not definitely the works of a master belonging to the party of no-clothing are not clearly hostile to this party.
Having found that Umāsvāti's original aphorisms were so attractive and that a mere discarding of the bhāṣya would render them capable of lending support to his own party Pujyapāda composed such a commentary on those aphorisms as would exclusively delineate the duties appropriate to the practice of noclothing and would clearly refute those appropriate to the practice of wearing clothes. Not only that, but Pujyapādaswāmin also clearly hinted at the un-authoritative character of the eleven Anga-texts and the Angabahya scriptural texts followed by the party of clothes, texts that have been given their present form at
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| SR No. | 006796 |
| Book Title | Tattvartha Sutra |
| 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 |