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TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA
the entire earlier portion of the bhāsya left uncommented by Haribhadra has been commented on by Yaśobhadra. All this is evident from the words of that disciple of Yaśobhadra himself.
In the Svetāmbara sect there have been numerous authors of the name Yaśobhadra.? As to who among them is our present Yaśobhadra is unknown. There is nothing decisive to prove that he was a disciple of Haribhadra, the author of that incomplete commentary on the bhāsya. Nay, as against a conjecture to that effect it might be argued that if this Yaśobhadra was a disciple of that Haribhadra then the disciple of Yaśobhadra who completed the commentary in question and who has informed us that his preceptor Yaśobhadra had completed the incomplete commentary of Haribhadra could have hardly omitted to attribute to his preceptor an adjective 'Haribhadra's disciple' or the like. Be that as it may, it yet remains to be considered as to where this Yaíobhadra flourished and whether or not he composed certain other works as well. It too is to be considered as to why Yaśobhadra could not compose commentary on just the last aphorism.-a task that had to be undertaken by his disciple.
On comparison it appears that the commentary on bhāsya by Yaśobhadra and his disciple was based on the commentary by gandhahastin.
There has been one Yaśobhadra who composed commentary on Haribhadra's monograph Șodaśaka and it is a question worth consideration whether he is the same person as our present Yaśobhadra or someone else.
(f) Malayagiri
The commentary on the Tattvārthabhāsya composed by Malayagiri is unavailable. He was one of the most prominent
1. See the present Introduction, p. 57.
2. See M. D. Desai. Jaina Sāhityano Sanksipta ltihāsa-the Appendix part pertaining to Yaśobhadra.
3. The view that Malayagiri had composed a commentary on Tattvārtha has become current on the basis of the following mention
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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 |