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Are there any mentions? Is there any mention in the Digambara literature older than the tenth century indicating that the Tattvarthasutra was composed by Uma Swami, a disciple of Kundakund?
6. Where is the verse 'Tattvarthasutrakartaram Gridhrapiccho palakshitam' from and how old is it?
7. Have ancient commentators like Pujyapad, Akalanka, and Vidyananda mentioned Uma Swami as the author of the Tattvarthasutra anywhere? If they haven't, how did this belief emerge later?
(b) In the letter from Premiji, "I received your letter dated 6. I do not believe at all that Uma Swami is a descendant of Kundakund. This tenfold imagination was formed at a time when commentaries like Sarvarthasiddhi, Shlokavartika, Rajavatika, etc., had already been made on the Tattvarthasutra, and the Digambara tradition had fully adopted this text. I have not yet found any mention prior to the tenth century concerning this. I believe that the great scholars in the Digambara tradition who became authors were generally not individuals holding any specific monastic seat. However, those who created the Garvavali or Pattavali were imbued with the idea that all the Acharyas or Granthakaras must belong to some monastic order. Hence, they attributed previous scholars with this misleading notion and made them seat-holders. They did not know when Uma Swami and Kundakund lived. However, since they were great and ancient Acharyas, they arbitrarily connected them and established a guru-disciple or disciple-guru relationship. They did not consider the fact that Kundakund was a resident of Kundakud village in Karnataka and Uma Swami wandered in Bihar. The notion of their connection is, in a way, impossible. The ancient texts like Shrutavatara, Adipurana, Harivanshpurana, and Jambudvipa Pranjyapti present an ancient tradition of Acharyas, which does not mention Uma Swami at all. The Shrutavatara mentions Kundakud and describes him as a significant commentator, but there is no mention of Uma Swami before or after him. Although Indranandi's Shrutavatara is very ancient...