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Umaswati, who was from a particular branch, composed this clear scripture named 'Tattvarthadhigama' in the great city called 'Kusumapura,' inspired by the compassion for living beings upon observing the miserable people bound by trivial scriptures and firmly holding onto the excellent teachings received through guru tradition. Whoever understands this Tattvarthashastra and acts according to its instructions will quickly attain the ultimate liberation called 'avayabadhasukha.'
This eulogy contains six main aspects that indicate a historical event: 1. The names and qualifications of the initiation guru and initiation pre-guru, 2. The names of the knowledge guru and knowledge pre-guru, 3. The names of the clan, father, and mother, 4. The birthplace and the location of the scripture's composition, 5. Information about the branch and title, and 6. The name of the author and the scripture.
There is no reason to believe that this eulogy, found at the end of the commentary, was not composed by Umaswati himself. Dr. Hermann Jacobi also considers this eulogy to be of Umaswati, as clear from the preface of his German translation of Tattvartha. Hence, accepting the event mentioned in it as true, it is now a suitable approach to clarify the traditional beliefs regarding Umaswati in both the Digambara and Svetambara traditions.
Among the six aspects specified above, the first and second points that align with the Digambara tradition disprove the connection between Kundakund and Umaswati. None of the many names attributed to Kundakund appear among the names of Umaswati’s knowledge guru and initiation guru. Thus, there is no place for the notion that there was a guru-disciple relationship in the context of knowledge or initiation between Kundakund and Umaswati. The eulogy clearly states that Umaswati belongs to the speaking tradition and the Uchchhanagar branch, while the Digambara belief, cited in references to the origin of Nandinanagara by Rao Rao Manashankar, connects the term 'Nagar' to various villages. For this, the report of the sixth Gujarati literary council should be referred to.