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This mention also reveals that 'Devagam' is an independent and principal text, and it is not known whether the 'Tattvarth' text that Gandhastimihaabhashya is a commentary on is Umaswati's 'Tattvarthsutra' or some other Tattvarthashastra; and therefore, whatever speculation and discussion has been done on this subject should be understood here as well. As for the number of verses, it is certainly different from its prevalent quantity and also different from the quantity of Karmapraabhruttika which is mentioned in the 'Shrutavatar' texts of Indranandi and Vibudh Shridhar. In such a situation, it is necessary to find out which number is correct. In the available Jain literature, there is no support for the prevalent number from any Acharya's text or ancient inscription - that is, there is no mention that the number of verses in Gandhastimihaabhashya is 84,000; - rather, there is no mention that Samantabhadra created any text with 84,000 verses, which is associated with Gandhastimihaabhashya; and therefore, the origin of the prevalent number of the Mahaabhashya is not known, so it can be doubted. In Shrutavatar, the number of the Kannada Bhashya named 'Chudamani' is given as 85,000; but in Karnataka Shabdanushaasan, Bhattakalankadeva writes its number as 96,000 and this number seems to be written after seeing the text itself; because he has described the text as 'upalabhyaman'. This can also give rise to doubt about the number 48,000 given in Shrutavatar for Samantabhadra's Siddhantagam-Bhashya, especially...