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Samantbhadra. In such a situation, when the number of his *Shrutavatara* is given as 68,000 in Vibudha Shridhara's work. It is possible that the number is 84,000 - due to the digits being written in reverse order, 48,000 may have been written somewhere and based on that, 48,000 may have been wrongly mentioned - or it may be 96,000 or 68,000 or something else; and it is also possible that the number given in the said sentence is not correct - it may have been written in place of 84,000 or 48,000 etc. due to some mistake. But for all these things, special research and investigation is needed and only then can anything definite be said. Yes, if the number of the *Mahabhashya* given in the said sentence and the number of Samantbhadra's *Siddhantāgamabhāṣya* given in one *Shrutavatara* are both proved to be true, then it can definitely be said that Samantbhadra's *Gandhastimāhabhāṣya* is different from his *Siddhantāgamabhāṣya* (*Karmaprābhṛta-ṭīkā*), and it could be a commentary on Umasvati's *Tattvārthasūtra*.
(3) Two commentaries named *Rājavārtika* and *Śloka-vārtika* are available on Umasvati's *Tattvārthasūtra*, which are respectively by Akalankadeva and
1 Writing the digits in reverse order is not unnatural, it sometimes happens in haste. For example, take Dr. Satishchandra's *History of Indian Logic*, in it, while mentioning the age of Umasvati, 48 years has been written instead of 84, due to this reversal of digits. Otherwise, Dr. Sahib has given the time of Umasvati from 1 AD to 85 AD. If he had not given this, there could have been even more confusion regarding the age.