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## Introduction to the Text
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There is no information available about the basis on which this work is based. In Jain literature before the 13th century Vikram era, the name "Gandhasthimahabhashya" has not been found, nor is there any clear statement on this subject in the "Ashta Sahasri" commentary on which this commentary is written. The preface of the Ashta Sahasri only reveals that this Aapta Mimamsa was written to support or clarify the meaning of the praise of the Aapta (liberated soul) made at the beginning of a certain Nisshreya Shastra (scripture of liberation).
The final part of the Ashta Sahasri reveals that the "Nisshreya Shastra" refers to the scripture that begins with the praise of the Aapta in the form of "Mokshamargapraneta, Karmabhubhrudbhatta, and Vishvatattvanam Jnata". The famous verse praising the Aapta with these epithets is as follows:
> Mokshamargasya Netaram Bhettaram Karmabhubhritam |
> Jnataram Vishvatattvanam Vande Tadgunalabdhye ||
Taking this praise of the Aapta, Shri Vidyānanda Āchārya, the author of the Ashta Sahasri, has written a book called "Aapta Pariksha" on it, and himself...