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The name is not given. It is possible that you are referring to 'Sutrakara' ★ 'Umasvati' Maharaj; because in many places you have quoted the words of Umasvati under the name of Sutrakara, but only from the words 'Sutrakara' or 'Shastrakara' - both of which are synonymous - the name of Umasvati does not emerge; because there have been many other Acharyas who have been Sutrakara or Shastrakara; Samantabhadra was also a Shastrakara, and his Devagamadi texts are called Sutra texts. Besides this, it is still under debate whether the above-mentioned 'Mokshamargasya Netaram' is the Mangalacharan of Umasvati's Tattvarth Sutra. Many scholars consider it to be the Mangalacharan of Umasvati's Tattvarth Sutra; and previous commentators like Balachandra, Yogadev and Shruta Sagar have also stated the same in their respective commentaries. But many other scholars do not agree, they accept it as the Mangalacharan of the ancient commentary on Tattvarth Sutra 'Sarvarth Siddhi' and state that if this verse was the Mangalacharan of Tattvarth Sutra, then the author of Sarvarth Siddhi commentary, Shri Pujyapada Acharya, would have definitely explained it, but he did not explain it and instead gave it as the Mangalacharan of his commentary, and therefore it seems to be by Pujyapada. In the introduction of Sarvarth Siddhi, Pandit Kalappa Bharmappa Nitave, opposing the statement of Shruta Sagar, expresses his own opinion, and also gives a reason that the composition of Tattvarth Sutra is by Dvaipayaka,
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1 “Devagamanasutrasya Shrutaya Sadarshanaanvitah” – Vikrantakaurava.
1 In one copy of Shruta Sagari commentary, the name 'Dvaiyaak' is given, and in the commentary of Balachandra Muni, the name 'Siddhpa' is found. See, Jain Hitaishi, January 1921, pp. 80, 81.