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168 Studies in Umāsvāti the book should not be kept at an impure and unholy place; should not be touched in an impurity of child-birth or death or menses; he who recites the ten chapters with devotion will be blessed with the effect of Upavāsaphala, successfully completing the fast.
Though the later editions are mostly true copies of this commentary there are exceptions. Sri 108 Sambhavanandi, a Digambara ācārya has authored an exhaustive paraphrased Kannada commentary (1992), perhaps the only voluminous and valuable work after Bālacandradeva:
The title - Digambara Jainācārya Grddhapinccha SrimadUmasvāmi Viracita Mokşaśāstra olim Tattvārthasūtra, - suggests that the approach of this commentary is sectarian and Digambara oriented; a careful and comparative study will reveal the predictable disagreements on the matters of the nudity of the medicant and the partaking of food by the kevalin.
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