________________
Front cover: This popular figure depicts the universe (loka), transmigration of the soul in four states of existence till
it attains liberation (mokşa), and the main tenet - non-injury (ahimsā) - of the Jaina Doctrine. The text at the bottom -
‘parasparopagraho jīvānām'
is sūtra 5-21 of 'Tattvärthasūtra'. It means that the function of the souls
is to help one another. परस्परोपग्रहो जीवानाम्
Acārya Umāsvāmi's Tattvārthasūtra - With Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda's Sarvārthasiddhi
Vijay K. Jain
Non-Copyright This work may be reproduced, translated and published in
any language without any special permission
provided that it is true to the original.
ISBN: 978-81-932726-2-6
Rs. 750/
Published, in the year 2018, by:
Vikalp Printers Anekant Palace, 29 Rajpur Road Dehradun-248001 (Uttarakhand) India
www.vikalpprinters.com E-mail: vikalp_printers@rediffmail.com
Tel.: (0135) 2658971
Printed at: Vikalp Printers, Dehradun
(iv)