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About Book
Tattvärtha Sutra is the only composition acceptable to all the Jains. Shwetambars regard it with high sanctity, while Digambars treat it as an Ägam. It is composed in handy phrases, which are easy to understand. It is a short Sanskrit text of 344 (357 as per Digambar version) Sutras, which can be covered in 20 pages and can be easily memorized. As such, it finds a place on academic curriculum. There are minor differences between Shwetambar and Digambar texts, but overall text remains common. In view of its importance several learned scholars have prepared detailed commentaries thereon.
Its author_is known as a Poorvavid in Shwetambar tradition and Shrutkevalideshiya in Digambar tradition. He has included almost everything that Jainism has to convey. His handling is superb and Sutras have been presented as if they naturally occurred to him. Shwetämbars consider him as belonging to their tradition on the basis of Tattvärthabhäshya, while Digambars contend that he was a Digambar monk.
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