Tattvartha Sutra

Author(s): Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers

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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
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