Tattvartha sutra

Author(s): Umaswati, Umaswami, D S Baya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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XXVI: TATTVĀRTHA SUTRA
The Essence Of The Jñeya Mīmāmisā - The Iñeya Mīmānisa mainly deals with the two elemental matters that constitute the universe, namely Jīva-tattva (Animate matter or soul) and Ajīvatattva (Inanimate matter or everything other than the soul). The description and analysis of the Jīva-tattva is .contained in three chapters – from the second to the fourth. The second chapter contains a description of the general form of the animate world with that of the worldly souls, their types and sub-types and the allied subjects. The third one deals with the hellish creatures living in the seven levels of the nether world (Adholoka) and the humans and subhuman beings (Tiryañca) that reside in the middle world (Madhyaloka). The fourth chapter carries an account of the gods and grandeour of the heavens located in the upper world (Urdhvaloka). Also, by prevarication, these chapters dwell upon the topographies of these three worlds. The fifth chapter deals with the material world of the cosmos, giving detailed descriptions of each of the five inanimate kinds of matter with their characteristics, their general forms and their similarities and dissimilarities.
The Iñeya Mīmāmsă deals with the following sixteen issues :
The second chapter deals with - 1. The Jīva-tattva in general, 2. The types of worldly beings, 3. The sensory organs, their subjects and their occurrence in different types of living beings, 4. The state of the living beings between death and rebiith, 5. The types of births and their classification based on the places where they occur and the types of creatures that have such births, 6. The types of bodies, their occupants, their order of