Tattvartha sutra

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

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XL: TATTVĀRTHA SUTRA
other version contained in the Bhāsya.
Rāja Vārtika -
Vārtika means a logical or explanatory commentary. There are two vārtikas available on the Tattvārtha Sūtra. Digambara Ācārya Bhatta Akalarka wrote this commentary based on the texts and explanations in the Sarvārtha Siddhi. He made full use of the groundwork done by Pūjyapāda and hence his comments and explanations are more detailed and substantial as compared to the Sarvārthasiddhi.
Śloka Vārtika -
A work of yet another Digambara Ācārya Vidyānanda, this vārtika is based and benefited from both the Sarvārthasiddhi and the Rāja Vārtika. No doubt, therefore, that this commentary, composed in the form of samskıta verses, is more comprehensive than either of the two. It does not stop at explaining the Jaina philosophical nuances but proceeds to demolish the arguments attacking the Jaina thought by the earlier and contemporary scholars of other philosophical schools, in general, and that by Mīmānisaka Kumāril in particular.
Gandhahasti Vrtti -
Out of ntwo complete and one incomplete vrttis available, the largest and the most philosophical is the one by Ācārya Siddhasena (Circa 7th to 8th century AD), who was a great logician and spared no opportunity to defeat and demolish the arguments of other philosophers who attacked the Jaina thought. This sub