Tattvartha sutra

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

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text as per the Bhāsya but also indicating the differences from the Sarvārthasiddhi and other versions. Duly supplemented by ample footnotes, it serves the purpose of a reference book on the subject for the studious while it explains the substance in an easy to understand language for the uninitiated. Pt. Pannalal Jain has also written a comprehensive commentary in Hindi language following the version of the Tattvārtha Sūtra prevelent in the Digambara tradition. Pt. Khoob Chand Siddhantashastri has written a very comprehensive commentary on the TS with its autocommentary (Bhāsya) that has been published by the Paramashrut Prabhāvaka Mandala, Agas. The high points of this commentary are that it also gives the available alternate versions of the text and gives the Hindi translations of both the aphorisms as well as the Bhāsya. 'Tattvārthasūtra Aur Uski Parampară ‘by Prof. Sagarmal Jain, though not a commentary on the TS, I provides a valuable historical perspective on this work of fundamental importance to the Jaina studies. He has scanned the canvas from before the time of the learned author, Vācaka Umāsvāti, through various commentaries and has presented a very balanced and undogmatic viewpoint.
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