Tattvarthadhigamsutram Part 1

Author(s): Umaswati, Umaswami, Hiralal R Kapadia
Publisher: Jivanchandra Sakarchandra

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१० arduous labour and the great learning of the Acharyas and the Sadhus of the faith, could not be made accessible.
The author of this Tattvarthadhigamasutra, the priceless work fit to be recommended as a text-book of Jaina philosophy even to students of different Universities, is the well-known Vachakamukhya Śri Umāsvāti, who is equally revered both by the Svetambaras and the Digambaras. It is a matter of rejoicing that he has written a commentary (Bhashya) on it which has been ably expounded by many a learned saint out of whom Śrī Siddha-senagani deserves special mention in this connection.
We need not dilate upon the life of the author as this subject is treated by Prof. Hiralal Rasikdas Kapadia M. A. in the introduction. He is the eldest son of the late Mr. Rasikdas Varajdas Kapadia who was a staunch follower of Jainism, the religion of his predecessors, as could be distinctly seen even from the Jaina temple he had at his residence in Surat.
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We shall be failing in our duty if we did not record our thanks to those who have helped us in one way or the other. At the very outset, we have to thank Prof. Kapadia for having undertaken to edit this work. To his further credit it may be mentioned that in spite of his being engaged in editing and translating several works undertaken by him on behalf of Śri Agamodaya Samiti he complied with our request to write introductions both in English and Sanskrit. Our special thanks are due to Agamoddharaka Jainacharya Śrī Ānandasagarasuri who has so willingly placed all his knowledge of the subject at the disposal of the editor. thank Jainacharya Śrī Vijayasiddhisuri, who lent to us a manuscript of this work. We are indebted to Jaina-Silpa-jyotisha-vidya-mahodadhi Jainacharya Sri Jayasuri who supplied the editor with a copy of Tattvärthadhigamasutra formerly published at Ahmedabad by the late Sheth Mansukhbhai Bhagubhai, and his learned disciple Pratapamuniji as well, who procured for the editor a manuscript from the Mohanlalji Jain Central Library (Bombay). We offer our thanks to the trustees of this Library. We have also to thank the managers of the Jainānanda-pustakalaya Surat, for a manuscript of this work which they supplied to us with great pleasure.
Furthermore, we are grateful to Nyayatirtha Nyayaviśārada Upadhyaya Sri Mangalavijaya, one of the learned disciples of the late Sastraviśārada Jainacharya Sri Vijayadharmasuri, who was held in high esteem by scholars oriental and occidental as well, for the errata he