''Sarvārthasiddhi'' is a famous
Jain text
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authored by ''
Ācārya Pujyapada
Acharya Pujyapada or Pūjyapāda (464–524 CE) was a renowned grammarian and ''acharya'' (philosopher monk) belonging to the Digambara tradition of Jains. It was believed that he was worshiped by demigods on the account of his vast scholarship ...
''. It is the oldest extan commentary on ''Ācārya Umaswami's
Tattvārthasūtra
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'' (another famous Jain text). Traditionally though, the oldest commentary on the Tattvārthasūtra is the Gandhahastimahābhāṣya. A commentary is a word-by-word or line-by-line explication of a text.
Author
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Ācārya Pujyapada
Acharya Pujyapada or Pūjyapāda (464–524 CE) was a renowned grammarian and ''acharya'' (philosopher monk) belonging to the Digambara tradition of Jains. It was believed that he was worshiped by demigods on the account of his vast scholarship ...
'', the author of ''Sarvārthasiddhi'' was a famous
Digambara monk
Digambara Sādhu (also ''muni'', ''sādhu'') is a Sādhu in the Digambar tradition of Jainism, and as such an occupant of the highest limb of the four-fold ''sangha''. They are also called ''Nirgranth'' which means "one without any bonds". Di ...
. ''Pujyapada'' was a poet, grammarian, philosopher and a profound scholar of ''Ayurveda''.
Content
The author begins with an explanation of the invocation of the ''Tattvārthasūtra''. The ten chapters of ''Sarvārthasiddhi'' are:
#Faith and Knowledge
#The Category of the Living
#The Lower World and the Middle World
#The Celestial Beings
#The Category of the Non-Living
#Influx of Karma
#The Five Vows
#Bondage of Karma
#Stoppage and Shedding of Karma
#Liberation
In the text, ''
Dāna
Dāna (Devanagari: दान, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: Dānam) is a Sanskrit and Pali word that connotes the virtue of generosity, charity (practice), charity or giving of alms in Indian philosophies.
In Hindui ...
'' (charity) is defined as the act of giving one's wealth to another for mutual benefit.
English translation
Prof. S. A. Jain translated the ''Sarvārthasiddhi'' in English language. In the preface to his book, he wrote:
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Tattvartha Sutra with SarvarthasiddhiEnglish translation by Vijay K. Jain, 2018 (includes glossary)
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Jain texts