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Main Title
Publishers Note----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------iii
Monetary Support--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------v
Dedication-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------vii
Acknowledgement------------------------------------------------------------------------------------viii
Foreword-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ix
Contents-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xi
Introduction--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xix
Tattvartha Sutra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------xix
Motivation------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xx
The Objective-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xxi
The Style------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xxi
The Subject Matter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------xxii
Division of the Subject Matter---------------------------------------------------------------xxiv
The Author---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xxix
Umasvatis Master-Disciple Tradition-----------------------------------------------------xxxi
The Original Version of Tattvartha Sutra------------------------------------------------xxxiii
Umasvatis Period----------------------------------------------------------------------------xxxiii
Vacaka Umasvatis Learning---------------------------------------------------------------xxxv
Miscellaneous Conclusions About The Tattvartha Sutra---------------------------xxxvi
Commentaries and Commentators------------------------------------------------------xxxvii
Bhasya-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xxxviii
Sarvartha Siddhi------------------------------------------------------------------------------xxxix
Raja Vartika----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xl
Sloka-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xl
Gandhahasti Vrtti---------------------------------------------------------------------------------xl
Haribhadriya Vrtti---------------------------------------------------------------------------------xli
The Incomplete Vrtti-----------------------------------------------------------------------------xli
Other Commentaries and Commentators--------------------------------------------------xli
Contemporary Commentaries----------------------------------------------------------------xlii
This Work-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xliv
Concluding Remarks---------------------------------------------------------------------------xlv
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Chapter-1 The Liberating Path-------------------------------------------------------------------1
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Path of Liberation----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
The Right View-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
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The Fundamental Varities-----------------------------------------------------------------------5
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The Right Knowledge----------------------------------------------------------------------------7
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False- Knowledge-------------------------------------------------------------------------------13
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Chapter-2 Living Beings--------------------------------------------------------------------------17
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Five Volitional Dispositions--------------------------------------------------------------------19
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Sign of Life----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------23
Consciousness-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------23
The Living Set------------------------------------------------------------------------------------23
Worldly Beings-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------23
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Sensory Organs----------------------------------------------------------------------------------25
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Transmigratory Motion-------------------------------------------------------------------------27
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Births and Birth-Places-------------------------------------------------------------------------29
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Bodies----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31
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Libido and Gender-------------------------------------------------------------------------------37
Life Span-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------37
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Chapter-3 Nether and Middle Words----------------------------------------------------------39
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The Nether World--------------------------------------------------------------------------------41
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Middle World--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------43
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Chapter-4 The Heavens--------------------------------------------------------------------------49
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The Heavens and the Gods-------------------------------------------------------------------51
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Gods of Bhavana Heavens--------------------------------------------------------------------53
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Gods of Vyantara Heavens--------------------------------------------------------------------55
Gods of Jyotiska Heavens---------------------------------------------------------------------55
Gods of Vaimanika Heavens------------------------------------------------------------------55
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Intequality of Gods------------------------------------------------------------------------------57
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Kalpa Heavens-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------59
Lokantika Gods-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------59

Gods of Anuttatara Vimanas------------------------------------------------------------------59

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Life-Span of Gods-------------------------------------------------------------------------------61
Maximum Life Span-----------------------------------------------------------------------------61
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Minimum Life-Span------------------------------------------------------------------------------63
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Life-Spans of the Hellish Beings-------------------------------------------------------------65
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Life-Spans of Vyantara and Jyotiska Gods------------------------------------------------67
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Chapter-5 Inanimate Matter---------------------------------------------------------------------71
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Inanimate Matter---------------------------------------------------------------------------------73
Fundamental Matters---------------------------------------------------------------------------73
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Spatiality of Matter-------------------------------------------------------------------------------75
Spatial Positions of Different Kinds of Matter---------------------------------------------75
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Abstract Kinds of Matter-----------------------------------------------------------------------77
Functions of Tangible Matter------------------------------------------------------------------77
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Functions of Animate Matter------------------------------------------------------------------79
Functions of Time--------------------------------------------------------------------------------79
Modes of Tangible Matter----------------------------------------------------------------------79
Forms of Tangible Matter----------------------------------------------------------------------79
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The Reality----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------81
Multiple form of Reality-------------------------------------------------------------------------81
Material Bonding---------------------------------------------------------------------------------81
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Qualities of Matter-------------------------------------------------------------------------------83
Materiality of Time-------------------------------------------------------------------------------83
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Qualities And Change--------------------------------------------------------------------------85
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Chapter-6 The Influx-------------------------------------------------------------------------------87
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Forms of Influx------------------------------------------------------------------------------------89

Forms of Yoga------------------------------------------------------------------------------------89
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Binding Influx-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------91
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Causes of Binding Influx-----------------------------------------------------------------------93
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Chapter-7 Vows and Charity-------------------------------------------------------------------103
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Forms of Vows----------------------------------------------------------------------------------105
Active Aids for Proper Discharge of theVows-------------------------------------------105
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Other Helpful Reflections---------------------------------------------------------------------107
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Flaws of Right Vision--------------------------------------------------------------------------113
Flaws of the Vows-----------------------------------------------------------------------------113
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The Vow of Fast Unto Death----------------------------------------------------------------121
Charity--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------121
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Chapter-8 The Bondage------------------------------------------------------------------------123
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Cause of Bondage-----------------------------------------------------------------------------125
Bondage------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------125
Types of Bondage-----------------------------------------------------------------------------125
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Quality Bondage--------------------------------------------------------------------------------127
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Durational Bondage---------------------------------------------------------------------------133
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Intensity Bondage------------------------------------------------------------------------------135
Quantity Bondage------------------------------------------------------------------------------135
Merits and Sins---------------------------------------------------------------------------------135
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Chapter-9 Stoppage and Separation-----------------------------------------------------------137
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Stoppage-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------139
Towards Stoppage-----------------------------------------------------------------------------139
Restraint------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------139
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Vigilence------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------141
Duties---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------141
Reflections---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------141
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Hardships----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------143
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Types of Renunciations-----------------------------------------------------------------------145
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Penance------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------147
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Meditation----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------149
Despondent Concentration------------------------------------------------------------------149
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Angeral Thoughts------------------------------------------------------------------------------151
Pious Concentration---------------------------------------------------------------------------151
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Pure Concentration----------------------------------------------------------------------------153
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Incremental Separation-----------------------------------------------------------------------155
The Knotless (Detached Ascetic)----------------------------------------------------------155
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Chapter-10 Liberation The Final Deliverance-------------------------------------------159
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Causes of Manifestation of Omniscience------------------------------------------------161
Irresidual Separation and Liberation------------------------------------------------------161
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After Liberation---------------------------------------------------------------------------------163
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The Ultimate Accomplished Siddha-------------------------------------------------------165
Appendices-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------i
Transliteration Convention-----------------------------------------------------------------------ii
Glossary of Jaina Terms------------------------------------------------------------------------iv
Bibliography------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xxvii