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That which is = Tattvārtha Sūtra

Title
  1. That which is = Tattvārtha Sūtra / Umāsvāti/Umāsvāmī ; with the combined commentaries of Umāsvāti/Umāsvāmi, Pūjyapāda and Siddhasenagaṇi ; translated with an introduction by Nathmal Tatia ; with a foreword by L.M. Singhvi and an introduction to the Jaina faith by Padmanabh S. Jaini.
Published by
  1. San Francisco : HarperCollinsPublishers, ©1994.
Author
  1. Umāsvāti, approximately 135-approximately 219.

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Additional authors
  1. Devanandī.
  2. Siddhasenagaṇi.
  3. Tatia, Nathmal.
Description
  1. xxxxv, 324 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Series statement
  1. Sacred literature series
Uniform title
  1. Tattvārthādhigamasūtra. English
  2. Sacred literature series.
Alternative title
  1. Tattvārthādhigamasūtra.
Subject
  1. Umāsvāti, approximately 135-approximately 219
  2. Tattvārthādhigamasūtra (Umāsvāti)
  3. Jainism > Sacred books
  4. Jaina philosophy > Sources
  5. Jaina cosmology
  6. Jaina literature, Sanskrit > Translations into English
  7. Ontology
  8. ontology (metaphysics)
  9. Jaina literature, Sanskrit
  10. Jaina philosophy
  11. Jainism
  12. Jainisme
Genre/Form
  1. Sacred books.
  2. Sources.
  3. Translations.
Contents
  1. List of figures -- Foreword -- Institute of Jainology's acknowledgments -- Translator's acknowledgments -- Translator's introduction -- The Jaina faith and its history -- Abbreviations. -- TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA. The categories of truth -- The nature of the soul -- The lower and middle regions -- The gods -- Substances -- The inflow of karma -- The vows -- Karmic bondage -- Inhibiting and wearing off karma -- Liberation -- Appendix 1: Numbers -- Appendix 2: The measurement of time -- Appendix 3: The measurement of space -- Appendix 4: The doctrine of the fourteen stages of spiritual development -- Appendix 5: The eight classes of material clusters -- Appendix 6: The books of the Jaina scripture -- Earlier translations of Tattvārtha Sūtra -- Participating Jaina organisations -- Glossary -- Index.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.