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Tattvārtha Sūtra

Umāsvāti’s compendium of Jain doctrine, accepted by all Jain schools.

Also: Tattvartha Sutra, That Which Is

Jainism, Sikhism and other paths

Composed in Sanskrit by Umāsvāti, perhaps in the early centuries CE, the Tattvārtha Sūtra sets out in ten chapters the whole of Jain teaching: the path, the realities, cosmology, karma, the vows and liberation. It is the only text accepted by both Digambaras and Śvetāmbaras, and it has drawn many commentaries.