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That which is = Tattvārtha Sūtra

Title
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.
Author
Umāsvāti, approximately 135-approximately 219.
Publication
San Francisco : HarperCollinsPublishers, ©1994.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Devanandī.
  • Siddhasenagaṇi.
  • Tatia, Nathmal.
Description
xxxxv, 324 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Sacred literature series
Uniform Title
  • Tattvārthādhigamasūtra. English
  • Sacred literature series.
Alternative Title
Tattvārthādhigamasūtra.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Sacred books.
  • Sources.
  • Translations.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 0060689854
  • 9780060689858
  • 0761989935
  • 9780761989936
LCCN
94016468
OCLC
  • ocm30438277
  • 30438277
  • SCSB-2054747
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library