Umasvamin (English spelling)

Japanese: Umāsvāmin(英語表記)Umasvamin
Umasvamin (English spelling)

…His birth and death years are unknown, but he is thought to have lived around the 5th or 6th century. He is also known as Umāsvāmin. He is widely known as the author of the Tatva Artha Adigama Sutra (The Sutra for Understanding the Meaning of Truth), a compilation of Jain doctrines.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Umāsvāmin" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…生没年は不明であるが,だいたい5,6世紀ころの人とみられる。別名ウマースバーミンUmāsvāmin。ジャイナ教教義の綱要書《タットバ・アルタ・アディガマ・スートラ(真理の意味を理解するための経)》の著者として,広くその名を知られる。…

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