The value of this Kosa is, indeed, incomparable. It has manifold purposes. First of all, these quotations inform us the type of non-Jain texts that were utilized by the Jains. In order to build an edifice of Jain thought and ideas, these quotations will help record the development of Jain philosophical ideas and concepts; and at the same time, the intellectual grows while meeting academic disputes. It is only from the citations of the Jain commentaries that we ...
