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Seven Verities ( Tattvas) in Jainism (Based on Tattvārth Sutra) Dr Anekant Kumar Jain* Introduction Total release of kārmika matter from the self (soul) by self realization is liberation / emancipation/ salvation. Everybody feels pain in transmigration and wants to eliminate this pain. Right belief-knowledge–conduct together constitute the path of liberation. Umā Svāmi, the Ācārya revered by all sects of Jains, wrote an important text in Sanskrit in the first century AD. This text called TattvārathSutra, considered as Bible of Jains, has ten chapters and 357 sutras. This text is also called as text for attaining liberation (Mokşa Sāstra}. TattvārathaSutra starts with the following sutra: Samyagdarśanajňānacāritrāņimokşamārgaħ (TS I/1) Umā Svāmi defined right belief as firm belief in the true nature of the principles/ verities/ tattvas , Right belief arises from the innate disposition or by acquisition of right knowledge. The living being ( jīva ), the non livi