Umaswati
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Umaswati is the author of Tattvartha Sutra, the best-known Jaina text. The details of his life are controversial. He is claimed by both the Digambar and Svetambar sects. He is known as Acharya Umaswati, which is a title prefixed to the names of learned men.
A mathematician, he is thought to have lived around the 2nd century BC. It is likely that at this time no clear division of the Jain Sangha had emerged, and thus both sects may be right in claiming him.
