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Religious text of Jainism
Pravachanasara
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Text along with commentary of
Pravachanasara
in English
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Religion
| Jainism
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Author
| Kundakunda
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Language
| Prakrit
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Period
| 2nd Century CE or later / 1934 Translated in English
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Chapters
| 3
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Verses
| 275
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Pravacanas?ra
is a text composed by
Jain monk
Kundakunda
in the second century CE or later.
The title means "Essence of the Doctrine" or "Essence of the Scripture", and it largely deals with the correct ascetic and spiritual behavior based on his
dualism
premise.
Kundakunda provides a rationale for nudity among Digambara monks in this text, stating that the duality of self and of others means "neither I belong to others, nor others belong to me, therefore nothing is mine and the ideal way for a monk to live is the way he was born".
The text is written in Prakrit language, and it consists of three chapters and 275 verses.
A modern English translation was published by Vijay K. Jain in 2020.
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First chapter consists of 92 verses and it describes attributes of supreme individual consciousnesses and outlines first steps of achieving that status. Second chapter consists of 108 verses and it describes laws of interaction between space, time particles, elementary matter particles, compound matter particles, motion and individual consciousnesses in the Cosmos. Third chapter consists of 75 verses and it is aimed at delineating the bases of correct mendicant praxis.
Acharya
Amritchandra
has written a commentary on Kundkund Acharya's Pravachansara titled
Tattvadipika
(i.e.
the Lamp of Truth
). Acharya
Jayasena
has also written a commentary on Pravachanasara titled
Tatparyavritti
(i.e.
the Purport
).
Another commentary was written by
Hemraj Pande
in 1652 based on the commentary on
Samayasara
by Rajmall.
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Sources
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- Upadhyay, A. N
(1935),
Pravachanasara
, Param-?ruta Prabhavaka Mandala
- Cort, John E.
(10 July 1998),
Open Boundaries: Jain Communities and Cultures in Indian History
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SUNY Press
,
ISBN
0-7914-3785-X
- Dundas, Paul
(2002) [1992],
The Jains
(Second ed.), London and New York: Routledge,
ISBN
978-0-415-26605-5
- Jaini, Padmanabh S.
(1991),
Gender and Salvation: Jaina Debates on the Spiritual Liberation of Women
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University of California Press
,
ISBN
0-520-06820-3
- Orsini, Francesca
; Schofield, Katherine Butler, eds. (1981),
Tellings and Texts: Music, Literature and Performance in North India
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Open Book Publishers
,
ISBN
978-1-78374-105-2
- Kundakunda.
Pravacanas?ra with Am?tacandra’s commentary
, ed. A. N. Upadhye, Bombay, 1935.
- Jain, Vijay K. (2018).
?c?rya Kundakunda’s Pravacanas?ra ? Essence of the Doctrine
. Dehradun: Vikalp Printers.
ISBN
978-81-932726-1-9
.
- Kundakunda.
Pravacanas?ra
with Am?tacandra’s commentary, ed. A. N. Upadhye, Bombay, 1935.
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Fourteen
Purvas
(The Prior Knowledge ?
considered totally lost
)
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?vet?mbara
Canonical Texts
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Digambara
Texts
| Agamas
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Pratham -?nuyoga
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Carn?nuyoga
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Karnanuyoga
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Dravy?nuyoga
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Commentary
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Others
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†
Tattvartha Sutra
is accepted by both Digambara and ?vet?mbara as their texts, although ?vet?mbaras do not include it under canonical texts.
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