Pañcāstikāyasāra ("The Essence of Reality") is an ancient Jain text authored by Acharya Kundakunda.[1] Kundakunda explains the Jain concepts of dravya (substance) and Ethics. The work serves as a brief version of the Jaina philosophy. There are total 180 verses written in Prakrit language.[2] The text is about five (panch) āstikāya, substances that have both characteristics, viz. existence as well as body.
| Pancastikayasara | |
|---|---|
 Pancastikayasara | |
| Information | |
| Religion | Jainism |
| Author | Kundakunda |
| Period | 1st century B.C. |
| Verses | 180 |
A modern English translation was published by Vijay K. Jain in 2018.[3]
Āstikāya
editThe five āstikāya mentioned in the text are :—[4]
Notes
edit- ^ Jaini 1991, p. 33.
- ^ Chakravarti 2001.
- ^ Jain 2018.
- ^ Chakravarti 2001, p. 3.
References
edit- Kundakunda, Acharya; Chakravarti, Appaswami; Upādhye, Ādinātha Neminātha (2001), Ācārya Kundakunda's Pañcāstikāya-sāra, Bharatiya Jnanpith, p. 16, ISBN 978-81-263-1813-1
- Jaini, Padmanabh S. (1991), Gender and Salvation: Jaina Debates on the Spiritual Liberation of Women, University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-06820-3
- Jain, Vijay K. (2020). Ācārya Kundakunda's Pańcāstikāya-saṃgraha – With Authentic Explanatory Notes in English (The Jaina Metaphysics). Dehradun: Vikalp Printers. ISBN 978-81-932726-5-7.