Mulachara
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Italic title Template:Infobox religious text Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Mulachara (Script error: No such module "lang".) (Fundamental Conduct) is a Jain text composed by Acharya Vattakera of the Digambara tradition,Template:Sfn around 150 CE.Template:Sfn[1] Mulachara discusses anagara-dharma – the conduct of a Digambara monk.[2] It consists twelve chapters and 1,243 verses on (mendicant discipline). It is also called Digambara Acharanga.Template:Sfn It is said to be derived from the original Ācārāṅga Sūtra and discusses the conduct of a Digambara monk.
The text is written in a dialect that is distinct but shares characteristics with Ardhamagadhi.Template:Sfn Its dialect has been called Digambara Sauraseni (or Jain Sauraseni) and proposed to reflect the language of ancient Mathura region by Indian scholars.Template:Sfn Many characteristics of the Mulachara manuscript, as found in Karnataka, share elements of monastic conduct found in Śvetāmbara scriptures.Template:Sfn Some of the verses of Mulaccara are almost same as those found in Śvetāmbara's Dasavaikalika. This suggests the existence of an ancient shared textual tradition between Digambaras and Śvetāmbara, one that likely split and differentiated later.Template:Sfn[3]
Vasunandin wrote a Sanskrit commentary on the Mulacara, and it is titled Acaravrtti.[3]
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References
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Bibliography
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- Vaṭṭakera. Mūlācāra, ed. K. Shastri, J. Shastri and P. Jain, 2 vols, New Delhi, 1984 and 1986.
Further reading
- Vaṭṭakera. Mūlācāra, ed. K. Shastri, J. Shastri and P. Jain, 2 vols, New Delhi, 1984 and 1986.
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