Samayasāra

Template:Short description Template:Italic title Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox religious text Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Template:Contains special characters Samayasāra (The Nature of the Self) is a famous Jain text composed by Acharya Kundakunda in 439 verses.Template:Sfn Its ten chapters discuss the nature of Jīva (pure self/soul), its attachment to Karma and Moksha (liberation). Samayasāra expounds the Jain concepts like Karma, Asrava (influx of karmas), Bandha (Bondage), Samvara (stoppage), Nirjara (shedding) and Moksha (complete annihilation of karmas).

A modern English translation was published by Vijay K. Jain in 2022.Template:Sfn

History

Samayasara was written by Acharya Kundakunda in Prakrit.Template:Sfn

Contents

The original Samayasara of Kundakunda consists of 415 verses and was written in Prakrit.Template:Sfn The first verse (aphorism) of the Samayasāra is an invocation: Template:Quote According to Samayasāra, the real self is only that soul which has achieved ratnatraya i.e. Samyak Darshan, Samyak Gyan and Samyak Charitra. These state when soul achieves purity is Arihant and Siddha.Template:Sfn It can be achieved by victory over five senses. According to Samayasāra:Template:Quote

Commentaries

It has a number of commentaries on it. Atmakhyati or Samayasara Kalasha, written by Acharya Amritchandra in 12th century CE, is a 278-verse Sanskrit commentary.Template:Sfn Samaysar Kalash Tika or Balbodh was written by Pande Rajmall or Raymall in 16th century CE.Template:Sfn It is a commentary of Amritchandra's Samaysar Kalasha.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Nataka Samayasara is a commentary on Rajmall's version which was written by Banarasidas in Braj Bhasha in 17th century CE.Template:Sfn

See also

• Sarvārthasiddhi
• Moksha (Jainism)

References

Sources

• Kundakunda. Samayasāra, text, trans. and comm. by A. Chakravarti, Banaras, 1930.