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{{Infobox religious text
| religion = [[Jainism]]
| author = Acharya [[Vattakera]]
| language = [[Prakrit]]
| period = 150 CE
| chapters = 12
| verses = 1243
}}
{{Jainism}}
'''Mulachara''' ({{IAST|Mūlacāra}}) (Fundamental Conduct) is a Jain text composed by [[Acharya]] [[Vattakera]] of the [[Digambara]] tradition,{{sfn|Dundas|2002|p=80}} around 150 CE.{{sfn|Jaini|1991|p=47}}<ref>Bhakti in the Early Jain Tradition: Understanding Devotional Religion in South Asia, John E. Cort , History of Religions, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Aug., 2002), pp. 59-86</ref> Mulachara discusses ''anagara-dharma'' – the conduct of a [[Digambara monk]].<ref>Mulachara Ka Samikshatmaka Adhyayana; Premi, Phulchand Jain, 1987</ref> It consists twelve chapters and 1,243 verses on (mendicant discipline). It is also called '''Digambara Acharanga'''.{{sfn|Jaini|1998|p=79}}

The text is written in a dialect that is distinct but shares characteristics with [[Ardhamagadhi]].{{sfn|Dundas|2002|p=80}} Its dialect has been called Digambara Sauraseni (or Jain Sauraseni) and proposed to reflect the language of ancient [[Mathura]] region by Indian scholars.{{sfn|Dundas|2002|p=80}} Many characteristics of the Mulachara manuscript, as found in [[Karnataka]], share elements of monastic conduct found in [[Svetambara]] scriptures.{{sfn|Dundas|2002|p=80}} Some of the verses of ''Mulaccara'' are almost same as those found in Svetambara's ''Dasavaikalika''. This suggests the existence of an ancient shared textual tradition between Digambaras and Svetambaras, one that likely split and differentiated later.{{sfn|Dundas|2002|p=80}}<ref name=ghatage>{{cite book|author=A.M. Ghatage|title=Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Volume 16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xNM8AAAAMAAJ|year=1954|publisher=Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute|pages=36–37}}</ref>

Vasunandin wrote a Sanskrit commentary on the ''Mulacara'', and it is titled ''Acaravrtti''.<ref name=ghatage/>

== See also ==
* [[List of Jain texts]]

==References==
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===Bibliography===
* {{citation |last=Dundas |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Dundas |title=The Jains |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8iAAgAAQBAJ |edition=Second |date=2002 |orig-year=1992 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=0-415-26605-X }}
* {{citation |last=Jaini |first=Padmanabh S. |author-link=Padmanabh Jaini |title=Gender and Salvation: Jaina Debates on the Spiritual Liberation of Women |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRA-uoUFz3MC |date=1991 |isbn=0-520-06820-3 |publisher=[[University of California Press]] }}
* {{citation |last=Jaini |first=Padmanabh S. |author-link=Padmanabh Jaini |title=The Jaina Path of Purification |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wE6v6ahxHi8C |date=1998 |orig-year=1979 |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |location=[[Delhi]] |isbn=81-208-1578-5 }}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160412163715/http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/292172 Hindi translation of Mūlacāra (Digital Library of India)]

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