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{{Infobox religious text<br />
| image = Panchastikayasara.pdf<br />
| alt = Pancastikayasara<br />
| caption = Pancastikayasara<br />
| religion = [[Jainism]]<br />
| author = [[Kundakunda]]<br />
| verses = 180<br />
| period = 1st century B.C.<br />
}}<br />
{{Jainism}}<br />
'''''Pañcastikayasara''''' (en: the essence of reality), is an ancient [[Jain text]] authored by Acharya [[Kundakunda]].{{sfn|Jaini|1991|p=33}} Kundakunda explains the [[Jain]] concepts of ''[[Dravya (Jainism)|dravya]]'' (substance) and [[Ethics]]. The work serves as a brief version of the [[Jaina philosophy]]. There are total 180 verses written in [[Prakrit]] language.{{sfn|Chakravarti|2001}} The text is about five (''panch'') ''āstikāya'', substances that have both characteristics, viz. existence as well as body.<br />
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== Āstikāya ==<br />
[[File:Astikaya.jpeg|thumb|center|Five ''āstikāya'']]<br />
The five ''āstikāya'' mentioned in the text are :—{{sfn|Chakravarti|2001|p=3}} <br />
#[[Jīva (Jainism)|Jīva]] (soul),<br />
# [[Pudgala]] ([[matter]]),<br />
#[[Dharma (Jainism)|Dharma]] (medium of motion),<br />
#''[[Adharma]]'' (medium of rest), and<br />
#[[Akasa (Jainism)|Akasa]] (space)<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wnoRAQAAIAAJ|p=16|title=Ācārya Kundakunda's Pañcāstikāya-sāra|author1=Kundakunda|first1=Acharya|last2=Chakravarti|first2=Appaswami|last3=Upādhye|first3=Ādinātha Neminātha|year=2001|isbn=978-81-263-1813-1 |ref={{sfnref|Chakravarti|2001}} }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Jaini |first=Padmanabh S. |authorlink=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]] }}<br />
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