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| caption = Image of ''Acharya Amritchandra'', author of ''Puruşārthasiddhyupāya''<br />
| religion = [[Jainism]]<br />
| author = Acharya Amritchandra<br />
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'''Puruşārthasiddhyupāya''' (Purushartha Siddhyupaya) is a major [[Jain text]] authored by Acharya [[Amritchandra]].{{sfn|Jain|2012|p=xiii}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.44705|title=The archeology of world religions|publisher=Princeton University Press|author1=Finegan|first1=Jack|date=1952-08-01|p=205}}</ref> Acharya Amritchandra was a [[Digambara Acharya]] who lived in the tenth century ([[Vikram Samvat]]). ''Puruşārthasiddhyupāya'' deals with the conduct of householder (''[[Śrāvaka (Jainism)|sravak]]'') in detail.{{sfn|Jain|2012|p=xiv}} Another major Jain text that deals with householder's conduct is [[Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra]]. ''Puruşārthasiddhyupāya'' also deals extensively with the Jain concept of [[Ahimsa in Jainism|ahiṃsā]].<ref>{{Citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cj2PZR_vsKkC&q=amritchandra&dq=amritchandra|title=Studies in Jainism|isbn=9780962610523|author1=Duli C Jain|date=1 June 1997 |p=26}}</ref><br />
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== Content ==<br />
Like all Jain texts first ''sloka'' ([[aphorism]]) of ''Puruşārthasiddhyupāya'' is an invocation:{{quote|Victory to the Supreme Effulgence (Omniscience – the infinite and all-embracing knowledge) that images, as it were in a mirror, all substances and their infinite modes, extending through the past, the present, and the future.{{sfn|Jain|2012|p=1}}}}<br />
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== Ahimsa ==<br />
{{Main|Ahimsa in Jainism}}<br />
Puruşārthasiddhyupāya deals extensively with the Jaina concept of ahimsa (non-injury) particularly in reference to its observance as a minor vow (''anuvrata'') by the ''Śrāvaka''. In "Verse 43" deliberate himsa (injury) is defined as “acting under the influence of passions, an injury caused to physical or psychical vitalities” (verse 43).{{sfn|Jain|2012|p=33-34}} Acharya Amritchandra then elaborates on the observances that help the householder in abiding by his minor vow of ahimsa. <br />
Eleven verses (79-89), cautions the householder regarding certain misconstrued notions that people put forward to justify their acts of himsa.{{sfn|Jain|2012|p=55-60}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Tattvartha Sutra]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
* {{Citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CLEVAQAAIAAJ|title=The Sacred Books of the Jainas|first=Uggar|last=Sain|author2=Sital Prasad (Brahmachari)|year=1931}}<br />
* {{Citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4iyUu4Fc2-YC&pg=PR14|title=Acharya Amritchandra's Purushartha Siddhyupaya|isbn=9788190363945|last=Jain|first=Vijay K.|year=2012}}<br />
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