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{{Infobox religious text
| image = The Ratna Karanda Sravakachara.JPG
| alt = Ratnakaranda Shravakachara
| caption = English translation of the ''Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra'' (1917) by [[Champat Rai Jain]]
| religion = [[Jainism]]
| author = [[Samantabhadra (Jain monk)|Aacharya Samantbhadra Swamy]]
| language = [[Sanskrit]]
| period = 2nd Century CE
}}
{{Jainism}}
'''Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra''' is a [[Jain text]] composed by [[Samantabhadra (Jain monk)|Aacharya Samantbhadra Swamy]] (second century CE), an ''[[Acharya (Jainism)|acharya]]'' of the [[Digambara]] sect of [[Jainism]]. Aacharya Samantbhadra Swamy was originally from [[Kanchipuram]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra is the earliest and one of the best-known śrāvakācāra.

A śrāvakācāra discusses the conduct of a [[Śrāvaka (Jainism)|Śrāvaka]] or Jain lay practitioner. Hiralal Shastri
mentions 29 such texts from 2nd century CE to modern times.<ref>Shravakachara Samgraha, Part 4, Pages Ka-Kha, Hiralal Shastri, Jivaraj Jain Granthmala, 1998</ref>

== Overview ==

First verse of the ''Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra'' is dedicated to [[Mahavira|Vardhamāna Mahāvīra]], the 24th [[Tirthankara]]:{{sfn|Champat Rai Jain|1917|p=1}}

:Namāh śri Vardhamāna-e nirdhutakalilātmane
:Sālokānāma trilokānāma yadā-vidyā darpanāyate! (1-1)

Tr.- I bow to Śri Vardhamāna Mahāvīra who has washed off [all] the impurities of [[Karma in Jainism|karmic]] filth from His Soul, [and]
In Whose Perception scintillate the three Worlds and the infinity of Space, as in a mirror !

== Chapters ==
Seven chapters or parts of the ''Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra'' are:

#Right Faith
#Characteristics of Right Knowledge
#''[[Anuvrata]]''
#''Guņa vratas''
#''Śikşā vratas''
#[[Sallekhana|Sallekhanā]]
#Eleven [[Pratima (Jainism)|Pratimas]]

==Translation==
Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra was first translated in English language in 1917 by [[Champat Rai Jain]]. It was named "The Householder's Dharma" which means the conduct of a householder.

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{citation | url=https://archive.org/details/TheRatnaKarandaSravakachara | title=The Ratna Karanda Sravakachara | publisher=The Central Jaina Publishing House | date=1917 | author=Jain, Champat Rai|author-link=Champat Rai Jain}}
* P. S. Jaini, Reviewed work(s): Jaina Yoga: A Survey of the Mediaeval Śrāvakācāras by R. Williams, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 27, No. 3 (1964)
* Jaina yoga: a survey of the mediaeval śrāvakācāras, Volume 1 of Lala Sunder Lal Jain research series, Author R. Williams, Edition 3, Publisher Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1991
* RATNAKARANDA SRAVAKACARA (Sanskrit-Hindi) By Acarya Samantbhadra Translated into Hindi with 2 Appendices by Dr. [[Jaykumar Jalaj]] Preface by Dr. Paul Dundas Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 3

== External links ==
* [http://www.jaingranths.com/Manuscript.asp?id=304&i=359 Text of Ratnakarand Shravakachar Translated by Adimati Mataji]
* [http://files.jain.us.com/shrish/4.books/Ratnakarandakashravakachara-English.pdf English Translation of Ratnakarand Sravakachara]
* {{citation |url=http://www.jainworld.com/JWMarathi/library/shravakachar/chapter1.pdf |title=Marathi |format=PDF |access-date=2012-04-21}}

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