Pancastikayasara

Pancastikayasara
Pancastikayasara
	Pancastikayasara
Information
Religion	Jainism
Author	Kundakunda
Period	1st century B.C.
Verses	180

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Pañcastikayasara (en: the essence of reality), is an ancient Jain text authored by Acharya Kundakunda.^[1] Kundakunda explains the Jain concepts of dravya (substance) and Ethics. The work serves as a brief version of the Jaina philosophy. There are total 180 verses written in Prakrit language.^[2] The text is about five (panch) āstikāya, substances that have both characteristics, viz. existence as well as body.

Āstikāya[edit]

Five āstikāya

The five āstikāya mentioned in the text are :—^[3]

Jīva (soul),
Pudgala (matter),
Dharma (medium of motion),
Adharma (medium of rest), and
Akasa (space)

Notes[edit]

↑ Jaini 1991, p. 33.
↑ Chakravarti 2001.
↑ Chakravarti 2001, p. 3.

References[edit]

Kundakunda, Acharya; Chakravarti, Appaswami; Upādhye, Ādinātha Neminātha (2001), Ācārya Kundakunda's Pañcāstikāya-sāra, p. 16, ISBN 978-81-263-1813-1
Jaini, Padmanabh S. (1991), Gender and Salvation: Jaina Debates on the Spiritual Liberation of Women, University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-06820-3

[FOOTNOTEJaini199133-1] Jaini 1991, p. 33.

[FOOTNOTEChakravarti2001-2] Chakravarti 2001.

[FOOTNOTEChakravarti20013-3] Chakravarti 2001, p. 3.

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