Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra

Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra
Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra
	English translation of the Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra (1917) by Champat Rai Jain
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Religion	Jainism
Author	Aacharya Samantbhadra Swamy
Language	Sanskrit
Period	2nd Century CE

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Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra is a Jain text composed by Aacharya Samantbhadra Swamy (second century CE), an 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 or Jain lay practitioner. Hiralal Shastri mentions 29 such texts from 2nd century CE to modern times.^[1]

Overview[edit]

First verse of the Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra is dedicated to Vardhamāna Mahāvīra, the 24th Tirthankara:^[2]

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 karmic filth from His Soul, [and] In Whose Perception scintillate the three Worlds and the infinity of Space, as in a mirror !

Chapters[edit]

Seven chapters or parts of the Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra are:

Right Faith
Characteristics of Right Knowledge
Anuvrata
Guņa vratas
Śikşā vratas
Sallekhanā
Eleven Pratimas

Translation[edit]

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[edit]

↑ Shravakachara Samgraha, Part 4, Pages Ka-Kha, Hiralal Shastri, Jivaraj Jain Granthmala, 1998
↑ Champat Rai Jain 1917, p. 1.

References[edit]

Jain, Champat Rai (1917), The Ratna Karanda Sravakachara, The Central Jaina Publishing House
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[edit]

Text of Ratnakarand Shravakachar Translated by Adimati Mataji
English Translation of Ratnakarand Sravakachara
Marathi (PDF), retrieved 21 April 2012

[1] Shravakachara Samgraha, Part 4, Pages Ka-Kha, Hiralal Shastri, Jivaraj Jain Granthmala, 1998

[FOOTNOTEChampat_Rai_Jain19171-2] Champat Rai Jain 1917, p. 1.

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