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s authored by ''Acharya
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'' Nemichandra
Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravarty (fl. 10th century) was the author of ''Dravyasamgraha'', '' Gommatsāra'' (''Jivakanda'' and ''Karmakanda''), ''Trilokasara'', ''Labdhisara'' and ''Kshapanasara''. He was among the most distinguished of the Jai ...
Siddhanta Chakravarti.
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''Gommatsāra'' was written byNemichandra
Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravarty (fl. 10th century) was the author of ''Dravyasamgraha'', '' Gommatsāra'' (''Jivakanda'' and ''Karmakanda''), ''Trilokasara'', ''Labdhisara'' and ''Kshapanasara''. He was among the most distinguished of the Jai ...
in 10th century CE in Prakrit
The Prakrits (; sa, prākṛta; psu, 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀤, ; pka, ) are a group of vernacular Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 3rd century BCE to the 8th century CE. The term Prakrit is usu ...
. It is based on the major Jain text, Shatkhandagam written by the ''Acharya Bhutabali'' and ''Acharya Pushpadant''. Sermons on ''Gommatasara'' was delivered in 1635 by Rupchand Pande, teacher of Hemraj Pande Hemraj may refer to:
* Kacharu Lal Hemraj Jain, Indian politician
* Hemraj Verma, Indian politician
* Sheth Gopalji Hemraj High School
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''Gommatasara'' provides a detailed summary of ''Digambara
''Digambara'' (; "sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being '' Śvētāmbara'' (white-clad). The Sanskrit word ''Digambara'' means "sky-clad", referring to their traditional monastic practice of neither possessing ...
'' doctorine. It is also called ''Pancha Sangraha'', a collection of five topics:
#That which is bound, i.e., the Soul (''Bandhaka'');
#That which is bound to the soul;
#That which binds;
#The varieties of bondage;
#The cause of bondage.
The first of these, namely, (''Bandhaka'') i. e., the mundane soul forms the subject-matter of Jiva Kanda (description of the soul). The other four form the subject-matter of ''Karma Kanda''.
See also
*Karma in Jainism
Karma is the basic principle within an overarching psycho-cosmology in Jainism. Human moral actions form the basis of the transmigration of the soul ('). The soul is constrained to a cycle of rebirth, trapped within the temporal world ('), u ...
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