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''Samayasāra'' (''The Nature of the Self'') is a famous Jain text composed by '' Acharya Kundakunda'' in 439 verses. Its ten chapters discuss the nature of '' Jīva'' (pure self/soul), its attachment to Karma and Moksha (liberation). ''Samayasāra'' expounds the Jain concepts like '' Karma'', '' Asrava'' (influx of ''karmas''), Bandha (Bondage), '' Samvara'' (stoppage), '' Nirjara'' (shedding) and Moksha (complete annihilation of ''karmas''). A modern English translation was published by Vijay K. Jain in 2022.


History

''Samayasara'' was written by Acharya Kundakunda in Prakrit.


Contents

The original ''Samayasara'' of Kundakunda consists of 415 verses and was written in Prakrit. The first verse ( aphorism) of the ''Samayasāra'' is an invocation: According to ''Samayasāra'', the real self is only that soul which has achieved ratnatraya i.e. Samyak Darshan, Samyak Gyan and Samyak Charitra. These state when soul achieves purity is Arihant and Siddha. It can be achieved by victory over five senses. According to ''Samayasāra'':


Commentaries

It has a number of commentaries on it. ''Atmakhyati'' or ''Samayasara Kalasha'', written by Acharya Amritchandra in 12th century CE, is a 278-verse
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commentary. ''Samaysar Kalash Tika'' or ''Balbodh'' was written by Pande Rajmall or Raymall in 16th century CE. It is a commentary of Amritchandra's ''Samaysar Kalasha''. ''Nataka Samayasara'' is a commentary on Rajmall's version which was written by Banarasidas in Braj Bhasha in 17th century CE.


See also

* Sarvārthasiddhi * Moksha (Jainism)


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* * * * * * * *Kundakunda. ''Samayasāra'', text, trans. and comm. by A. Chakravarti, Banaras, 1930. Prakrit Jain texts Eastern philosophical literature Ancient Indian literature Jain texts {{Jainism-book-stub