Gommatsāra

Gommatsāra
Gommatsara
Gommatsara Jiva-Kanda (1st part of the Gommatsara)
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Religion Jainism
Author Acharya Nemichandra Siddhant Chakravarti
Period 10th century CE

Gommatsāra is one of the most important Jain texts authored by Acharya Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravarti.[1][2]

Overview

Gommatsāra is based on the major Jain text, Dhavala written by the Acharya Bhutabali and Acharya Pushpadant.[3] It is also called (Pancha Sangraha), a collection of five topics:[4]

  1. That which is bound, i.e., the Soul (Bandhaka);
  2. That which is bound to the soul;
  3. That which binds;
  4. The varieties of bondage;
  5. 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.[4]

Content

Classification of souls (gatha 72)

Verse 594 (gatha) of the Gommatasara Jiva Kanda list down the 23 kinds of molecules which are formed by the different combination of atoms.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ghoshal 1989, p. xi.
  2. ↑ Jaini 1927, p. 5.
  3. ↑ Jaini 1927, p. 3.
  4. 1 2 Jaini 1927, p. 2.
  5. ↑ Kundakunda; Sain, Uggar; Brahmachari, Sital Prasad (2006). Acharya Kundakunda's Niyamasāra. p. 37. ISBN 9788126312894.

References

  • Jaini, Jagmandar-lāl (1927), Gommatsara Jiva-kanda, archived from the original on 2006
  • Ghoshal, Sarat Chandra (1989), Dravya Samgraha of Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravartti, ISBN 9788120806344
  • Sangave, Vilas Adinath (2001), Facets of Jainology: Selected Research Papers on Jain Society, Religion, and Culture, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, ISBN 978-81-7154-839-2
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