Pancastikayasara

Pancastikayasara
Pancastikayasara
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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

Five āstikāya

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

1. Jīva (soul),
2. Pudgala (matter),
3. Dharma (medium of motion),
4. Adharma (medium of rest), and
5. Akasa (space)

Notes

References

• 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 

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