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 Pancastikayasara | |
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| Religion | Jainism |
| Author | Kundakunda |
| Period | 1st century B.C. |
| Verses | 180 |
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Pañcāstikāyasāra ("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.
A modern English translation was published by Vijay K. Jain in 2018.[3]
- ^ Jaini 1991, p. 33.
- ^ Chakravarti 2001.
- ^ Jain 2018.