Pravachanasara

Pravachanasara
Pravachanasara
	Text along with commentary of Pravachanasara in English
Information
Religion	Jainism
Author	Kundakunda
Language	Prakrit
Period	2nd Century CE or later / 1934 Translated in English
Chapters	3
Verses	275

Pravacanasāra is a text composed by Jain monk Kundakunda in the second century CE or later.^[2]^[3] The title means "Essence of the Doctrine" or "Essence of the Scripture", and it largely deals with the correct ascetic and spiritual behavior based on his dualism premise.^[3] Kundakunda provides a rationale for nudity among Digambara monks in this text, stating that the duality of self and of others means "neither I belong to others, nor others belong to me, therefore nothing is mine and the ideal way for a monk to live is the way he was born".^[4] The text is written in Prakrit language, and it consists of three chapters and 275 verses.

A modern English translation was published by Vijay K. Jain in 2020.^[5]

^ Jaini 1991, p. 33.
^ Cort 1998, p. 69.
^ ^a ^b Dundas 2002, pp. 107–109.
^ Cort 1998, pp. 10–11.
^ Jain 2020.

[FOOTNOTEJaini199133-1] Jaini 1991, p. 33.

[FOOTNOTECort199869-2] Cort 1998, p. 69.

[FOOTNOTEDundas2002107–109-3] Dundas 2002, pp. 107–109.

[FOOTNOTECort199810–11-4] Cort 1998, pp. 10–11.

[FOOTNOTEJain2020-5] Jain 2020.

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Pravachanasara
Text along with commentary of Pravachanasara in English
Information
Religion	Jainism
Author	Kundakunda
Language	Prakrit
Period	2nd Century CE or later / 1934 Translated in English
Chapters	3
Verses	275^[1]