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    Kundakunda was a Digambara Jain monk and philosopher, who likely lived in the second century CE or later. His date of birth is māgha māsa, śukla pakṣa...
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    Samayasāra of Kundakunda in 1932. He lectured on these teachings for 45 years to comprehensively elaborate on the philosophy described by Kundakunda and others...
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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)...
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    One of the most important scholar-monks of the Digambara tradition was Kundakunda. Digambara Jain communities are currently found mainly in most parts of...
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  • ISBN 9788176254106. Kundakunda (2008). Acarya Kundakunda's Samayasara By Appaswami Chakravarti, Amṛtacandra, Kundakunda, Kundakunda. Bharatiya Jnanpith...
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    soul, such as the work of Kundakunda like the Samaya-sāra, the Pancastikayasara, and Niyamasara. These works by Kundakunda (2nd century CE or later) are...
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    Bhadrabahu, c. 4th century BCE. Last acharya of undivided Jain sangha. Kundakunda- 1st century BCE Sudharma Swami Umaswami- Author of the Jain text, Tattvarthsutra...
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  • Jain sects. In the Digambara tradition texts, the 'two-truths theory' of Kundakunda also provides the core of this doctrine. The doctrine of anekāntavāda...
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    recited on many occasions. It is traditionally attributed to Acharya Kundakunda who is regarded to be the author of several Prakrit texts like Samayasar...
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  • influential theory of Nayavāda is the dual-perspective model of Kundakunda. Kundakunda held that the perspective of the soul is the only 'certain' (niscaya)...
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    Digambara Jain tradition believe him to be the chief disciple of Acharya Kundakunda. However, this is disputed by some Western scholars. Umaswati, was an...
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    Parshwanath tirthankara and the place is known to have given shelter to Acharya Kundakunda during earlier centuries. The main deity of this temple is Parshwanatha...
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    of true doctrine cascading like water steam from Simandhara to Kundakunda and Kundakunda to Kanji Swami. In 2010, a 41.5 feet idol of Lord Bahubali was...
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  • similar to man standing akimbo…"4.103–6 Ācārya Kundakunda, Pañcāstikāyasāra, Gatha 16 Ācārya Kundakunda, Pañcāstikāyasāra, Gatha 18 Jain 2013, p. 74. Dundas...
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  • record of Digambara beliefs is contained in the Prakrit Suttapahuda of Kundakunda. Digambaras and Śvētāmbara differ in their practices and dress code, interpretations...
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    Pravacanasāra is a text composed by Jain monk Kundakunda in the second century CE or later. The title means "Essence of the Doctrine" or "Essence of the...
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    Veerasena, was a Digambara monk and belonged to the lineage of Acharya Kundakunda. He was an Indian mathematician and Jain philosopher and scholar. He was...
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    Niyamasāra is a Jain text authored by Acharya Kundakunda, a Digambara Jain acharya. It is described by its commentators as the Bhagavat Shastra. It expounds...
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    ISBN 978-1615924462. Nayanar, Prof. A. Chakravarti (2005). Samayasāra of Ācārya Kundakunda. Gāthā 10.310, New Delhi, India: Today & Tomorrows Printer and Publisher...
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    holy books are Pravachanasara and Samayasara written by their Prophets Kundakunda and Amritchandra as their original canon is lost. Shwetambara Jainism...
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    have preserved the ancient Śramaṇa practice. Āchārya Bhadrabāhu, Āchārya Kundakunda are two of the most revered Digambar Sādhus. Every Digambara monk is required...
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    include Yogashastra by Acharya Hemachandra and Niyamasara by Acharya Kundakunda. Other illustrious Jain works on ascetic conduct are Oghanijjutti, Pindanijjutti...
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    Essence of Reality") is an ancient Jain text authored by Acharya Kundakunda. Kundakunda explains the Jain concepts of dravya (substance) and Ethics. The...
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    figures The 24 Tirthankaras Rishabha Pārśva Mahavira Arihant Ganadhara Kundakunda Siddhasena Samantabhadra Haribhadra Yashovijaya Major sects Schools and...
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    included Indian philosophers such as Parshavnatha, Mahavira, Acharya Kundakunda, Umaswati, Samantabhadra, and Valluvar; the Indian emperors Chandragupta...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tirthankaras. God in Jainism Kundakunda List of Tirthankaras Tattva (Jainism) Britannica Tirthankar Definition...
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    of karma, and essential to the path to liberation. In his Niyamasara, Kundakunda describes yoga bhakti—devotion to the path to liberation—as the highest...
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    of an order of ascetics. Some of the famous achāryas are Bhadrabahu, Kundakunda, Samantabhadra, Umaswami, Sthulibhadra. In Digambara Jainism, Āchārya...
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    figures The 24 Tirthankaras Rishabha Pārśva Mahavira Arihant Ganadhara Kundakunda Siddhasena Samantabhadra Haribhadra Yashovijaya Major sects Schools and...
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    Panchastikaya of Kundakunda. He had prepared an index on the Pragnavabodh (VS 1956). Rajchandra was inspired by works of Kundakunda and Digambara mystical...
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