Gommatsāra

Gommatsāra
Gommatsara Jiva-Kanda (1st part of the Gommatsara)
Information
Religion	Jainism
Author	Acharya Nemichandra Siddhant Chakravarti

Gommatsāra is one of the most important Jain texts authored by Acharya Nemi Chandra 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. 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