Pancastikayasara
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| Religion | Jainism |
| Author | Kundakunda |
| Verses | 153[1] |
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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 Ontology and Ethics. It is said that Kundakunda composed the Pañcastikayasara for students. Hence, the work serves as a brief version of the Jaina philosophy. Āstikāya are substances (dravya) which have both characteristics, viz. existence as well as body.
Āstikāya
Five āstikāya
Jainism recognises the five āstikāya namely:
- Jīva (soul),
- pudgala (matter),
- dharma (medium of motion),
- adharma (medium of rest), and
- akasa (space)
Notes
- 1 2 Jaini 1991, p. 33.
References
- 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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