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 Image ofAcharya Amritchandra, author ofPuruşārthasiddhyupāya | |
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| Religion | Jainism |
| Author | Amritchandra |
| Period | 10th Century CE |
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Puruṣārthasiddhyupāya is a majorJain text authored byAmritchandra.[1][2] Acharya Amritchandra was aDigambara monk who lived in the tenth century (Vikram Samvat).Puruṣārthasiddhyupāya deals with the conduct of householder (śrāvaka) in detail.[3] Another majorJain text that deals with householder's conduct isRatnakaranda śrāvakācāra.Puruṣārthasiddhyupāya also deals extensively with the Jain concept ofahiṃsā.[4]
Like all Jain texts first verse (śloka) ofPuruṣārthasiddhyupāya is an invocation:
Victory to the Supreme Effulgence (Omniscience – the infinite and all-embracing knowledge) that images, as it were in a mirror, all substances and their infinite modes, extending through the past, the present, and the future.[5]
Puruṣārthasiddhyupāya deals extensively with the Jain concept ofahimsā (refraining from causing harm) particularly in reference to its observance as a minor vow (anuvrata) by theśrāvaka. In Verse 43, deliberatehimsā (causing harm) is defined as "harm caused to physical or psychical vitalities when acting under the influence of passions" (verse 43).[6] Amritchandra then elaborates on the observances that help the householder in abiding by his minor vow ofahimsā.
Eleven verses (79-89), cautions the householder regarding certain misconstrued notions that people put forward to justify their acts ofhimsā.[7]
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