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

Pravacanasāra is a text composed byJain monkKundakunda 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 hisdualism premise.^[3] Kundakunda provides a rationale for nudity amongDigambara 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]

First chapter consists of 92 verses and it describes attributes of supreme individual consciousnesses and outlines first steps of achieving that status. Second chapter consists of 108 verses and it describes laws of interaction between space, time particles, elementary matter particles, compound matter particles, motion and individual consciousnesses in the Cosmos. Third chapter consists of 75 verses and it is aimed at delineating the bases of correct mendicant praxis.

AcharyaAmritchandra has written a commentary on Kundkund Acharya's Pravachansara titledTattvadipika (i.e.the Lamp of Truth). AcharyaJayasena has also written a commentary on Pravachanasara titledTatparyavritti (i.e.the Purport).^[6] Another commentary was written byHemraj Pande in 1652 based on the commentary onSamayasara by Rajmall.^[7]

• List of Jain texts

• Upadhyay, A. N (1935),Pravachanasara, Param-Śruta Prabhavaka Mandala
• Cort, John E. (10 July 1998),Open Boundaries: Jain Communities and Cultures in Indian History,SUNY Press,ISBN 0-7914-3785-X
• Dundas, Paul (2002) [1992],The Jains (Second ed.), London and New York: Routledge,ISBN 978-0-415-26605-5
• Jaini, Padmanabh S. (1991),Gender and Salvation: Jaina Debates on the Spiritual Liberation of Women,University of California Press,ISBN 0-520-06820-3
• Orsini, Francesca; Schofield, Katherine Butler, eds. (1981),Tellings and Texts: Music, Literature and Performance in North India,Open Book Publishers,ISBN 978-1-78374-105-2
• Kundakunda (1935), A. N. Upadhye (ed.),Pravacanasāra with Amṛtacandra’s commentary, Bombay: Shetha Manilal Revashankar Jhaveri
• Jain, Vijay K. (2018),Ācārya Kundakunda’s Pravacanasāra – Essence of the Doctrine, Dehradun: Vikalp Printers,ISBN 978-81-932726-1-9
• Jain, Vijay K. (2020),Ācārya Kundakunda’s Pańcāstikāya-samgraha: With Authentic Explanatory Notes in English (The Jaina Metaphysics), Dehradun: Vikalp Printers,ISBN 978-81-932726-5-7

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