Pancastikayasara

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Pancastikayasara
Pancastikayasara
Pancastikayasara
Information
Religion Jainism
Author Kundakunda
Verses 153[1]

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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

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Five āstikāya

Jainism recognises the five āstikāya namely:

  1. Jīva (soul),
  2. pudgala (matter),
  3. dharma (medium of motion),
  4. adharma (medium of rest), and
  5. akasa (space)

Notes

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References

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External links

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jaini 1991, p. 33.