Pravachanasara

Pravachanasara
Pravachanasara
Text along with commentary of Pravachanasara in English
Information
ReligionJainism
AuthorKundakunda
LanguagePrakrit
Period2nd Century CE or later / 1934 Translated in English
Chapters3
Verses275[1]

Pravachanasara, is a text composed by Jain monk, Kundakunda, 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 his dualism premise.[3] Kundakunda provides a rationale for nudity among Digambara 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.

  1. ^ Jaini 1991, p. 33.
  2. ^ Cort 1998, p. 69.
  3. ^ a b Dundas 2002, pp. 107–109.
  4. ^ Cort 1998, pp. 10–11.