Samayasāra

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Samayasāra (The Nature of the Self) is a famous Jain text by Acharya Kundakunda.

Its ten chapters discuss the nature of jiva (atman, pure self), its attachment to karmas and moksha.

It has a number of commentaries on it including Atmakhyati of Amritchandra and Natak Samayasar of Banarasidas.

References

• Samaysar in Gujarati, Hindi, Sanskrit and Prakrit
• Lectures on Samaysar in Gujarati and Hindi
• Samaysar text with translation
• Samayasara of Shri Kundakunda, 1944, Chakravartinayanar, A., Bharatiya Jnanpith

Samayasara

SAMAYASARA By Acarya Kundakunda Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj Ed. by Acarya Kalyanabodhi Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 30 First edition: 2012 ISBN 978-81-88769-45-2

Hard copies available in print

• Samaysar Shastra in Gujarati, Hindi,

Pujya Gurudevshree Kanjiswami's Pravachan On Samaysar Shastra on Vitragvani.com

PDF

• Samaysar Siddhi Part-1to9 In Gujarati
• Samaysar Siddhi Part-10 In Gujarati
• Samaysar Siddhi Part-11 In Gujarati
• Pravachan Ratnakar Part-1to11 In Gujarati In Hindi

Audio

• Pujya Gurudevshree Kanjiswami's Pravachan On Samaysar Shastra