Gommatsāra

Gommatsāra
Gommatsara Jiva-Kanda (1st part of the Gommatsara)
Information
Religion	Jainism
Author	Acharya Nemichandra Siddhant Chakravarti
Period	10th century CE

Gommatsāra is one of the most important Jain texts authored by Acharya Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravarti.

History

Gommatsāra was written by Nemichandra in 10th century CE in Prakrit. It is based on the major Jain text, Dhavala written by the Acharya Bhutabali and Acharya Pushpadant. Sermons on Gommatasara was delivered in 1635 by Rupchand Pande, teacher of Hemraj Pande.

Content

Classification of souls (gatha 72)

Gommatasara provides a detailed summary of Digambara doctorine. It is also called Pancha Sangraha, a collection of five topics:

1. That which is bound, i.e., the Soul (Bandhaka);
2. That which is bound to the soul;
3. That which binds;
4. The varieties of bondage;
5. The cause of bondage.

The first of these, namely, (Bandhaka) i. e., the mundane soul forms the subject-matter of Jiva Kanda (description of the soul). The other four form the subject-matter of Karma Kanda.

See also

• Karma in Jainism

References

Sources

• Jaini, Jagmandar-lāl (1927), Gommatsara Jiva-kanda Alt URL
• Ghoshal, Sarat Chandra (1989), Dravya Samgraha of Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravartti, ISBN 9788120806344
• 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
• Sangave, Vilas Adinath (2001), Facets of Jainology: Selected Research Papers on Jain Society, Religion, and Culture, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, ISBN 978-81-7154-839-2