Gommatsāra

Gommatsāra is one of the most important Jain texts authored by Acharya Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravarti.^[1][2]

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

History

Gommatsāra was written by Nemichandra in 10th century CE in Prakrit.^[3][4] It is based on the major Jain text, Shatkhandagam written by the Acharya Bhutabali and Acharya Pushpadant.^[5] Sermons on Gommatasara was delivered in 1635 by Rupchand Pande, teacher of Hemraj Pande.^[6]

Content

Classification of souls (gatha 72)

Gommatasara provides a detailed summary of Digambara doctorine.^[3] It is also called Pancha Sangraha, a collection of five topics:^[7]

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.^[7]

See also

• Karma in Jainism