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

Gommatasara provides a detailed summary of Digambara doctorine.[3] It is also called Pancha Sangraha, a collection of five topics:[7]
- That which is bound, i.e., the Soul (Bandhaka);
- That which is bound to the soul;
- That which binds;
- The varieties of bondage;
- 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]
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