Niyamasara

Niyamasara

Niyamasara is a 1st Century CE spiritual treatise by Kundakunda described by its commentators as the Bhagavat Shastra. It expounds the path of liberation.

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Niyamasara deals with the three ethico-spiritual standpoints of understanding ultimate Reality –the Nishcaya naya, the Vyavahara naya and the Shuddha Naya.

Niyamasara effectively removes doubts related to Parayayarthika naya and Dravyarthika nayas and elaborates on Vyavahara caritra. He stresses that Vyavahara caritra is based on samyama (self-restraint) and hence rooted in appropriate psychic disposition. He places great stress on cleansing the soul of vibhavas, internal impurities,through self-discipline.

A unique feature of the Niyamasara is that Kundakunda characterises both Nichcaya caritra and Vyavahara caritra as tapa, or practice of austerity from their respective nayas. This characterization is based on psychological and pragmatic considerations and if put in practice properly it would lead to internal and external purity and annihilation of the four passions. Kundakunda concludes that Vyavahara caritra and Nishcaya caritra together constitute Samyak caritra. Another unique feature of this text is its description of parama samadhi, not found elsewhere in Jain literature.

Hindi Translation

Hindi translation of Niyamsaar


Gujarati Translation

Gujarati translation of Niyamsaar

Niyamasara Shastra

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NIYAMASARA: SALVATION THROUGH SELF-DISCIPLINE (Prakrit - English) Original Text in Prakrit By Acarya Kundakunda Translation and Introduction in English by J P Jain Sadhak, 2005 ISBN 8170272424

v · Purvas (The Prior Knowledge - considered totally lost)
Śvetāmbara (Canonical Texts)
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Ācāradaśāh • Brhatkalpa • Vyavahāra • Niśītha • Mahāniśītha • Jītakalpa
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Daśavaikālika • Uttarādhyayana • Āvaśyaka • Pindaniryukyti
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Catuhśarana • Āturapratyākhyanā • Bhaktaparijñā • Samstāraka • Tandulavaicarika • Candravedhyāka • Devendrastava • Ganividyā • Mahāpratyākhyanā • Vīrastava
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Satkhandāgama • Kasāyaprabhrta
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Padmapurāna • Harivamsapurāna • Ādipurāna • Uttarapurāna
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Mulācāra • Trivarnācāra • Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra
Ganitānuyoga
Sūryaprajñapti • Candraprajñapt • Jayadhavalātikā • Gommatasāra
Dravyānuyoga
Niyamasāra • Pancastikayasāra • Pravacanasāra • Samayasāra • Tattvārthasūtra (Note1) • Āptamīmamsa
Commentary
Commentary on Tattvarthasūtra and Aptmimamsa
Tattvārthasūtra is accepted by both Digambaras and Śvetāmbara as their texts although Śvetāmbaras do not include it under canonical texts.

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