Kundakunda
Sign in to saveKundakunda is the name given to the author or authors of sixteen influential Digambara texts, including Niyamasāra ("The Essence of the Restraint"), Pañcāstikāyasāra ("The Essence of the Five Existents"), Samayasāra ("The Essence of the Self"), and Pravacanasāra ("The Essence of the Teaching"). These attributions are questioned, and "only parts of some works are likely to have been written by him," showing "clear signs of interpolations" and multiple authorship.
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- Born
- 0100-01-01
- Died
- 0150-01-01
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Acharya Kundakunda's Samayasara
- Barasa Anuvekkha
- The building of the cosmos
- Eine Digambara-Dogmatik
- Niyamasāra of Āchārya Kundakunda
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Key facts
- Religious biography.honorific prefix
- Acharya
- Religious biography.image
- Acharya KundaKunda.jpg
- Religious biography.caption
- Idol of Kundakunda, Karnataka
- Religious biography.religion
- Jainism
- Religious biography.sect
- Digambara
- Religious biography.birth_date
- scholarly dating 8th century CE, or multiple authorship with layers dating from 350–400 up to 950–1150 CE; trad. Jain-dating 2nd–3rd century CE
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 100
- Died
- 1 January 150
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Authorship, names, and dating
- Thought and influences
- Works
- Influence
- Digambara mysticism
- Kundakunda-inspired lay-movements
- Publications and translations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Kundakunda is the name given to the author or authors of sixteen influential Digambara texts, including Niyamasāra ("The Essence of the Restraint"), Pañcāstikāyasāra ("The Essence of the Five Existents"), Samayasāra ("The Essence of the Self"), and Pravacanasāra ("The Essence of the Teaching"). These attributions are questioned, and "only parts of some works are likely to have been written by him," showing "clear signs of interpolations" and multiple authorship.
While dates for "Kundakunda" range from scholarly datings in the 8th c. CE to traditional datings in the 2nd–3rd c. CE, texts attributed to him may reflect multiple authorship, containing layers dating from 350–400 (Pañcâstikāya-sangraha) and 550–600 CE (Samaya-sāra) up to 950–1150 CE. The Kundakunda-core texts were anonymous compilations for several centuries, and it is not until Jayasena's (ca. 1150–1200) commentary on the Pañcâstikāya that an author is explicitly mentioned and a Kundakunda-narrative is created.