Gommatsara

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Gommatsara is a foundational Jain philosophical text, especially central to the Digambara tradition, that systematically expounds the nature of the soul, karma, and the path to liberation.

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Gommatsara canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain text ⓘ
philosophical text ⓘ
religious scripture ⓘ
author Acharya Nemichandra ⓘ
Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravarti ⓘ
basedOn Satkhandagama ⓘ
linked to: Shatkhandagama
centralTo Digambara Jain philosophy ⓘ
commentaryOn Satkhandagama ⓘ
linked to: Shatkhandagama
commentedOnBy later Digambara acharyas ⓘ
describes bondage and shedding of karma ⓘ
classification of souls ⓘ
spiritual stages of the soul ⓘ
types of karma ⓘ
explains attributes of the soul ⓘ
mechanism of karmic bondage ⓘ
mechanism of karmic influx ⓘ
mechanism of karmic shedding ⓘ
states of the liberated soul ⓘ
focusesOn bondage of karma ⓘ
karma ⓘ
liberation ⓘ
nature of jiva ⓘ
path to moksha ⓘ
soul ⓘ
genre karma doctrine treatise ⓘ
hasPart Jivakanda ⓘ
linked to: Revakhanda

Karmakanda ⓘ
importance authoritative source on karma in Jainism ⓘ
foundational Digambara text ⓘ
influenced later Digambara doctrinal works ⓘ
language Prakrit ⓘ
partOf Digambara Jain canon ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Jain karma theory ⓘ
Jain metaphysics ⓘ
region India ⓘ
religion Jainism ⓘ
script Devanagari (in many modern editions) ⓘ
scriptureType Siddhanta text ⓘ
studiedBy Jain monks ⓘ
Jain scholars ⓘ
subjectOf Digambara monastic study ⓘ
teaches conditions for liberation ⓘ
method of spiritual purification ⓘ
timePeriod medieval period ⓘ
tradition Digambara ⓘ
linked to: Digambara Jains
usedIn Digambara curriculum ⓘ
Jain doctrinal education ⓘ

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Jain literature → majorText → Gommatsara ⓘ
Digambara Jains → importantText → Gommatsara ⓘ