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