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Kundakunda was a Digambara Jain monk and philosopher, who likely lived in the second century CE or later. [2] [3] [4] His date of birth is māgha māsa, śukla pakṣa, pañcamī tithi, on the day of Vasant Panchami. He authored many Jain texts such as: Samayasara, Niyamasara, Pancastikayasara, Pravachanasara, Astapahuda and Barasanuvekkha.
Kundakunda was a fourth to fifth century teacher and writer from south India who influenced Jain thought and literature. He wrote in Prakrit verse on the soul, karma, liberation and the difference between conventional and absolute truth.
Kundakunda was a Digambara Jain monk and philosopher, who likely lived in the 2nd CE century CE or later. He authored many Jain texts such as: Samayasara, Niyamasara, Pancastikayasara, Pravachanasara, Astapahuda and Barasanuvekkha. He occupies the highest place in the tradition of the Digambara Jain acharyas.
Prakrit author Kundakunda of 84 Pãhuds (gifts), propounded the knowledge of Shrutakevali and Jinendra. Unfortunately, only a few are currently available. His Samaysãr contains the path to liberation for a monk and is the most revered text for Digambars. Multiple Names of Kundakunda
Feb 23, 2020 · Pańcāstikāya-samgraha or Pańcāstikāya-sāra (known briefly as Pańcāstikāya and spelled commonly as Panchastikay) is one of the four most important and popular works of Ācārya Kundakunda (circa first century B.C.), the other three being Samayasāra, Pravacanasāra and Niyamasāra.
In Indian philosophy: Jain philosophy. …and epistemology, the 2nd-century- ce philosopher Kundakunda was the first to develop Jaina logic. The Tattvarthadhigama-sutra of Umasvatis, however, is the first systematic work, and Siddhasena (7th century ce) the first great logician.
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Aug 6, 2015 · Kundakunda and Umāsvāti are among the first philosophers in Jainism to lay foundations for of Jaina philosophy of mind. A key concept in their philosophy of mind is that of a cognitive faculty, located in and constitutive of the self.
