Samayasāra

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Samayasāra (The Nature of the Self) is a famous Jain text by Acharya Kundakunda.

Its ten chapters discuss the nature of jiva (atman, pure self), its attachment to karmas and moksha.

It has a number of commentaries on it including Atmakhyati of Amritchandra and Natak Samayasar of Banarasidas.

References

Samaysar Shastra

Pujya Gurudevshree Kanjiswami's Pravachan On Samaysar Shastra

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