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Dr. Nemicandra Jain this work is of an earlier origin than the Satkhandagama and much earlier than the works of Acārya Kundakunda. Its period of composition might be as early as the first century AD. The linguistic evidence also supports this inference, as its language is more ancient than the language of the Satkhandagama.
Kaṣāya Prabhṛta has a total of sixteen chapters (Adhikāra). The first eight of its chapters vividly describe the nature of deluding (Mohanīya) karma that is primarily responsible for the worldly wandering of the living beings. The remaining eight chapters are devoted to the analyses of spiritual evolution effected by gradually decaying deluding karma and its various conditions under various circumstances of spiritual awakening. The aspects of karmic influx, bondage, duration, fruition, separation, etc have been lucidly dealt with in great detail. In a nutshell this treatise presents a vivid analysis of attachment and aversion wrought by delusion; karmic influx, bondage, etc due to activities guided by such delusion and karmic separation when deluding karma is checked.
Canon-Equivalent Śaurasenī Literature –
The following are some of the Śauraseni works of the most revered of great Acāryas of the Digambara Jaina tradition that are considered to be equivalent to the canonical literature:-- Acarya Kundkunda's Works -
The important works of Acārya Kundakunda are -
1. Pravacanasāra,
2. Samayasara,
3. Pañcāstikāya,
4. Astapāhuda comprising
i. Damsaṇapāhuda,
ii. Suttapāhuda,
166 JAINISM: THE CREED FOR ALL TIMES
| SR No. | 006564 |
| Book Title | Jainism the Creed for All Times |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | D S Baya |
| Publisher | Prakrit Bharti Academy |
| Publication Year | 2006 |
| Total Pages | 420 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 20 MB |