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Niyamasāra
नियमसार
नामकथन द्वारा शास्त्र के उपसंहार का कथन - The name of the Scripture, with conclusion – णियभावणाणिमित्तं मए कदं णियमसारणामसुदं । णच्चा जिणोवदेसं पुव्वावरदोसणिम्मुक्कं ॥१८७॥ पूर्वापर (पूर्ववर्ती और परवर्ती) दोषरहित, जिनोपदेश को जानकर मैंने निजभावना के निमित्त से यह नियमसार नाम का शास्त्र रचा है।
After understanding the teaching of the Conquerors (Jina) that is rid of the fault of inconsistency between parts and with the object of contemplating on the 'Self', I have composed this Scripture, ‘Niyamasāra'.
EXPLANATORY NOTE The author, Ācārya Kundakunda, avers that he has composed this Scripture, Niyamasāra, after understanding the teaching of the Conquerors (Jina). The Conquerors are the Omniscient (sarvajña) Lords who have vanquished attachment – vītarāga. Their teaching is absolutely without faults including inconsistency between parts. The object of composing this Scripture was self-contemplation. This Scripture - Niyamasāra - expounds the essence of the objects of knowledge, and, by the word 'niyama', the path to liberation. It expounds the five substances with extensive magnitude, pańcāstikāya - the soul (jīva), the physical matter (pudgala), the medium of motion (dharma), the medium of rest (adharma), and the space (ākāśa); the fivefold observance, pańcācāra, in regard to faith (darśana), knowledge (jñāna), conduct (cāritra), austerities (tapa), and power (vīrya); the six substances (dravya); and the seven realities (tattva) along with merit (punya) and demerit (pāpa). It describes the five kinds of dispositions (bhāva) – subsidential (aupaśamika), destructional (kṣāyika), destruction-cum-subsidential (kṣāyopaśamika), rising (audayika) and inherent nature (pāriņāmika). It expounds the
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