________________ Pancastikaya-samgraha his age in the second half of the first century B.C. and the first half of the first century A.D. ..." He concludes: "I am inclined to believe, after this long survey of the available material, that Kundakunda's age lies at the beginning of the Christian era." It seems highly appropriate to go with this conclusion. Acarya Vidyananda, too, in his Foreword to 'Samayasara', concurs with this time of Acarya Kundakunda, "He graced the country with his divine presence in the first century B.C." [Vijay K. Jain (2012), "Acarya Kundakunda's Samayasara", p. v.] Acarya Kundakunda's works Acarya Kundakunda, who had great penchant for spiritual exposition, is universally accepted as the author of the following treatises: 1. Pancastikayasara or Pancastikaya-samgraha 2. Samayasara 3. Pravacanasara 4. Niyamasara 5. Astapahuda or Atthapahuda i) Dansanapahuda or Darsanapahuda (36 gatha) ii) Suttapahuda or Sutrapahuda (27 gatha) iii) Carittapahuda or Caritrapahuda (45 gatha) iv) Bohipahuda or Bodhapahuda (62 gatha) v) Bhavapahuda (165 gatha) vi) Mokkhapahuda (106 gatha) vii) Lingapahuda (22 gatha) viii) Silapahuda (40 gatha) Besides these, the authorship of 'Rayanasara' is attributed to Acarya Kundakunda. However, as its several versions have different number and sequence of verses (gatha), some scholars are indecisive about attributing this treatise to Acarya Kundakunda. Every treatise mentioned above is a profound masterpiece, composed on XIV
