Soul Science Part 01

Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

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original text, the original stanzas of Ācārya Kundakunda in Prāksta, their English transliteration with diacritical marks, and the Samskrta version provided by Ācārya Amstacandra have also been included.
This task was initiated in December 2007. Already more than two years of time have been devoted to this project in the past 5 years. In this duration, I could complete only 144 out of 415 stanzas. In view of the requirement of long time needed to make the text more and more concise, precise and comprehensible (by multiple reviewing), some of my friends suggested that instead of waiting for the completion of all 415 stanzas it is better to publish a part. I liked this suggestion and decided to publish 144 stanzas (three chapters) as Part-1.
In stanza 5, Ācārya Kundakunda writes तं एयत्तविहत्तं दाएहं अप्पणो सविहवेण।
जदि दाएज्ज पमाणं चुक्केज्ज छलंण घेत्तव्वं ।।5।
Meaning : I shall show the indivisible soul separate from others (Ekatva-Vibhakta soul) using my own spiritual wealth. If I show it, then you should accept it. If I miss, then you should not pick up any aberration.
If a personality like Acarya Kundakunda expresses the possibility of missing something then where do I stand? What should I say? I apologize in advance for my shortcomings and request the learned readers for their comments and suggestions for the corrections.
References and notes
1. Ācārya Kundakunda's Samayasāra, with Hindi and English Translation, by Vijay
K. Jain (Vikalp Printers, Deharadun, 2012). 2. Ācārya Kundakunda's Samayasāra, Commentary in Hindi by Aryika Gyanmati
Mataji (Digamber Jain Trilok Shodha Samsthan, Hastinapur, UP, 1990). Äcārya Kundakunda's Samayasāra, commentary in Hindi by Acārya Gyansagaraji with translation of stanzas in Hindi-verses by Ācārya Vidhyasagaraji (Shri
Digamber Jain Seva Samiti and Sakal Digamber Jain Samaj, Ajmer, 1994). 4. Pravacana Ratnākara, Part 1 to 11, Lectures delivered by Shri Kanji Swami on
Sama yasära; translated by Pt. Ratan Chandji Bharill in Hindi (Pundit Todarmal Smarak Trust, Jaipur, 1981).