Samayasara
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Samayasara is a foundational Jain philosophical text by Acharya Kundakunda that expounds the nature of the soul and the path to liberation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samayasara canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7573688 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samayasara Context triple: [Jain literature, majorText, Samayasara]
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A.
Tattvacintāmaṇi
Tattvacintāmaṇi is a foundational work of Indian logic and epistemology that systematizes the Navya-Nyāya school’s analysis of knowledge and inference.
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Tattva Samkhyana
Tattva Samkhyana is a key philosophical treatise in the Dvaita Vedanta tradition that systematically outlines its dualistic metaphysics and theology.
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Nyayamruta
Nyayamruta is a seminal Dvaita Vedanta philosophical treatise by Vyasatirtha that rigorously critiques Advaita Vedanta and defends dualistic realism.
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D.
Ramamrita
Ramamrita is the given name of S. R. Ranganathan, the influential Indian mathematician and librarian known as the father of library science in India.
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Vedartha Sangraha
Vedartha Sangraha is a foundational Vedantic treatise by the philosopher-theologian Ramanujacharya that systematically presents and defends the Vishishtadvaita (qualified non-dualism) interpretation of the Upanishads.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samayasara Target entity description: Samayasara is a foundational Jain philosophical text by Acharya Kundakunda that expounds the nature of the soul and the path to liberation.
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A.
Tattvacintāmaṇi
Tattvacintāmaṇi is a foundational work of Indian logic and epistemology that systematizes the Navya-Nyāya school’s analysis of knowledge and inference.
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B.
Tattva Samkhyana
Tattva Samkhyana is a key philosophical treatise in the Dvaita Vedanta tradition that systematically outlines its dualistic metaphysics and theology.
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C.
Nyayamruta
Nyayamruta is a seminal Dvaita Vedanta philosophical treatise by Vyasatirtha that rigorously critiques Advaita Vedanta and defends dualistic realism.
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D.
Ramamrita
Ramamrita is the given name of S. R. Ranganathan, the influential Indian mathematician and librarian known as the father of library science in India.
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E.
Vedartha Sangraha
Vedartha Sangraha is a foundational Vedantic treatise by the philosopher-theologian Ramanujacharya that systematically presents and defends the Vishishtadvaita (qualified non-dualism) interpretation of the Upanishads.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jain scripture
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philosophical text ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| aimsAt | realization of true self ⓘ |
| associatedWithAcharya | Acharya Kundakunda ⓘ |
| author | Acharya Kundakunda ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
ajiva (non-soul)
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dravyarthika naya (substantial viewpoint) ⓘ jiva (soul) ⓘ karma ⓘ moksha (liberation) ⓘ paryayarthika naya (modal viewpoint) ⓘ pure consciousness ⓘ |
| commentariesBy |
Amritchandra
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Banarasidas ⓘ Jayasena ⓘ |
| doctrine |
bondage is due to karmic association
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right faith, right knowledge and right conduct lead to liberation ⓘ soul is intrinsically pure ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
internal spiritual transformation
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self-realization over ritual ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
nature of the soul
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path to liberation ⓘ |
| genre | metaphysical treatise ⓘ |
| influenced | later Jain philosophers ⓘ |
| keyTermUsed |
samaya (self, soul)
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sara (essence) ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Jain metaphysics ⓘ |
| regardedAs | authoritative exposition of Jain doctrine ⓘ |
| religion | Jainism ⓘ |
| scripturalCategory | Kundakunda literature ⓘ |
| statusInTradition | foundational text of Jain philosophy ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Jain lay scholars
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Jain monks ⓘ |
| teaches |
detachment from passions
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discrimination between self and non-self ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Essence of the Self ⓘ |
| tradition |
Digambara Jain tradition
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linked to:
Digambara Jains
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| traditionalLanguage | Prakrit ⓘ |
| usedFor |
philosophical study in Jainism
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spiritual guidance in Jain practice ⓘ |
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