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Kundakunda

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Indian Jain monk

IndiaWritersLived 100 to 150 · aged 50
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Kundakunda is the name given to the author or authors of sixteen influential Digambara texts, including Niyamasāra, Pañcāstikāyasāra, Samayasāra, and Pravacanasāra.

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Kundakunda is the name given to the author or authors of sixteen influential Digambara texts, including Niyamasāra, Pañcāstikāyasāra, Samayasāra, and Pravacanasāra. These attributions are questioned, and "only parts of some works are likely to have been written by him," showing "clear signs of interpolations" and multiple authorship.

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India
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deceased
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Lived 100 to 150 · aged 50
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10 languages

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