Samyasara

by Prof. A. Chakravarti (Ed. & Tr.)

Acharya Kundakunda 1st century B.C. was the first and foremost of all the Acharyas who flourished after Bhagavan Mahavira and Gautama Ganadhara. The 'Samayasara', one of his monumental works, signified the truth of spirituality. The philosophy interknit in it is of a puritanic type with no room for tantra and mantra. Acarya Amritachandra, a great thinker and master of spiritual science of tenth century A.D. tried to beautifully illustrate the metrical aphorisms of 'Samayasara'. Based on the same is the commentary in English by Prof. A Chakravarti, a leading Indologist of 20th century. To introduce both the text and its commentary Prof. Chakravarti has discussed in details: Self in Europen thought, Self in Indian thought, rudiments of upnishadic thought in the Samhitas, the evolution of the cosmos from the primeval Prakriti, a discussion of dreams and hallucinations and Self in modern science. On demand of our readers, Bharatiya Jnanpith is happy to publish the new edition of this voluminous and outstanding work in new size and new look.