Gommatsāra

Gommatsāra is one of the most important Jain texts authored by Acharya Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravarti.

[1][2] Gommatsāra was written by Nemichandra in 10th century CE in Prakrit.

[3][4] It is based on the major Jain text, Shatkhandagam written by the Acharya Bhutabali and Acharya Pushpadant.

[6] Gommatasara provides a detailed summary of Digambara doctorine.

[3] It is also called Pancha Sangraha, a collection of five topics:[7] The first of these, namely, (Bandhaka) i. e., the mundane soul forms the subject-matter of Jiva Kanda (description of the soul).

Classification of souls ( gatha 72 )