‘aShTaprAbhR^it’–sanAtan digambar jain AmnAyake nirgrantha shramaNottam bhagavAn shrI kundakundAchAryadev dvArA praNIt darshanaprAbhR^it, sUtraprAbhR^it, bodhaprAbhR^it, bhAv –prAbhR^it, mokShaprAbhR^it, li.ngaprAbhR^it, aur shIlaprAbhR^it–yah ATh prAbhR^ito.nkA samUh–sa.nsakaraN hai. shramaNabhagavanta R^iShIshvar shrI kundakundAchAryadev vikram sa.nvatke prArambhame.n ho gaye hai.n. digambar jain para.nparAme.n bhagavAn kundakundAchAryadevakA sthAn sarvotkR^iShTa hai.
yah shlok pratyek digambar jain, shAstrAdhyayan prArambha karate samay, ma.ngalAcharaN ke rUp me.n bolatA hai. yah suprasiddha ‘ma.ngal’ kA shlok bhagavAn shrI kundakundAchAryadevakI asAdhAraN mahattA prasiddha karatA hai, kyo.nki usame.n sarvaj~na bhagavAn shrI mahAvIr svAmI eva.n gaNadhar bhagavAn shrI gautamasvAmI ke pashchAt anantar hI, unakA ma.ngal rUp me.n smaraN kiyA gayA hai. digambar jain sAdhu svaya.n ko bhagavAn kundakundAchAryadevakI paramparA ke kahalAne me.n apanA gaurav mAnate hai.n. bhagavAn kundakundAchAryadevake shAstra sAkShAt gaNadharadevake vachan tulya hI pramANabhUt mAne jAte hai.n. unake uttararvI granthakAr AchArya, muni eva.n viddhAn apane kisI kathan ko siddha karane ke liye kundakundAchAryadevake shAstro.nkA pramAN dete hai.n aur isaliye vah kathan nirvivAd ThaharatA hai. unake pashchAt likhe gaye grantho.nme.n unake shAstro.n me.n se bahut avataraN liye gaye hai.n. vi. sa.n. 660 me.n hone vAle shrI devasenAchAryavar apane darshanasAr grantha me.n kahate hai.n ki –
– (mahA videhakShetrake vartamAn tIrtha.nkaradev) shrI sIma.ndharasvAmIke pAsase (samavasaraName.n jAkar) prApta hue divya j~nAnase shrI padyanandinAthane (shrI kundakundAchAryadevane) yadi bodh na diyA hotA to munijan sachche mArga ko kaise jAnate? dUsarA ek ullekh ki jisame.n kundakundAchAryadevako ‘kalikAlasarvaj~na’ kahA gayA hai, so is prakAr hai.–‘padyanandI, kundakundAchArya, vakragrIvAchArya, elAchArya eva.n gR^idhrapichChAchArya ye pA.Nch nAm se vibhUShit, chAr a.ngul U.NchAI par AkAsh me.n gaman kI jinake R^iddhi thI, pUrvavidehakShetra me.n jAkar jinho.nne sImandharabhagavAnakI vandanA kI thI aur unake pAsase prApta hue shrR^itaj~nAnase jinho.nne bhAratavarShake bhavya jIvo.nko pratibodh kiyA hai aise jo shrI jinachandrasUrI bhaTTArakake paTTa ke AbharaNarUp kalikAlasarvaj~na (bhagavAn kundakundAchAryadev) unake dvArA rachit is ShaTprAbhR^itagranthame.n....mokShaprAbhR^itakI TIkA samApta huI.’ bhagavAn kundakundAchAryadevakI mahattA sUchit karanevAle aise