A śrāvakācāra discusses the conduct of a
Śrāvaka or Jain lay practitioner. Hiralal Shastri
mentions 29 such texts from 2nd century CE to modern times.[1]
Tr.- I bow to Śri Vardhamāna Mahāvīra who has washed off [all] the impurities of
karmic filth from His Soul, [and]
In Whose Perception scintillate the three Worlds and the infinity of Space, as in a mirror !
Chapters
Seven chapters or parts of the Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra are:
Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra was first translated in English language in 1917 by
Champat Rai Jain. It was named "The Householder's Dharma" which means the conduct of a householder.
P. S. Jaini, Reviewed work(s): Jaina Yoga: A Survey of the Mediaeval Śrāvakācāras by R. Williams, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 27, No. 3 (1964)
Jaina yoga: a survey of the mediaeval śrāvakācāras, Volume 1 of Lala Sunder Lal Jain research series, Author R. Williams, Edition 3, Publisher Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1991
RATNAKARANDA SRAVAKACARA (Sanskrit-Hindi) By Acarya Samantbhadra Translated into Hindi with 2 Appendices by Dr.
Jaykumar Jalaj Preface by Dr. Paul Dundas Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 3