Gommatasara Karmakanda is an important book in the Jain canonical literature. This ancient text deals with Karma, a theory based on human action and its aftereffects and was authored by a revered person named Nemicandra.
The book contains a comprehensive approach on the various consequences resulting from an evil deed. The author states that it is one’s karma which causes the cycle of birth and rebirth. The book sheds light on the manner in which one can get rid of the karmas. The chosen path to free oneself from the bonds of karma is the path of true knowledge and rightly motivated conducts.