Ratnakaranda à ÂrÃÂvakÃÂcÃÂra is a Jain text composed by Aacharya Samantbhadra Swamy (second century CE), an acharya of the Digambara sect of Jainism. Aacharya Samantbhadra Swamy was originally from Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. Ratnakaranda à ÂrÃÂvakÃÂcÃÂra is the earliest and one of the best-known à ÂrÃÂvakÃÂcÃÂra.
A à ÂrÃÂvakÃÂcÃÂra discusses the conduct of a à ÂrÃÂvaka or Jain lay practitioner. Hiralal Shastri mentions 29 such texts from 2nd century CE to modern times.
First verse of the Ratnakaranda à ÂrÃÂvakÃÂcÃÂra is dedicated to VardhamÃÂna MahÃÂvëra, the 24th Tirthankara:
Tr.- I bow to à Âri VardhamÃÂna MahÃÂvëra 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 !
Seven chapters or parts of the Ratnakaranda à ÂrÃÂvakÃÂcÃÂra are:
Ratnakaranda à ÂrÃÂvakÃÂcÃÂra 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.