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## Pinḍanīyukti: An Observation
**On**
**The Nature of the Appointment**
**The Purpose of the Appointment**
**The Number of Appointments**
**The Order of the Appointment Structure**
**Ācārya Govinda and His Appointment**
**The Agency and Time of Composition of the Pinḍanīyukti**
**The Independent Existence of the Pinḍanīyukti**
**The Separation of the Appointment and the Commentary: A Discussion**
**The Subject Matter and Uniqueness of the Pinḍanīyukti**
* Language and Style
* The Use of Stories
**The Exegetical Literature of the Pinḍanīyukti**
* The Original Commentary and the Old Commentary
* The Pinḍanīyukti Bhāṣya
* The Malayagīrīya Ṭīkā
* The Pinḍanīyukti Avacūrī
* The Ṭīkā by Vīrācārya
* The Dīpikā by Māṇikyasekhara
**The Influence of Earlier Texts on the Pinḍanīyukti**
**The Influence of the Pinḍanīyukti on Later Texts**
**The Consciousness and Unconsciousness of Stationary Bodies: A Discussion**
* Pṛthvīkāya
* Apkāya
* Tejas kāya
* Vāyukāya
* Vanaspatikāya
**Bhikṣācāryā**
**Bhikṣāvṛtti and the Difference in Begging**
**How Many Times Should a Muni Beg?**
**5 Eṣaṇā and Its Faults**
**6 Udgaman Doṣa**
* AViśodhī and Viśodhī Categories
**10 Ādhākarma**
* The Doors of Ādhākarma
* The Names of Ādhākarma
* The Single Meaning of Ādhākarma
* Adhaḥkarma
* Ātmaghna
* Ātmakarma
* Food Created for Whom is Ādhākarma?
**55 What is Ādhākarma?**
* One's Own Side and the Other Side
* The Roles of Accepting Ādhākarma
* The Faults of Accepting Ādhākarma
* Purification of Ādhākarma from the Three Kalpas
**60 The Avoidance of Ādhākarma**
* The Rule of Accepting Ādhākarma in the Time of Tīrthaṅkaras
* Exceptions to Accepting Ādhākarma
**Auddeśika**
* Oga Auddeśikā
* The Method of Knowing Oga Auddeśika
* Vibhāga Auddeśikā
* Uddhiṣṭa
* Kṛta
**Karma Pūtikarma Doṣa**
* Upakaraṇapūti
* Āhārapūti
* Bhaktapānapūti
* Sūkṣmapūti
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