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PAÑCALINGĪPRAKARAŅAM
FOREWORD
'Live and let live' is the basic precept of Jainism that preaches the utmost non-violence, and it makes it the true philosophy of life. The time honoured tenets of this philosophy of life and and the ethics that go with them have been explained by various authors and scholars from time to time according to the demands of their times.
The demand of the time is that the philosophical thoughts and ethical prescriptions of Jainism be presented to the general public in such languages that they can easily understand and comprehend. Besides, the Jaina tenets must be so related to the day-to-day problems faced by the common man that he finds them useful and feels motivated to adopt them.
It gives me great pleasure to see that Dr. Hemlata Boliya and Dr. (Col.) D.S. Baya have taken up the study of a highly important aspect of Jaina philosophy – five signs of rightvision, and rendered ‘Pañcalingīprakaraṇam', a scholarly treatise on the subject by Śrimajjineśvarasūri (the first and foremost master of the monastic order that is known by the title of Khartar gaccha), into Hindi and English. The duo has not only given the captivating Hindi and English translations of the hither to fore untranslated work, but also very
