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LXVI : PAÑCALINGĪPRAKARAŅAM
PAÑCALINGĪPRAKARANAM :
A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION General Introduction : Pañcalingīprakaranam is a unique
philosophical treatise by Śrimad Jineśvarasūri that carries out a detailed analysis of the five indicators or signs of righteousness or right-vision. The first verse enunciates the names of the five signs; verses from 2nd to 13th deal with the first sign – Upaśama or subsidence; those from 14th to 32nd with the second sign – Samvega or desire for liberation; the ones from 33rd to 52nd with the third sign - Nirveda or detachment; those from 53rd to 77th with the fourth sign - Anukampā or compassion, and the verses from 78th to 100th deal with the fifth sign of righteousness - Āstikya or firm belief.
The Language and Style : This work has been written in the Jaina
Mahārāstrī Prākt language, and in excellent poetic compositions in gāthā metre.
The Size of the Treatise : This work is in 101 Prākīt gāthā verses and
its available published edition with a detailed Samskrt commentary by Ācārya Śrī Jinapatisūri is in 187 leaves in sū tra format.
The Period of Writing of This Work : Though no definite date has
been indicated by the author as to when this treatise was written, from the evidence of the dates of his other avilable
