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works, it may be surmised that it was written some time in last quarter of the 11" century V.E.
The Available Copy : The available copy of Pañcalingi-prakaranam
was published, along with a Samskrt commentary by Ācārya Śrī Jinapatisūri and notes compiled by Upādhyāya Śrī Jinapa lagani, by Ācārya Śrī Krpā Chandraji Mahārāj, Nava Upasara, Gopipura, Surat for Śrī Jinadattasūri Prācīna Pustakoddhāra Fund as the 10th title of Arham Granthamāla, in the year 1919 A.D.
The Subjectmatter of Pañcalingīprakaranam :
This treatise deals with the analytical description of five signs of righteousness : Upaśama (subsidence), Samivega (desire for liberation), Nirveda (detachment), Anukampā (compa-ssion), and Astikya (firm belief). In the very first verse, the author has named the five signs and indicatred that it is composed in gāthā metric poetry form.?
Upaśamalinga (Subsidence-sign) : In the 2nd to 13th verses of
this work dealing with subsidence, the first sign of righteousness, the author variously proves that the subsidence of false vision and not that of infinitely bonding passions, is the sign
Vikrami Era. Pañcalingīprakaraṇam, 1.
