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Pancalingi of Jines'varasuri, Guru of the celebrated Abhayadeva who commented on the nine Angas, is a work in Prakrit on Jain Philosophy mainly discussing the five Lingas (Upas’ama and others) of Samyaktva. Jines’vara was greatly honoured at the court of King Durlabharaja of Gujrat. He composed his Astakavrtti in Sam. 1080; and in the same year, got the title Kharatara from King Durlabharaja; cf. Peterson,Reports, III. p. 309; 314; In Sam. 1092, he composed a Katha called Lilavati ; of. Bhandarkar,Report, 1882—83, p. 46.
The commentator Jinapati was the 6th lineal descendent of our author. He was a pupil of Jinacandra, pupil of Jinadatta of the Kharatara Gaccha. He was born in Sam. 1210 and died in Sam 1277; see I. A., XI. p. 248. He converted Nemicandra, author of Santis’ataka; see Bhandarkar,Report, 1883-84, p. 149. He composed Prabodhodayavadasthala which is a refutation of Pradyumnasuri’s Vadasthala and wrote a commentary on Sanghapattaka of Jinavallabha;see Dalal, Jesalmir Cat., Intro., p. 28.The MS. does not contain the text of Pancalingi.At the end, it gives also the Tippana on Jinapati’s commentary by his own pupil Jinapala Upadhyaya.For Jinapala’s date and other works see Jesalmir Cat. Intro., p. 41.Pancalingi with Jinapati’s commentary is published by the Jinadattasuri Bhandar, Surat. |