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# Pancakappa (Pañcakappa)

पञ्चकल्प · The Five Rules

The former sixth Chedasūtra, lost (reportedly still available in the 16th century) and replaced by the Jīyakappa; its Bhāṣya survives.

- **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
- **Date:** 300 BCE – 500 CE
- **Author:** [Bhadrabāhu](https://indike.org/pramana/person/bhadrabahu)
- **Extent:** 62,201 words
- **Text:** lost

## Commentaries (3)

- [Pañcakalpabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cheda.pancakappa!bhasya) — Saṅghadāsagaṇi Kṣamāśramaṇa, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
- [Pañcakalpacūrṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cheda.pancakappa!curni) — Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit, not yet digitised
- [Pañcakalpīṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cheda.pancakappa!pancakalpitika) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised

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