Alternative spellings of this word include Charitrapanchaka.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Caritrapañcaka (चरित्रपञ्चक) is the name of a work by Jinavallabha dealing with Jain universal history such as the Jinas and related figures.—The Caritrapañcaka (in Prakrit, commented in Sanskrit by Sādhusomagaṇi) is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The title given by the commentator has been adopted here. The ‘five stories’ are the lives of the five main Jinas as told in Prakrit verse poems by Jinavallabha: Ādinātha (24 verses), Śāntinātha (32 verses), neminātha (15 verses) and Pārśvanātha (15 verses, with verses 2 to 9 missing in this manuscript. Because fol. 13 is not there)—and Mahāvīra, but the latter has not been dealt with in this manuscript. These poems are praises in narrative forms as they provide biographical information about the Jinas.

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

context information

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Partial matches: Caritra, Pancaka.

Full-text: Sadhusoma, Vallaha, Jinabhadra suri, Jinavallaha, Siddhantaruci, Jinabhadra, Jinavallabha, Jinavallabhasuri, Sadhusomaganin.

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