Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya by Haribhadra Sūri
Chapter 6 – Influence of the Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya [24 of 48]
Chapter 6.3 – Dvātriṃśad–dvātriṃśikā by Upādhyāya Yaśovijaya [5 of 12]
Thirty-one groups of thirty-two verses of the Dvātriṃśad–dvātriṃśikā are in anuṣṭup metre and the last thirty-second one is composed in rathoddhatā metre. Each group of thirty–two verses contains a word paramānanda[1] at the end. Dvātriṃśad–dvātriṃśikā is a treatise in which Upādhyāya Yaśovijaya has used techniques of prācīna nyāya as well as navya nyāya. In this treatise he has mentioned views of Naiyāyikas’, Buddhists’, and Jains’ on Nyāya. Here author has presented concepts of Jain canons in the style of navya nyāya. The author has skillfully discussed notions of Pātañjala Yoga, Upaniṣadic Yoga, Buddhist Yoga as well as Jain Yoga. He has tried to present similarities and dissimilarities among beliefs and thoughts of all these Yogic streams. While presenting Jain Yoga, our author has very sincerely referred all four treatises of Haribhadrasūri on Yoga. The treatise Dvātriṃśad–dvātriṃśikā also contains verses pertaining to faith, devotion and worship. Moreover, the treatise deals with topics pertaining to conducts viz. code of conducts of laymen (śrāvaka) as well as monks. This is how the Dvātriṃśad–dvātriṃśikā envelops in it the areas such as nyāya, āgama, yoga, bhakti and ācāra.
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[1] Sanskṛit: paramānanda = supreme spirit; soul of the universe; supreme felicity – Sanskṛit compound: parama + ānanda:
parama = most distant, remotest, extreme, last, chief, highest, primary, most prominent or conspicuous, highest point, extreme limit, very much, excessively, excellently, in the highest degree; ānanda = happiness, joy, enjoyment, sensual pleasure, "pure happiness", the thing wished for, the end of the drama, etc.