Studies in Jaina history and culture : disputes and dialogues / / edited by Peter Flügel.

• Superior document: Routledge advances in Jaina studies
• TeilnehmendeR: Flügel, Peter, 1959-
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge advances in Jaina studies.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (497 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1134235526; 1280518049; 9786610518043; 0203008537
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Peter Flügel.

The last ten years have seen interest in Jainism increasing, with this previously little-known Indian religion assuming a significant place in religious studies. Studies in Jaina History and Culture breaks new ground by investigating the doctrinal differences and debates amongst the Jains rather than presenting Jainism as a seamless whole whose doctrinal core has remained virtually unchanged throughout its long history. The focus of the book is the discourse concerning orthodoxy and heresy in the Jaina tradition, the question of omniscience and Jaina logic, role models for w