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.

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

Table of Contents

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; PART I ORTHODOXY AND HERESY; 1 ADDA OR THE OLDEST EXTANT DISPUTE BETWEEN JAINS AND HERETICS (SUYAGADA 2,6); 2 THE LATER FORTUNES OF JAMALI; 3 THE DATING OF THE JAINA COUNCILS; PART II THE QUESTION OF OMNISCIENCE AND JANA LOGIC; 4 THE JAIN-MIMAMSA DEBATE ON OMNISCIENCE; 5 WHY MUST THERE BE AN OMNISCIENT IN JAINISM?; 6 IMPLICATIONS OF THE BUDDHIST-JAINA DISPUTE OVER THE FALLACIOUS EXAMPLE IN NYAYA-BINDU AND NYAYAVATARA-VIVRTI*; PART III ROLE MODELS FOR WOMEN AND FEMALE IDENTITY

7 RESTRICATIONS AND PROTECTION8 THINKING COLLECTIVELY ABOUT JAIN SATIS; 9 RELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND THE CREATION OF PERSONHOOD AMONG SVETAMBAR MURTIPUJAK JAIN WOMEN IN JAIPUR; PART IV SECTARIAN MOVEMENTS; 10 RETHINKING RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY; 11 A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY DIGAMBAR JAIN MYSTIC AND HIS FOLLOWERS*; 12 DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN JAINA MONASTICISM; PART V PROPERTY, LAW AND ETHICS; 13 ARCHITECTURAL, SCULPTURAL AND RELIGIOUS CHANGE; 14 JAINA LAW AS AN UNOFFICIAL LEGAL SYSTEM; 15 AHIMSA AND COMPASSION IN JAINISM; INDEX