Jaina-Onomasticon

The Indologist, librarian and bibliographer Dr. Johannes Emil Otto Klatt (1852?1903) dedicated his life primarily to the study of the historical records of the Jainas. He left behind the handwritten English manuscript of his monumental 'Jaina-Onomasticon', an almost completed 5338 page long bio-bibliographical index of proper names of Jaina authors, texts, and place names, with excerpts of biographical information. 0Klatt?s contemporaries praised the manuscript as one of the landmarks of modern scholarship in this field, and today, the encyclopedic compilation is still without parallel. It represents a substantial but untapped source of information for the yet unwritten social and literary history of Jainism in post-canonical, and especially in early modern and modern periods. In making previously inaccessible bio-bibliographical materials available in a structured form, the 'Jaina-Onomasticon' provides a foundation for the historical and sociological study of the Jaina tradition in the pre-modern period. At the same time, the text offers valuable insights into the fluid state of knowledge among leading scholars of the 19th century confronting a flood of entirely new information from different sources, and opens up enhanced possibilities for studying the interactions between European academics and Indian informants during the colonial period. The long-overdue print edition of a recognized classic in the fields of Indology and the History of Religion will be an indispensable source of reference for Jaina Studies and South Asian History in general Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Body -- Acknowledgments -- Life and Work of Johannes Klatt (by Peter Flügel) -- 1. Johannes Klatt's family and life at a glance -- 2. The Prussian Province of Posen -- 3. Primary and secondary education in Filehne and in Bromberg -- 4. Königliche Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin 1868-72 -- 5. Doctoral dissertation on Sanskrit gnomic literature 1872 -- 6. Doctoral examination in Halle 1873 -- 7. Reception of Klatt's book and the index to Böhtlingk's Indische Sprüche 1873-76 -- 8. Stenographer at the Prussian House of Lords 1870-76 -- 9. The Oriental collections at the Royal Library -- 10. Johannes Klatt's career at the Royal Library in Berlin 1872-92 -- 11. Annual reports on Oriental History and Philology 1878-86 -- (A) Jahresberichte der Geschichtswissenschaft -- (B) Wissenschaftliche Jahresberichte über die morgenländischen Studien -- The end of the Jahresberichte -- Karl Friederici's Bibliotheca Orientalis 1877-84 -- (C) Literaturblatt für orientalische Philologie -- Johannes Klatt's work routine and the end of the Literaturblatt -- Orientalische Bibliographie 1888-1928 -- 12. Klatt as biographer of Orientalists 1882-83 and 1889 -- 13. The acquisition of Jaina manuscripts by the Royal Library in Berlin 1873-78 -- 14. Klatt as cataloguer and prosopographer -- 15. Studies in Jainology 1879-94 -- 16. The Jaina-Onomasticon -- (A) Secondary and primary sources -- (B) Implicit prosopographical method -- (C) Klatt and Leumann -- (D) Rationale of the Jaina-Onomasticon -- 17. Marriage, illness & death -- 18. Influence and legacy of Klatt's work -- 19. Johannes Klatt's work as a source for Jaina history and the history of Oriental Studies -- Editorial Notes (by Peter Flügel & Kornelius Krümpelmann) -- Jaina-Onomasticon (by Johannes Klatt) -- Bibliography (by Kornelius Krümpelmann)

The Indologist, librarian and bibliographer Dr. Johannes Emil Otto Klatt (1852-1903) dedicated his life primarily to the study of the historical records of the Jainas. He left behind the handwritten English manuscript of his monumental Jaina-Onomasticon, an almost completed 5338 page long bio-bibliographical index of proper names of Jaina authors, texts, and place names, with excerpts of biographical information. Klatt's contemporaries praised the manuscript as one of the landmarks of modern scholarship in this field, and today, the encyclopedic compilation is still without parallel. It represents a substantial but untapped source of information for the yet unwritten social and literary history of Jainism in post-canonical, and especially in early modern and modern periods. In making previously inaccessible bio-bibliographical materials available in a structured form, the Jaina-Onomasticon provides a foundation for the historical and sociological study of the Jaina tradition in the pre-modern period. At the same time, the text offers valuable insights into the fluid state of knowledge among leading scholars of the 19th century confronting a flood of entirely new information from different sources, and opens up enhanced possibilities for studying the interactions between European academics and Indian informants during the colonial period.The long-overdue print edition of a recognized classic in the fields of Indology and the History of Religion will be an indispensable source of reference for Jaina Studies and South Asian History in general.

Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................. 7 Life and Work of Johannes Klatt ........................................................................................ 9 (by Peter Flügel) Editorial Notes .................................................................................................................... 165 (by Peter Flügel & Kornelius Krümpelmann) Jaina-Onomasticon ............................................................................................................. 173 (by Johannes Klatt) Bibliography ....................................................................................................................... 959 (by Kornelius Krümpelmann) This content downloaded from 139.0.156.93 on Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:29:44 UTC All use