Studies In Jaina History And Culture: Disputes And Dialogues (routledge Advances In Jaina Studies)

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 women and female identity, Jaina schools and sects, religious property, law and ethics. The internal diversity of the Jaina tradition and Jain techniques of living with diversity are explored from an interdisciplinary point of view by fifteen leading scholars in Jaina studies. The contributors focus on the principal social units of the tradition: the schools, movements, sects and orders, rather than Jain religious culture in abstract. Peter Flügel provides a representative snapshot of the current state of Jaina studies that will interest students and academics involved in the study of religion or South Asian cultures. Pt. I. Orthodoxy And Heresy -- 1. Adda Or The Oldest Extant Dispute Between Jains And Heretics (suyagada 2,6) : Part One / Willem Bollee -- 2. The Later Fortunes Of Jamali / Paul Dundas -- 3. The Dating Of The Jaina Councils : Do Scholarly Presentations Reflect The Traditional Sources? / Royce Wiles -- Pt. Ii. The Question Of Omniscience And Jaina Logic -- 4. The Jain-mimamsa Debate On Omniscience / Olle Qvarnstrom -- 5. Why Must There Be An Omniscient In Jainism? / Sin Fujinaga -- 6. Implications Of The Buddhist-jaina Dispute Over The Fallacious Example In Nyaya-bindu And Nyayavatara-vivrti / Piotr Balcerowicz -- Pt. Iii. Role Models For Women And Female Identity -- 7. Restrictions And Protection : Female Jain Renouncers / Sherry E. Fohr -- 8. Thinking Collectively About Jain Satis : The Uses Of Jain Sati Name Lists / M. Whitney Kelting -- 9. Religious Practice And The Creation Of Personhood Among Svetambar Murtipujak Jain Women In Jaipur / Josephine Reynell -- Pt. Iv. Sectarian Movements -- 10. Rethinking Religious Authority : A Perspective On The Followers Of Srimad Rajacandra / Emma Salter -- 11. A Fifteenth-century Digambar Jain Mystic And His Followers : Taran Taran Svami And The Taran Svami Panth / John E. Cort -- 12. Demographic Trends In Jaina Monasticism / Peter Flugel -- Pt. V. Property, Law, And Ethics -- 13. Architectural, Sculptural, And Religious Change : A New Interpretation O The Jaina Temples At Khajuraho / Julia A. B. Hegewald -- 14. Jaina Law As An Unofficial Legal System / Werner Menski -- 15. Ahimsa And Compassion In Jainism / Kristi L. Wiley. Edited By Peter Flügel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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 women and female identity, Jaina schools and sects, religious property, law and ethics. The internal diversity of the Jaina tradition and Jain techniques of living with diversity are explored from an interdisciplinary point of view by fifteen leading scholars in Jaina studies. The contributors focus on the principal social units of the tradition: the schools, movements, sectsand orders, rather than Jain religious culture in abstract.

Peter Flügel provides a representative snapshot of the current state of Jaina studies that will interest students and academics involved in the study of religion or South Asian cultures.

This book breaks new ground by investigating the doctrinal differences and debates amongst the Jains rather than presenting Jainism as a seamless whole whose doctrinal core remained virtually unchanged throughout its long history.