International Journal Of Jaina Studies Vol 01 To 03 2005 To 2007

SR No.: 022773
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Peter Flugel
Publisher: Hindi Granth Karyalay
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 202
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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International Journal of Jaina Studies Vol. 1-3 (2005-2007) 31-40
JAINA PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION
Peter Flügel
In a vast and currently quickly expanding field such as Jaina Studies, which is researched by only a small number of scholars, conference volumes covering a wide variety of themes are the principal means of academic communication across disciplinary boundaries. A welcome addition to the small but growing body of interdisciplinary publications in Jaina Studies is the work Essays in Jaina Philosophy and Religion, edited by Piotr Balcerowicz of the University of Warsaw. Specialised in Indian philosophy and formal logic, and one of the few experts in Jaina logic in Europe, the editor has done more than anyone in recent years in promoting the dialogue between technical philosophy and rest of the field of Indic Studies by organising regular international symposia on Indian religion and philosophy. The book under review contains proceedings of the International Seminar 'Aspects of Jainism' at Warsaw University gih_9th September 2000, supplemented by additional contributions. This important collection of articles in English and Sanskrit is addressed at specialists in the field of Jaina Studies. It contains fifteen articles by leading scholars in the field, a foreword by Satya Ranjan Banerjee, a benedictory message in Sanskrit by Muni Jambūvijaya, a short preface by the editor, and an index. The main text is divided into four parts, elegantly labelled Caturaranayacakram, four viewpoint-spokes: Philosophy and Anekânta; Early Jainism, Buddhism and Ajīvikism; Ethics and Monastic Discipline; Medieval Mysticism and Sectarian Divisions.
The first contribution in the sequence of chapters is, fittingly, Albrecht Wezler's article 'The Twelve Aras of the Dvādaśâra-naya-cakra and their Relation to the Canon as Seen by Mallavādin. First Part', which is the second part of the author's 'Studien zum Dvādasara-nava-cakra des Svetâmbara Mallavādin', and based on Muni Jambūvijaya's critical reconstruction of the (lost) original text on the basis of Kșamāśramana's
International Journal of Jaina Studies (Online) Vol. 2, No. 3 (2006) 1-8
A review of Piotr Balcerowicz (ed.) Essays in Jaina Philosophy and Religion. Lala Sundara Jain Research Series Volume 20. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas, 2003. x + 306 pp. ISBN: 81-208-1977-2. RS 495. (First Indian Edition of Piotr Balcerowicz & Marek Major eds. Essays in Jaina Philosophy and Religion. Warsaw Indological Studies Volume 2. Warsaw, 2002).
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