Jainism And Western World

Author(s): Peter Flugel
Publisher: Peter Flugel

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who are also increasingly interested in the study of comparative religion. Yet the quest for the transformation of Jainism into a world-religion has only begun. To date it is practised merely by a small proportion of the Indian population, with a distinctive caste and class background. In the eyes of P.S.Jaini (1990) the claim of universality is yet to be realised: "Having not confined to the original homeland, India; having made new homes in all parts of the world, now there is the opportunity, indeed a duty, to make this benevolent religion accessible to the whole world (9)." But in order to make it universally acceptable as well, doctrinal and organisational innovations might be inevitable. O 12. ------ Studies in Jainism. Ed. jina Vijaya Muni. Ahmedabad: Jaina Sahitya Sambodhara Karyalay, 1946. 13. Jain, Cahmpad Rai. The Jaina Law. Madras, 1926. 14. ------ Jainism and World Problems: Essays and Addresses. Binor: The Jaina Parishad, 1934. 15. Jaini, P.S. "Jainism as a World Religion." Jinamanjari 1,1 (1990). 16. Johnson, Donald Clay. "Georg Buhler and the Western Discovery of Jain Temple Libraries." JJ 26 (1992) 197-209. 17. Glasenapp, Helmut von. Der Jainismus: Eine indische Erlosungsreligion. Berlin: Alf Hager Verlag, 1925. 18. Gough, Archibald Edward (ed.). Papers relating to the Collection and Preservation of the Records of Ancient Sanskrit Literature in India. Edited by order of the Government of India. Calcutta: Government Printing Office, 1878. 19. The Times. "An influential Jain meeting." London, 3.7.1882, p.5. 20. Tod, James. "On the Religious Establishments of Mewar." Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland II (1830) 270-325. 21. Winternitz, M. "Georg Buhler. In Memoriam." IA 27 (1898) 337-344. 22. ------ "Erinnerungen an Indien. Eine Woche bei den Jaina Monchen in Shivpuri (Gwalior)." Zeitschrift fur Buddhismus 7.5g. Neue Folge IV (1926) 349-377. ENDNOTES 1. It might be added that access to the only remaining copies of the Digambara Salkhandagama, which were already in a state of decomposition, was gained by Hiralal Jain and A.N. Upadhye only by using the equally. devious means of smuggling some manuscripts out of the monastery at Mudbidri (Dundas 1992:56). REFERENCES 1. Alsdorf, Ludwig. "Neues von alten Jaina-Bibliotheken." In Kleine Schriften. Ed. A.Wezler, 160-166. Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1974. 2. Buhler, J. Georg. "On the Bhannar of the Osval Yatis at Jesalmer (Correspondance: Jesalmer 29th January 1874)." IA 3 (1874) 89-90. 3. -----. "Dr. Buhler on the Celebrateed Bhannar of Sanskrit MSS. of Jessalmir." IA (1875) 81-83. 4. -----.. "Sanskrit Manuscripts in Western India." IA 10 (1881) 43-46. 5. ------. "Eine Reise durch die indische Wuste." Osterreichische Rundschau 1 (1883) 517-535. 6. ------. "On the Authenticity of the Jaina Traditionon." Vienna Oriental Journal 1 (1887) 165-180. 7. Cort, John E. Liberation and Wellbeing: A Study of the Murtipujak Jains of North Gujarat. Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1989. 8. ------"The Jain Knowledge Warehouses: Traditional Libraries in India." JAOS 115,1 (1995) 77-87. 9. Derrett, J.D.M. "Quid Possit Antiquaritas Nostris Legibus Abrogare. The Role of the Jurist in Ancient Indian Law." In Essays in Classical and Modern Hindu Law I by J.D.M. Derrett, 140-149. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1976. 10. Dundas, Paul. The Jains. London: Routledge, 1992. 11. Jacobi, Hermann. "Introduction." In Jaina Sutras. Part I. SBE 22 (1884) ix-1