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CLASSIFIED TOPICS FOR RESEARCHES
IN JAINOLOGY
NOTE:- The topics are suggestions. The Department, the supervisors or the scholars may modify them accordingly. These are but from the corners which are rarely frequented, and need exploration.
PHILOSOPHY 1. The norms of Jaina philosophy: a critical analysis. 2. Ultimate nature of reality in Jainism. 3. The universal operation of cause and effect in the light of Jaina philosophy. 4. The theories of existence, cognition and predication. 5. The Karma - philosophy of the Jainas and Creator God : a comparative
analysis. 6. Micro - physics of the fatal matter (Karman) of Jaina concept. 7. Atomism in Jaina philosophy: an experiment - based analysis. 8. Systematics as implied in Jainism. 9. Indigenous factors in the Jaina works of logic. 10. Relevance of the Nyaya logic: a philosophic analysis. 11. The dialectics of Greek thinking and the Jaina logic: a comparative study. 12. Modern concepts and varieties of logic traced in Jaina logic.
PSYCHOLOGY 13. The one hundred and eight types of passsions : a psycho-social analysis. 14. The Guna-sthana theory: a psychological analysis. 15. The dreams in Jaina literature: their role and symbolism. 16. Mental therapy as implied in the Pratham-anuyoga litterature. 17. Modern concepts of psychology traceable in Jaina philosophy. 18. A psycho-analysis of the Jaina code of conduct. 19. Jaina canons and the symbolism of sex psychology: a critical analysis.
ETHICS 20. The Tattv-arth-adhigama-sutra as the Bible-of-the-Jaina : a socio
philosophic analysis. 2.1. Moral accountablity and the Jaina theory of bondage. 22. Casuistry in Jaina ethics: a comparative analysis. 23. Rationalism on Jaina ethics: a critical study with special reference to the
Nisitha-churni.
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