Sambodhi 1998 Vol 22

Author(s): Jitendra B Shah, N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Watanabe (Tokyo 1993), under the title "Jainology in Western publications" (p 13-66) "I Philology", by K Bruhn, "II Languistics, mainly Middle Indo-Aryan' by C Caillat, further "The study of Jaina art", by K. Bruhn More specialized bibliographies have elsewhere been published by K Bruhn, eg recently, i "Bibliography of studies connected with the Avasyaka-commentaries", in the Catalogue of the papers of Ernst Leumann compiled by B Plutat ([cf infra], p 119-136) Other detailed bibliographical data is available in The "Svetämbarc Canon" A descriptive listing of text editions, commentaries, studies and indexes Based on editions held in the Library of the Australian National University Compiled by Royce Wiles, Canberra, Apnl 1997 Further, a "Review article" "Recent Jain research", due to Paul Dundas, "is intended to be a resource for graduate students and non-specialist instructors who wish to onent themselves with recent research on the Jain religion"
This list can be supplemented by the "Bibliography of secondary sources" included p 261-270 of the valuable book, by P Dundas, The Jains (London and New York, 1992) In this publication, Dundas naturally presents the major aspects of Jainism, he also shows particular interest in the history and evolution of the community Further, in recent papers, he examines some sectarian trends and polemics, and the reactions of Jainism to the general historical and social conditions, in an attempt to view Jainism in the global Indian context In several respects he appears to be attracted towards the investigations conducted by Amencan scholars such as John Cort and Phyllis Granoff-a sign that interchanges between Amencan and European "Jainology" are developing
At present, social and anthropological studies are flourishing in UK, as testified by several books and conferences Michael Carruthers and Caroline Humphrey, The assembly of listeners Jains in society (Cambridge 1991), Marcus Banks, Organizing Jainism in India and England (Oxford 1992), Caroline Humphrey and James Laidlaw, The archetypal actions of ritual A theory of ritual illustrated by the Jain rite of worship (Oxford 1994) As for Peter Flugel, who is connected both with UK and with Germany, he seems particularly interested in Jaina reform movements (cf his 1994 [unpublished] doctoral dissertation, and his recent paper "The ritual circle of Terapanth Svetämbara Jains", published in the Bulletin d'Etudes Indiennes [infra] 13-14 (1995-96, p 117-176)
On the other hand, philological studies, especially of the Svetämbara canon, are continued, eg by K. R. Norman, whose investigations focus on grammatical,