The Jain 1992 04 Special Issue

Author(s): Natubhai Shah, Vinod Kapashi
Publisher: UK Jain Samaj Europe

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Dwivedi, R. C. cd. Contribution of Jainism to Indian Culture. Varanasi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1975 (Collection of essays by different scholars.)
BOOKS ON JAINISM :
A SHORT LIST
Fischer, E. and Jain, J. Art and Rituals : 2500 Years of Jainism in India. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1977 (Good photographs of religious life with an introduction. Originally published in German in 1974 as the catalogue of an exhibition in Zurich.)
Gopalan, S. Outlines of Jainism. New Delhi : Wiley Eastern, 1973 (Jain philosophy, based on the author's lectures in Madras University.)
Guerinot, A. La religion djaina. Paris : Paul Geuthner, 1926
Books on Jainism in Western languages are rather elusive. The following short list is the first stage of a more comprehensive bibliography, at present in preparation. Many of these will not be readily available, even in large libraries though two specialist London booksellers, JAYA BOOKS and BOOKS FROM INDIA, are helpful. It is hoped, however that this list will be useful to the person who wants to pursue the study of Jainism further. Bhargava, D. Jain Ethics. Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass, 1968 Bhattacharya, B.C. Jaina Iconography. 2nd ed. Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass, 1974 (Detailed illustrated guide to Jain images.) Bhuvanbhanusoorishwarji, Acharya. Handbook of Jainology. Tr. from Hindi by K.Ramappa. Mehsana : Shri Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust, 1987 (A useful detailed reference book of Jain terms and concepts on traditional lines.) Bothra, P. Jain Theory of Perception. Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass, 1976 Caillat, C. and Kumar, R. The Jain Cosmology. Tr. from French by R. Norman. Basel &c : Ravi Kumar Publishers; New York: Harmony Books, 1981 (Over 100 coloured diagrams from Jain mss. with informative text.)
Jacobi, H. Jaina Sutras. Part 1, The Akaranga Sutra, The Kalpa Sutra. Part 2, The Uttaradhyana Sutra, The Sutrakritanga Sutra. 2 vols. New York : Dover Publications, 1968 (Reprint of translations with introductions by a great 19th century scholar. Originally published in the Sacred Books of the East series, 1884, 1895.) Jain, C.R. Fundamentals of Jainism. Meerut : Veer Nirvan Bharti, 1974 (Originally published 1916 as The Practical Path.)
Jain, H. and Upadhye, A.N. Mahavira, His Times and His Philosophy of life. New Delhi : Bharatiya Jnanpith, 1975 (Sixty-page booklet containing two useful essays.)
Jain, K.C. Lord Mahavira and His Times. Revised ed. Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass, 1991
Caillat, C., Upadhye, A. N. and Patil, B. Jainism. Delhi: Macmillan Company of India, 1974 (Three fairly short essays giving a very useful introduction.)
Carrithers, M. and Humphrey, C. eds. The Assembly of Listeners : Jains in Society. Cambridge &c: Cambridge University Press, 1991 (A collection of scholarly articles, written largely from an anthropological standpoint. Valuable insights into Jain society.)
Jain, J.P. Religion and Culture of the Jains. New Delhi: Bharatiya Jnanpith, 1975 (Good readable general account.) Jain, J. and Fischer, E. Jaina Iconography. Part One, The Tirthankara in Jaina Scriptures, Art and Rituals. Part Two, Objects of Meditation and the Pantheon. 2 vols. Leiden: E.J.Brill, 1978 (Each volume, paperback but fairly expensive, contains nearly fifty excellent black-and-white plates with introduction. Wellproduced and informative.)
Chakravarti, A. Samayasara of Sri Kundakunda, Translation with Introduction. Delhi : Bharatiya Jnanapitha, 1971 (A valuable text by an important South Indian author.)
Chatterjee, A.K. Comprehensive History of Jainism (Volume I) (up to 1000 A.D.); Volume 11 (1000 A.D. to 1600 A.D.) Calcutta: Firma KLM, 1978, 1984 Devendra Muni Shastri. Source-Book in Jaina Philosophy. Tr. from Hindi by T.G.Kalghatgi. Udaipur: Sri Tarak Guru Jain Granthalaya, 1983
Jaini, P.S. The Jaina Path of Purification. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1979 (The best general account for the English-speaking reader by one of the most distinguished scholars in the field. Scholarly and well-written but not a book to be skipped through quickly.) Jaini, P.S. Gender and Salvation : Jaina Debates on the Spiritual liberation of Women. Berkeley &c : University of California Press, 1991 (Discusses, with hitherto untranslated texts, the altitudes of the two main sects regarding the spiritual liberation of women.)
Doshi, S. Homage to Shravana Belgola. Bombay: Marg Publications, 1981 (Lavish illustrated account of the foremost South Indian place of pilgrimage.)
Kapashi, V.J. In Search of the Ultimate. Harrow : V.K. Publications, 1984 (Sixty pages of inspiring excerpts translated from Jain scriptures.)
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