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LIST OF TABLES AND DIAGRAMS
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Description
1.1 2.1
2.2
16 29 92 120 129 130 140 141A 150 152 166 187 190 195 196
4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12
197
4.13
227 227 229 240
4.14 4.15 4.16 5.1 5.2 5.3
Types of jiva. The twenty-four tirthankaras and their iconographic symbols. Statistics of North American Jains in various professions, 1992. 'Ladder' of spiritual progress showing the fourteen steps. Types of nuclei for birth of a worldly soul. The number of vital completions and life forces in living beings. Time measurement as described in Jain literature. The Jain cosmic time cycle. The eight types of karma. The four main groups of body producing karma. The five types of knowledge. The seven-fold expressions for a description of an entity or an event. The fourteen stages of spiritual development The traditional Jain view of the occupied universe. Sectional diagram of the traditional Middle World, showing the two-and-a-half continents inhabited by humans. “Map' showing the relative positions of Jambudvipa and Nandisvar Dvipa which has the four groups of fifty-two eternal Jain temples. The relationship between the subtle and the physical body. The Jain view of the relationship of the body to behaviour. Meditation and its effects. Svetambar ‘monk Svetambar 'nun'. Number of Jain saadhus and saadhvis resident for the four-months of the rainy season in 1995 The origin of Jain groups. Some of the postures adopted during the ritual caitya vandan. Some of the postures adopted during the ritual pratikraman. The Jain symbol adopted in 1969 CE at the 2500th anniversary of the moksa of Mahavira. The Jain Calendar. Calories and proteins from different foodstuffs. Classification of the types, sources and methods of food intake. Prohibited food items for Jains. Time limits for foodstuffs in the Indian winter. The dharma cakra, 'wheel of religion'. Side elevation of a typical Jain temple. Sectional drawing of a typical Jain temple Impotant places of pilgrimage and their significance.
240
240
242 266 276 281
5.4 5.5 5.6 57
283 318 320 322 324 331 345 345 351
5.8 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8
