Jaina Scriptures and Philosophy 2014048786, 9781138839892, 9781315733173

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Jaina Scriptures and Philosophy
2014048786, 9781138839892, 9781315733173

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Peter Flügel and Olle Qvarnström

Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Notes on contributors
Introduction
PART I Scriptures
1 On the composition of the Uttarajjhāyā
2 A rare manuscript of the Bhagavatī Ārādhanā
3 Śvetāmbara Āgamas in the Digambara tradition
PART II Karman and ethics
4 What happened to Mahāvīra’s body?
5 The Niyatidvātriṃśikā ascribed to Siddhasena Divākara
6 Bee and mendicant: the two different versions in the extant
Jaina Āgamas
7 Lay atonements: investigation into the Śvetāmbara textual
tradition
PART III Aspects of philosophy
8 Aspects of philosophy in the Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama
9 Sensuous cognition – pratyakṣa or parokṣa? Jinabhadra’s
reading of the Nandīsūtra
10 Vasudeva the philosopher: soul and body in Saṅghadāsa’s
Vasudevahiṇḍī
11 Do attempts to formalize the Syād-vāda make sense?
Appendix: publications of Willem B. Bollée
Index

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