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Publication information

Title
The Jains
Author
Paul Dundas
Journal or book or series
Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices series series editor John Hinnels and Ninian Smart; volume 14
Publication details
Routledge Curzon Press; 2002; London, UK
Comments

Revised edition of the original 1992 publication.

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Articles

Theme Article
People Studying Jainism
Principles Aṅgas
Cheda-sūtras
Cycle of rebirth
Cūlika-sūtras
Digambara
Digambara canon
Five ‘fundamental vows’
Holy symbols
Jain beliefs
Karma
Knowledge
Liberation
Mūla-sūtras
Non-sectarian movements
Non-violence
Prakīrṇaka-sūtras
Pūrvas
Sacred writings
Sects
Soul
Types of bodies
Upāṅgas
Vows
Śvetāmbara
Śvetāmbara Mūrti-pūjaka
Śvetāmbara Stānaka-vāsīn
Śvetāmbara Terāpanthin
Śvetāmbara canon
Practices Akṣaya-tṛtīyā
Ambikā or Kuṣmāṇḍinī
Cakreśvarī or Apraticakrā
Daśa-lakṣaṇa-parvan
Deities
Dīvālī
Festivals
Festivals of knowledge
Giving alms
Jvālamālinī
Kārttika Pūrṇimā
Mahāvīr Jayantī
Mendicant orders
Monastic clothing
Monks and nuns
Padmāvatī
The ‘Perfect Ascetic’
Three Jina festivals
Yakṣas and yakṣīs
Places Jain holy places
Jainism and Islam
Jains and Muslim iconoclasm
Jains and the Mughals
Mount Śatruñjaya
Pilgrimage
Śravaṇa Beḷgoḷa

Manuscripts

Title Folio number
Jina images (Add. 26519) All folios
Līlāvatī (Or. 13457) All folios
Victory banner (IM 89-1936) All folios
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