The present English translation is based on the original German work written by Professor Winternitz and has been revised in the light of further researches on the subject by different scholars in India and elsewhere. \n \nVol. I relates to...

The present English translation is based on the original German work written by Professor Winternitz and has been revised in the light of further researches on the subject by different scholars in India and elsewhere. Vol. I relates to Veda...

Nearly seventy-five years ago Maurice Winternitz, the famous Austrian scholar and wrote the first volume of his. A History of Indian Literature in German. This was followed by the second and third volumes after a few years. This English translation...

This book is about the historical of Santhara/Sallekhana, its ethical, philosophical and legal underpinnings and its difference with Suicide and Euthanasia. \n \nThere are voluntary death in other religions but the ritual of death followed by Jains is unique because...

The present work is the English translation of Muni Nyayavijayaji, an ideal Jain Monk's original Gujarati work 'Jaina Darsana' which has run into twelve editions. No one has ever explained the Jaina concepts of nine 'reals', six-substance causations, spiritual attitude,...

Researches in Indian and Buddhist Philosophy, comprises nineteen articles by renowned scholars, is divided into three sections, namely, Buddhist, Jaina and Hindu Philosophical Researches. The articles in Hindu section take a comparative base. K.K. Raj compares the Buddhist and Mimamsa...

Kurt Titze invites the reader, after acquainting him or her with the main tenets of the world's classical religion of non-violence, to join him on a fascinating pilgrimage. The past glories of India have been and still are a favourite...

Jainism is one of the World's oldest religious traditions. Is it still a living and dynamic faith? \n \nThe Indian religion of Jainism, whose central tener involves non-violence to all creatures, is one of the world's oldest and at the...

The Nyayavatara is one of the first serious Jaina treatises on epistemology. It has been for long erroneously ascribed by tradition to Siddhasens Divakara, but now it seems certain that its author is a certain Siddhasens Mahamati, who lived circa...

Jainism - Meditation

The religious tradition of the Jainas, unique in many respects, presents a fascinating array of doctrinal and social structures that stem from the Anti-Vedic movements of ancient times. Drawing extensively on primary sources, Professor Jaini provides a comprehensive introduction to...

Jainism is a tradition which dates back thousands of years, which is unbelievably rich and profound and which has certain unmistakable signs of identity. Contrary to what some might think, it is not in any sense a poor relation of...