Jaina Scriptures and Philosophy

Peter Flügel is Chair of the Centre of Jaina Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. He is the series editor for the Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies series. Olle Qvarnström is Professor of History of Religion at Lund University, Sweden.

Introduction I: Scriptures 1. The Composition of the Uttarajjhāyā 2. One Rare Manuscript of the Prakrit Text Bhagavatī Ārādhanā 3. Śvetâmbara Āgamas in the Digambara Scriptures II: Karman & Ethics 4. What Happened to Mahāvīra's Body? 5. The Dvātriṃśikā ascribed to Siddhasena DivākaraVedavāda, Sāṃkhyaprabodha and Niyativāda 6. A Bee and Mendicant: Two Different Versions in the Extant Jaina Āgamas 7. Layman's Atonements: The Sâvayapacchitta and the Shrâddhajîtakalpa III: Philosophy 8. Aspects of Philosophy in the Ṣaṭkhaṇḍâgama 9. Sensuous Cognition - Pratyakṣa or Parokṣa? Jinabhadra's Reading of the Nandīsūtra 10. Esposito Vasudeva the Philosopher: Soul and Body in Saṅghadāsa’s Vasudevahiṇḍī 11. Do Attempts to Formalise Syād-vāda Make Sense? Bollée Bibliography