Early Sources of the Jaina Tradition
a critical survey revealing pārśva, the 23rd tīrthaṅkara, as a legendary figure
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258 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2023
Summary
Early Sources of the Jaina Tradition reconstructs the history of the early Jaina tradition through a close study of the available textual sources. It focuses on Pārśvanātha, one of the 24 Jinas that are identified by the Jaina tradition as its main religious leaders of the current time cycle.
It is a commonly accepted hypothesis of nineteenth-century scholarship that Pārśvanātha, the 23rd Jina, is a historical figure whose teachings were slightly modified by Mahāvīra, the 24t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781138774827 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1138774820 |
| Author: | Bansidhar Bhatt |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 258 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 670g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies |
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About The Author
Bansidhar Bhatt
Bansidhar Bhatt was Lecturer in Sanskrit at L.D. Arts College in Ahmedabad, India, 1956-1969, PhD student and researcher at the Free University Berlin, Germany, 1969-1976, Government of India Pool Officer at Jaipur University, India, 1976-1977, Professor of Indology and Mahāvīra Chair for Jaina Studies at Panjab University in Patiala, India, 1977-1985, and Lector for Hindi and Gujarati at the University of Münster, Germany, 1985-1995. One of the most erudite Indologists of his generation, he specialised in the comparative study of early Jaina texts and philosophy. His most important book publications are The Canonical Nikṣepa: Studies in Jaina Dialectics (Leiden 1978), Jñāna-Gangotrī: Collected Research Articles of Prof. Dr. Bansidhar Bhatt (Ahmedabad 2005), and the present study.
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