Jainism and Early Buddhism
Title | Jainism and Early Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Olle Qvarnström |
Publisher | Jain Publishing Company |
Total Pages | 720 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0895819562 |
A collection of papers presented at an international conference on Jainism and early Buddhism in honor of Prof. Padmanabh S. Jaini, organized and hosted by the Department of History of Religions at the University of Lund, Sweden in 1998. Prof. Jaini is professor emeritus of Buddhist Studies at University of California, Berkeley, California, USA and one of the foremost contemporary scholars of Buddhism and Jainism. The two part festschrift contains papers presented by thirty seven prominent scholars, covering a wide range of topics in both religions.
Jainism and Early Buddhism
Title | Jainism and Early Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Olle Qvarnström |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Buddhism |
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India as Described in Early Texts of Buddhism and Jainism
Title | India as Described in Early Texts of Buddhism and Jainism PDF eBook |
Author | Bimala Churn Law |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 336 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | India |
ISBN |
Jainism, Or, The Early Faith of Asoka
Title | Jainism, Or, The Early Faith of Asoka PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Thomas |
Publisher | Asian Educational Services |
Total Pages | 120 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Coins, Ancient |
ISBN | 9788120609808 |
This book was a paper read by the author at a meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society on Feb 26, 1877. Apart from analyzing the early and pre Buddhist phase of the rule of Asoka, its also has notes on the ancient religions of the east derived from the pantheon of the Indo-Scythians. Also prefixed is a notice on Bactrian coins and Indian dates. This book is not a popular account of Asoka but is of great value to the researcher. This book is a reprint of the 1877 edition.
Ascetic Figures before and in Early Buddhism
Title | Ascetic Figures before and in Early Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Martin G. Wiltshire |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | 376 |
Release | 2013-07-31 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 3110858568 |
Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.
The Jains
Title | The Jains PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Dundas |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Total Pages | 372 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Jainism |
ISBN | 9780415266055 |
"This revised and expanded edition takes account of new research into Jainism as carried out over the last ten years."--BOOK JACKET.
The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism
Title | The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Uma Chakravarti |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 264 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |