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Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Vol. 43 · No. 3

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Pre-Carvaka Materialism in Vasudevahimdi

The article 'Pre‑Carvāka Materialism in Vasudevahimdi' explores an early expression of Indian materialist thought preserved in the Jain narrative Vasudevahimdi (VH). VH is a romantic religious novel,…

January - 2009Vol. 43 · No. 3pp. 102–109

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Vol. 32

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Symbolic and Mimetic fire-Altars: A new approach to the Sulbasutras

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

Ramkrishna Bhattacharya offers a fresh interpretation of the fire altars described in the Sulbasutras, the Vedic manuals that prescribe geometric rules for constructing sacrificial structures. He…

2009Vol. 32pp. 37–42

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Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Vol. 42 · No. 4

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The Carvakas and the Jains: An Overview

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

The article surveys the relationship between the materialist Carvaka or Lokayata school and Jainism. Both systems are part of the heterodox stream of Indian philosophy because they reject the Vedas…

April - 2008Vol. 42 · No. 4pp. 179–183

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Various Views on Svabhava: A Critical Survey

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

The article "Various Views on Svabhava: A Critical Survey" by Ramkrishna Bhattacharya investigates the concept of svabhava as a proposed first cause (jagatkāraṇa) in ancient Indian philosophy. The…

2006Vol. 30 · No. 1pp. 32–59

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Vol. 40 · No. 1

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Jain Views on Svabhava: A Survey

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

“Jain Views on Svabhāva: A Survey” by Ramkrishna Bhattacharya investigates how Jain philosophers responded to the doctrine of svabhāva (“own‑nature”). The doctrine, known from the Śvetāśvatara…

July - 2005Vol. 40 · No. 1pp. 21–27

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Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Vol. 38 · No. 3

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Jain Sources for the Study of Pre-Carvaka Materialist Ideas in India

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

Ramkrishna Bhattacharya investigates Jain canonical literature as a source for reconstructing the history of Indian materialist philosophy before the emergence of the well‑known Cārvāka school. Early…

January - 2004Vol. 38 · No. 3pp. 145–160

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Vol. 27

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(E) Utopia and (E) Uchronia in Trisasti‑Salaka‑Purusa‑Caritra

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

Ramkrishna Bhattacharya examines the concepts of utopia and uchronia in Hemacandra’s *Trisasti-Salaka-Purusa-Caritra*. The article contrasts the well-known Brahminical and Buddhist legends of…

2004Vol. 27pp. 37–49

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Vol. 38 · No. 1

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A Probable Jain Source for a Verse in Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha, Chapter I

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

The article 'A Probable Jain Source for a Verse in Sarva‑darsana‑samgraha, Chapter I' by Ramkrishna Bhattacharya investigates the provenance of a particular verse in the well‑known philosophical…

July - 2003Vol. 38 · No. 1pp. 30–37

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Vol. 37 · No. 3

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Hemacandra on the Cārvāka: A Study

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

In his classification of philosophical systems, the 12th‑century Jain polymath Hemacandra included the Cārvāka (Lokāyata) school as one of six systems of Indian philosophy. This inclusion was not to…

January - 2003Vol. 37 · No. 3pp. 133–150

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Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Vol. 37 · No. 2

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Book Reviews

By Satya Ranjan Banerjee, Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

The book review section appraises two publications by the eminent scholar Nagin J. Shah and offers readers a window into ongoing scholarly debates in Jain and Indian philosophy. The first work,…

October - 2002Vol. 37 · No. 2pp. 116–121

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Vol. 36 · No. 3

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Haribhadra's Saddarsana Samuccaya: Verses 81-84: A Study

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

Haribhadra Sūri’s eighth‑century Ṣaḍdarśanasamuccaya is a doxographical poem that summarises six classical Indian philosophical systems—Buddhist, Nyāya, Sāṃkhya, Jaina, Vaiśeṣika and Mīmāṃsā—and adds…

January - 2002Vol. 36 · No. 3pp. 134–148

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Verses relating to Svabhavavada – a collection

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

Svabhāvavāda, or the doctrine of intrinsic nature, holds that things arise from their own inherent properties rather than from a creator. Prominent in the materialist Cārvāka school and echoed in…

2002Vol. 25pp. 75–90

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Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Vol. 36 · No. 1

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Haribhadra's views on svabhavavada and the Lokayata

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

Ramkrishna Bhattacharya examines the Jain scholar Haribhadra’s analysis of the doctrine of svabhāvavāda (inherent‑nature theory) and its relation to the materialist Cārvāka/Lokāyata school. He notes…

July - 2001Vol. 36 · No. 1pp. 46–52

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Vol. 35 · No. 4

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The First Cause : Syncretic Views of Haribhadra and others

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

Jain philosophy rejects the notion of a supreme creator. According to Jain cosmology, the universe has always existed and operates without a first cause; it is self‑sustaining and governed by…

April - 2001Vol. 35 · No. 4pp. 179–184

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Vol. 35 · No. 2

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Jaina Theory of Multiple Facets of Reality and Truth – Book Review

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

Ramkrishna Bhattacharya reviews *Jaina Theory of Multiple Facets of Reality and Truth*, a collection edited by Nagin J. Shah (Motilal Banarsidass and Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology, 2000).…

October - 2000Vol. 35 · No. 2pp. 85–90

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Syadvada in the View of Three Modern Scientists

By Ram Krishna Bhattacharya

Syādvāda, or the doctrine of conditioned predication, is the Jaina theory of pluralistic realism and relativity. The article explains that, unlike absolute judgments that claim exclusive truth,…

July - 2000Vol. 35 · No. 1pp. 19–22

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Articles

Pre-Carvaka Materialism in Vasudevahimdi

Symbolic and Mimetic fire-Altars: A new approach to the Sulbasutras

The Carvakas and the Jains: An Overview

Various Views on Svabhava: A Critical Survey

Jain Views on Svabhava: A Survey

Jain Sources for the Study of Pre-Carvaka Materialist Ideas in India

(E) Utopia and (E) Uchronia in Trisasti‑Salaka‑Purusa‑Caritra

A Probable Jain Source for a Verse in Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha, Chapter I

Hemacandra on the Cārvāka: A Study

Book Reviews

Haribhadra's Saddarsana Samuccaya: Verses 81-84: A Study

Verses relating to Svabhavavada – a collection

Haribhadra's views on svabhavavada and the Lokayata

The First Cause : Syncretic Views of Haribhadra and others

Jaina Theory of Multiple Facets of Reality and Truth – Book Review

Syadvada in the View of Three Modern Scientists

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