Rajjan Kumar

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Aryan Culture

Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Vol. 40 · No. 3

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Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Paryāya: Doctrine of Pariṇāma

The essay “Paryāya: Doctrine of Pariṇāma” provides a detailed exposition of the Jain concept of paryāya (modes) and its relation to dravya (substance) and guṇa (qualities). In Jain metaphysics, a…

January - 2006Vol. 40 · No. 3pp. 126–137

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Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Vol. 39 · No. 1

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Life Science and Jainism

By Rajjan Kumar

Dr. Rajjan Kumar’s article “Life Science and Jainism” explores how Jain metaphysics and biology conceptualise life and contrast with modern scientific understandings. He begins by listing the seven…

July - 2004Vol. 39 · No. 1pp. 20–30

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Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Vol. 37 · No. 1

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Avadhijñāna: The Supersensuous Knowledge

By Rajjan Kumar

Dr. Rajjan Kumar’s paper explains the Jain theory of avadhijñāna, a type of direct or clairvoyant knowledge. He begins by asserting that knowledge is an integral but infinite attribute of the soul…

July - 2002Vol. 37 · No. 1pp. 11–19

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Sambodhi

Vol. 25

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Sambodhi

Jainism: A prominent living indigenous culture

By Rajjan Kumar

Jainism is founded on three key principles. First is ahiṃsā (non‑violence); Jain texts declare that non‑violence is the highest religious duty and that harming any living being in thought, speech or…

2002Vol. 25pp. 121–132

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Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Vol. 34 · No. 2

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Theory of Knowledge

By Rajjan Kumar

The article surveys the theory of knowledge (epistemology) in Indian thought and focuses on how Jain philosophy developed a distinctive doctrine of knowing. It begins with Indian traditions such as…

Oct-99Vol. 34 · No. 2pp. 73–83

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Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology

Vol. 31 · No. 3

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Philosophy of Sallekhanā

By Rajjan Kumar

Dr. Rajjan Kumar’s article explores the Jain practice known as Sallekhanā, an ascetic vow of voluntary death undertaken when normal religious life can no longer be sustained. He explains that this…

January - 1997Vol. 31 · No. 3pp. 75–79

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Paryāya: Doctrine of Pariṇāma

Life Science and Jainism

Avadhijñāna: The Supersensuous Knowledge

Jainism: A prominent living indigenous culture

Theory of Knowledge

Philosophy of Sallekhanā

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