The text discusses Jain philosophical perspectives on death and the practice of Sallekhana, a voluntary fasting-to-death ritual. It references a Bhagavad Gita shloka (12.22) to illustrate the idea…
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2019Vol. 42pp. 136–141
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Aryan Culture
Sambodhi
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આચાર્ય જયવંતસૂરિકૃત શૃંગારમંજરી : એક અનન્ય સંપાદન (Acharya Javantsuri Kruta Shungaramanjari : Ek Anany Sampadan)
This article introduces the Shringara-manjari, a poetic work attributed to the Jain Acharya Javant Suri, and highlights the scholarly labour involved in editing it from scattered manuscripts. The…
Surveying Gujarat’s medieval Jain literature, this essay argues that works produced between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries form a priceless cultural archive. It notes that monks and lay scholars…
Abhay Doshi’s tribute to Punyavijayji recounts the life and scholarly achievements of this eminent Jain monk. Born Manilal, he chose the monastic path early and studied under several learned…