Articles discussing Jainas
Jainas as a Minority in Indian Society and History
Jagadish Prasad Sharma · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1976
“Jainas are the sixth most numerous religious group today after the Hindus (82.72%), Muslims (11.21%), Christians (2.60 %), Sikhs (1.89 %), and the Buddhists (0.70 %).”
The Indian Sect of the Jainas
George Buehler · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974
The Jaina School of Astronomy
An Epitome of Jainism DIGEST ( From the previous Issue)
Puranchand Nahar · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967
“According to the Jainas, the universe as a whole or in parts is but permutations and combinations of four primary rudiments, viz., time, space, soul and matter.”
The Jaina Doctrine Of Soul
Non‑absolutist Realism of the Jainas
J. S. Zaveri · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1970
“The non-absolutist Jainas do not believe in absolute permanence or total cessation. According to them both permanent and transitory attributes co-exist in a substance.”
Main Characteristics and Achievements of Jaina School of Ancient Indian Astronomy
Sajjan Singh Lishk · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1987
The Original Traits of Jainism
Hermann Jacobi · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967
The Jaina Theory Of Matter
Harisatya Bhattacharya · The Jaina Gazette, 1930
“The Jaina philosophy is opposed to materialism on the one hand and to idealism on the other. Like the Cartesians, the Jainas frankly maintain that Soul and Matter are equally real substances and that neither of them is derivable from the other.”
Main Features of Mahavira’s Contributions
Suzuko Ohira · Sambodhi, 1980
“It is now accepted that Mahavira (MV) reformed Par§va’s doctrine and founded a new sect of the Jainas.”
An Epitome of Jainism (Digest)
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1966
“The world process is viewed by the Jainas as being without beginning and end; but the soul, according to Jainism, does not remain for ever entangled in the messes of the dialectic process of evolution without knowing any rest or repose anywhere.”
The World's Problems and Jaina View-Point
Anekantavada in the Light of Relativity
Kastur Chand Lalwani · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1966
Reals in Jainism
K. B. Jindal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1972
“The Jainas repudiate the theory of God as the First Cause or the Architect of the universe.”
What is Syadvada?
Dilip Kumar Mohanta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1985
Are Jainas Hindus?
K. B. Jindal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974
“The Jainas rejected the authority of the Vedas, which forms the bedrock of Hinduism and denied the efficacy of various ceremonies which the Hindus consider essential. It will require too much of boldness to hold that the Jainas, dissenters from Hinduism, are Hindus, even though they disown the authority of the Vedas.”
Yoga-Triplet
Suzuko Ohira · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1980
“The word yoga ordinarily denotes the cessation of mental activi-ties, but the Jainas use it in the technical sense of action committed by the media of mind-speech-body.”
Jaina Conception of Space and Time
Nagin J Shah · Sambodhi, 1977
“Jainas too follow this old tradition of four mahubhutas and hence maintain that Ttkn'sa is not pudgala (matter), it is an independent substance.”
The Indispensable Associates of Caritra
Harisatya Bhattacharya · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1966
“The karma which, according to the Jainas, suppresses true faith and the subsidence of which causes the evolution of it, is different from the karma which obstructs the rise of true knowledge.”
The Outlook For Jains And Jainism.
The Jaina Gazette, 1915
“Even a superficial observer can say that the number of the Jainas has been steadily decreasing. In the recent census their number was 1,248,182.”
Jaina Ethics and Economic Prosperity (S. L. Mandawat)
S. L. Mandawat · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1968
The Jaina Concept of Omniscience (Kevalajñāna)
Gour Hazra · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2003
“The first part of my study is mainly concerned with the nature and definition of omniscience of the Jainas and in the second part, an attempt has been made here to compare it with some other parallel Indian views, specially, Nyaya-Vaisesika and Advaita Vedantins.”
The Jaina Theory of Matter
Skandha · The Jaina Gazette, 1930
Were the monks expelled from the Buddhist saṃgha by Aśoka the Jainas?
Chitta Ranjan Pal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2005
Miracle-Places (Atishaya Kshetras).
The Jaina Gazette, 1927
“HERE is a temple of Lord Mahavira in Pargana Tehsil Naurangabad in Jaipur State. It is a famous place of pilgrimage for Jainas and non-Jainas from all over India. specially from Northern and North-Western India The t radition is and it is proved in the cases of many Jaina and non-Jaina men and women: that any wish, devoutly and faithfully wished by a man here, finds its fulfilment within one year.”
The Doctrine of Karma in Jainism
Y. Krishan · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1982
“According to the Jainas, Karman is a form of matter, pudgala, and atomic in its nature.”
Anekantavada in the Light of Some Other Modern Views
Gour Hazra · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1982
“The Jainas find the views of the Vedantins, the Buddhists or Vaisesikas as one-sided and partial, for each one of them lays emphasis cither on the permanent nature of Being or on the changing modes.”
Was Sasanka a Jaina in his Early Life?
Chitta Ranjan Pal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1982
“It is from this book that we come to know that Sasanka, king of Gauda, persecuted the Nirgranthas or the Jainas along with the followers of Gautama Buddha.”
The Hoysalas and Jainism
Kamala Hampana · Jinamanjari, 2000
“Resurgence of Virasavas and their open encounter brought hard times for Jainas, particularly in the region of north Karnataka, which resulted in the inevitable conversion of Jainas enmasse.”
Human Solidarity and Jainism
Sagarmal Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2006
“The Jainas, therefore, laid stress on the eliminationn of attachment and aversion’; the root causes of selfishness and intolerance respectively.”
The Jaina Concept of Karma
The Jaina Empirical Theory of Perception
Place of Rajagrha in the History of Early Jainism
Santi Mukhopadhyay · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1961
“The Jainas claim a yenerable antiquity for their religion. They believe that their religion 15 eternal and that it has been constantly revealed in the endless succeeding periods of घाट world by the Tirchankaras.”
Guru: An Outsider’s First Impressions of Jainism
Witold L. Langrod · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1981
Zodiacal Circumference as Graduated in Jaina Astronomy
Sajjan Singh Lishk, S. D. Sharma · Sambodhi, 1978
“Jainas first measured zodiacal stretches of naksatras (asterisms) into time degrees and included Abhijit (Lyrae) naksatra (asterism) to account for the discrepancy in lunar motion.”
Sasanka, the Enemy and Oppressor of Jainism
Chitta Ranjan Pal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1981
“Then that angry and greedy evil doer of false notions and bad opinion will fell down all the monasteries, gardens and caityas ; and rest houses of the Jainas (Nirgranthas).”
Sect of Jina
Major Colin Mackenzie · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974
“The Jainas or Arhats, followers of Jina or Arhat (terms of like import) are also denominated Vivasamas, Muktavasanas, Muktambaras or Digambaras, with reference to the nakedness of the rigid order of ascetics in this sect, who go ‘bare of clothing’, ‘disrobed’ or ‘clad by the regions of space’.”
The Nature and Forms of Knowledge—Jaina View
Amal K Majumdar · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1978
The Sacred Books of the Jainas
Jagmander Lal Jaini · The Jaina Gazette, 1914
An Examination of the Jaina Theory of Perception
Pushpa Bothra · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1972
“Substance, according to the Jainas, possesses some permanent qualities as well as some changing one.”
The Jaina Theory of Samlekhana: A Critique
T. G. Kalghatgi · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1985
Religion And Comparative Religion
The Jaina Gazette, 1927
Some Misconceptions Regarding Jainism
Champat Rai Jain · The Jaina Gazette, 1928
“It is a mistake to suppose that the Jainas are Hindu dissenters or that Jainism arose with Mahavira.”
The Philosophy of Karma
Sandeep Kumar Diwakar · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1973
Gleanings: The Atomic Theory of the Jainas
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969
“The Jainas begin with an absolutely homogeneous mass of pudgalas, which by differentiation (bheda) breaks up into several kinds of atoms qualitatively determined, and by differentiation, integration, and differentiation in the integrated (sanghatat, bhedat, samghata-bhedat, Umasvati, Tattvarthadhigama, Chap. V, Sitra 26) forms aggregates (skandhas).”
The World's Problems and Jaina View-Point
Visva Prahelika (Book Review)
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1971
“Muni Mahendra Kumar (II), a young monk of the Terapanth order of the Jainas, has produced a useful volume on the Jaina view of the Universe, based on authoritative canonical texts.”
Jaina Sculptures from Bhavanipur, Hatuyara and Golamara
Atul Chandra Bhowmick · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1984
“The recurrent occurrence of nude images proves that the Digambara sect of the Jainas was dominant in Radha.”
A Note on Jaina Atheism
Subodh Kumar Pal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1989
“Systems of Indian philosophy are sharply divided on the question—Does God exist? The Carvarkas, the Buddhists and the Jainas, and even the Samkhyas and the Mimamsakas in the Hindu fold stoutly deny His existence.”
The Concepts of Bhavya in Early Jainism
Fujinaga Sin · Jinamanjari, 1996
“The Jainas use the word bhavya in a rather particular and important context.”
Status of Woman in Jaina Society
The Jainas and the Practice of Sati
Sushil Saha · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1978
“The Jainas preached that the practice of Sati was but a sort of suicide committed out of dark ignorance.”
Doctrines of An Obsolete Sect
Pranabananda Jash · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1983
A Brief Account of the Jaina View of Inference
Gour Hazra · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1981
“The Jainas hold that anumana is the method of knowing an unperceived object through the perception of a sign (hetu) and the recollection of its invariable concomitance with the object.”
Jainism (Review)
Celestial Symbolism in a late Mediaeval Jaina Temple
Klaus Fischer · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1970
“In order to porpitiate supernatural forces and to secure their power to human activities, Indian architects conceived temples of the Hindus, Buddhists and Jainas as symbols of the world-cave, of the cosmic mountain, of the primordial man, of the world axis, of the celestial”
Ourselves
Ourselves
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969
“Thus, with the Jainas, karma is not merely an ethical act, as it is with other systems, but more than that it stands, on the one hand, for the psychical feelings which are springs of our action (bhava karma), and, on the other, for the actual material corpuscles which, as the result of the operation of bhava karma, cling to the soul providing its corporeal frame.”
The Jaina Theory of Substance
Bhag Chandra Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969
Ourself
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1971
“It will make a fairly big volume to give a history of all that the Jainas have contributed to the treasure of Indian literature.”
Teachings of Lord Mahavira: Jainism Classical and Original
Kinematics of Venus in Bhadrabahu Sanhita
Sajjan Singh Lishk · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1983
Four Pañca‑Tīrthikas from Bhagalpur
Ajay Kumar Sinha · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1987
“The present author thinks that the Jainas during their golden days (circa 15th-16th century A.D.) propagated the five fold path for attaining the samyak Jiana® (one of the tri-ratna) in terms of these Paitca-Tirthika icons.”
Jambusvami in the Agamas
Chitta Ranjan Pal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2007
“Jambiisvami the second patriarch of the Nirgranthas (Jainas), is traditionally believed to have received the Agamas from his preceptor, Sudharman, the fifth Ganadhara and the first patriarch of the Nirgranthas (Jainas) who in his turn obtained the sermons directly from Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira himself.”
Book Review: Some Problems in Jain Psychology
Anupam Jash · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2013
“The Jaina philosophers accepts the possibility of direct experience without the instrumentality of the sense organs and the mind. This is the supernormal perception according to Jainas.”
A Study of the Jaina Theory of Knowledge — On Matijnana in the Sabhasya Tattvarthasutra
Yensho Kanakura · Sambodhi, 1975
Rajas and Karman
Nagin J Shah · Sambodhi, 1977
Dharma–Adharma
Suzuko Ohira · Sambodhi, 1979
“All these suggest that dharma-adharma which could have been the unnecessary principles for the Jainas had to evolve due to a certain cosmic or cosmological problem peculiar to the Jainas involving motion and stoppage in connection with meritorious -demeritorious deeds and voluntary actions.”
Sankisa as a Jaina Tirtha
Kamta Prasad Jain · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929
“The Jainas say th#t the place of the birth, renunciation and Boddi or Kevalajiana of their 13th Tirthatkara 5 Vimalanatha 15 Kampilya,”
JIVA
Harisatya Bhattacharya · The Jaina Gazette, 1928
“According to the Jainas, the Devas are either (a) Bhavana-vasi i.e., home-living or (8) Vyantara i.e.. beings living in various places or (¢) Jyotishka i.e.. luminaries or (d) Vaimanika i.c., moving in high heavens.”
Jainism's Ethical Framework: Six Essentials and Moral Discipline
Arihant Kumar Jain · Jain Avenue, 2020
The A. B. C. Of Jainism
Syadvada · The Jaina Gazette, 1927
The Badali Inscription of Samvat 84
Ram Vallabh Somani · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1980
Jaina Ethics (Review)
Ahimsa
On Ahimsa, Non-Violence, or the Way of Reverence for Life
What Jainism Stands For (?)
Hiralal Jain · Jinamanjari, 2002
Omniscient Beings
Harisatya Bhattacharya · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1976
“The Jainas do not admit the existence of an architect God and so the question of divine omniscience does not arise with them.”
The Early Jaina Monastic Life
Jaina View of Soul: An Introduction
Dilip Kumar Mohanta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1987
Is Mahavira Relevant Today?
Bhanwarmal Singhi · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1973
Some Jaina Temples of Purulia
Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1984
Notices of Buddhist Architecture vs Western Indian Vastushastra
M. A. Dhaky · Sambodhi, 1974
A Glimpse of Medical Recipes of the Jainas
J. C. Sikdar · Sambodhi, 1990
Valipattana Plates of Silara Rattaraja Saka-samvat 932
Haran Chandra Chakladar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1928
Prasnottararatnamalika
Vidhushekhara Bhattacharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929
“When Fa-Hian reached San#déya, he found the Jainas and the Buddhist quarrelling among themselves over this sacred place.”
Domicile of the Author of Campu Bhārata
Old Brahmi Inscription of Mahasthan
જૈન પુરાણો પર એક દૃષ્ટિપાત
Kantilal R. Dave · Sambodhi, 1996
“I was not able to do full justice to the literary achievements of the Jainas. But I hope to have shown that Jainas have contributed their full share to the religious, ethical, and scientific literature of ancient India.”
The Doctrine of Karma & Lesya – The Jaina Perspective
Kokila Hemchand Shah · Sambodhi, 2003
“The Jaina doctrine has no exact parallel in any other system of thought. The Jainas have an altogether different conception of karma and their doctrine is unique with its emphasis on human freedom and responsibility.”
Jaina Temples at Korandapuri (V. G. Nair)
V. G. Nair · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1968
“It lay in the midst of picturesque surroundings on the bank of the Jawai river and surrounded by the Aravalli hills, Korandapuri was the holiest of the holy for the Jainas.”
Impact of Jainism on Environmental Sustainability
Chandranath Chaterjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2014
Notes And News
The Jaina Gazette, 1930
Vajjabhumi
The Jaina Gazette, 1928
“Vajjabhumi or Vijaya-bhumi, which means the * country of conquest,’’ that is where Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of the Jainas, made a " conquest of his passions’* and became a ** Jina " or conqueror”
Book Review – Monolithic Jinas
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1979
“His interest is aesthetic, not theosophical and he feels that in the Indic art tradition, the Jainas easily excel others in zest and power in the monolithic temples at Ellora.”
The Indus Valley Civilization
Two Jaina Sculptures from Bhairavasinghapur
Umakanta Subuddhi · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1982
Gotras Among The Jainas
The Jaina Gazette, 1927
Book Review
Suniti Kumar Chatterji · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1973
Yatis and Vratyas
The Misery: its what, why and how
Pradyumna Kumar Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969
Influence Of Jainism On Mahometanism
The Jaina Gazette, 1929
“According to alll have said it is possible that Abu-l-Ala has been in touch with Jainas and has partly adopted their ethical ideas. His metaphysical conceptions, however, on which his poems are based, show that he cannot have had closer relations with Jainism, which is shown by his not-believing in the transmigration of souls.”
A Mechanistic View of the Jaina Omniscience (Kevala-jnana)
Art Notes on Sculpture
Narayan M. Kansara · Sambodhi, 1973
The Paramara Emperor Bhoja the Great and Kavi Dhanapala: A Study in their Mutual Relationship
Narayan M. Kansara · Sambodhi, 1975
The Key of Knowledge (Digest)
Champat Rai Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967
“The Jainas have, however, evolved a distinctive mode of prayer called samayika which consists in an endeavour to refrain from the commis- sion of all kinds of sin for a certain period of time—usually for an antara- muhfirta (about 48 minutes) every day.”
Verses Poems
Cidananda · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967
“His verses reveal his deep knowledge not only of religion and philosophy of the Jainas, but also of other Faiths more particularly of the Yogic School. Besides theoretical knowledge, it appears that he had intuitive knowledge and supernatural power of a yogi.”
Jaina Theory of Naya and Laksana – A Comparative Study
Dinanath Sharma · Sambodhi, 2003
“Jainas admit two kinds of valid knowledge, viz. Pramana, i e. an all sided or comprehensive knowledge and Naya, i e. a one sided or partial knowledge.”
Reviews
POEMS - Verses from Cidananda
Cidananda · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967
“Cidananda, one of the saint-poets of the Jainas, was born in the middle of the 19th century. His real name was Karpura Candra. We do not know much about his life or activities, but it is said that once he went on pilgrimage with a Jaina devotee from Bhavnagar in Saurashtra to Girnar and from there he disappeared.”
Dr. Acharya on "Fine Arts"
Puran Chand Samsookha · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929
Concentration
The Jaina Gazette, 1927
A Jaina View of Cosmos – a Comparative Study
Kastur Chand Lalwani · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969
Survey Of Cottage Industries.
The Jaina Gazette, 1927
“All their young men have become old in trying to serve them and open their eyes; all their workers (Babus, Pandits and Seths) have cried themselves hoarse. But in vain. The Jainas,—”
Mr. J. L. JAINI'S LETTERS
Jagmander Lal Jaini · The Jaina Gazette, 1927
“the history of our community during the quarter of a century gives a sorry account. The different sects have been fighting and are fighting even to-day against one another and spending lakhs of rupees to appropriate certain rights which are common to all the Jainas”
Omniscient Beings
Harisatya Bhattacharya · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1977
Book Review: Jaina Community – A Social Survey; Vardhaman Jivan Kos
Jainism
Srichand Rampuria · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1972
Some political Ideas in the Tamil Work (Kural)
C. S. Srinivasachari · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1933
Vedantic Concept of Illusion
Pradyumna Kumar Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1971