Articles on Jain Canon Analysis
On the Antiquity and Original Parts of the "Pundarika Adhyayana" Sutrakrtanga (II)
By M. A. Dhaky · Sambodhi, 2020
M.A. Dhaky analyzes the Pundarīka Adhyāyana (Sūtras 638–693), first of seven appendices in Sūtrakṛtāṅga Book II, identifying three strata. The core allegory (sūtras 638–643) depicts a lotus pond (puṣkaraṇī) with a central magnificent white lotus (pauṇḍarīka);…
Earliest Portions of the Daśavaikālika‑sūtra
By M. A. Dhaky · Sambodhi, 2012
This article examines the oldest sections of the Daśavaikālika‑sūtra, a key text in the Śvetāmbara Jain canon. The author scrutinises manuscript variants, metre and linguistic features to reconstruct the earliest strata of the work. The study shows that the…
Review – Life in Ancient India as depicted in the Jain Canons
By U. N. Ghoshal · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1949
This review examines Jagdish Chandra Jain’s 1947 book, *Life in Ancient India as depicted in the Jain Canons*, which presents a comprehensive, encyclopedic study of the Jain canon. The author argues that the Jain canon, though often overlooked by scholars…