Articles on Jain Religious Philosophy
Jainism: A prominent living indigenous culture
By Rajjan Kumar · Sambodhi, 2002
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 action generates negative karma and hinders liberation. This…
An Unpublished Tri‑Tirthika Jaina Image from Deogarh
By Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1976
Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari presents a short art‑historical note on a tri‑tirthika (three‑Tirthankara) Jain image from Deogarh in the Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh. Deogarh is a prolific Digambara site with sculptures dating from the ninth to the twelfth…
Kundakoliya, the Defender of the Faith (Chattham Ajjhayaņam, Uvāsagadasão)
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1971
This story introduces a character named Kundakoliya, who is portrayed as a stalwart defender of Jainism during a period of persecution. A rival king sought to convert his subjects to a different faith and threatened to destroy Jain temples. Kundakoliya,…