Articles on Karmic Bondage Theory
भाव-जगत् : स्वरूप और मीमांसा
Jain Bharati, 2004
This text explores the concept of "bhava" (emotion, state, or disposition) primarily through the lens of Jain philosophy, while also touching on its interpretations in modern science, psychology, and aesthetics. It begins by noting that modern science,…
Satprarupana Sutra
By Nandlal Jain · Jinamanjari, 1999
This text is a continuation of an English rendition of Pandit Kailash Chandra Shastri’s Hindi commentary on the Satprarūpaṇa Sūtra, focusing on the Jain doctrine of the mārgānasthānas (stations or modes of investigating the soul). The treatise, grounded in…
Are Jainas Hindus?
By K. B. Jindal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974
K.B. Jindal’s article challenges the assertion by Jawaharlal Nehru and other commentators that Jainism is simply a branch of Hinduism. Jindal begins by quoting Banerjee J.’s judgement in the 1957 case ‘Commissioner of Wealth Tax vs. Chunilal Rajkumar Singh’…
Gommata Colossus in Sravana Belgola
By S. K. Ramchandra Rao · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974
S.K. Ramachandra Rao’s essay examines the towering monolithic statue of Bahubali at Sravana Beľgola in Karnataka, popularly known as Gommata or Gommatesvara. The author recounts the legend of Bahubali, the younger son of the first Tīrthaṅkara Ṛṣabha, who…