Articles on Doctrine Of Anekāntavāda
Some reflections about anekantavada
By Maria Luisa Tornotti · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2001
Maria Luisa Tornotti’s essay explores the Jain doctrine of anekāntavāda (non‑one‑sidedness) as a distinctive contribution to religious and philosophical thought. She begins by noting that Jainism emphasises complexity and refuses to reduce reality to a single…
Samyag-darsana: The Gateway to Peace and Happiness
By Jagdish P. Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2000
In this article Jagdish Prasad Jain Sādhak discusses samyag‑darśana or right perception, which Jain tradition regards as the gateway to peace and happiness. True happiness, he argues, cannot be achieved through worldly pleasures but only through subsidence of…
A Note on an Image of Rama and Sita on the Parsvanatha Temple, Khajuraho
By Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology
Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari’s note examines an exquisite relief depicting Rama, Sita and Hanuman on the northern facade of the Parsvanatha temple at Khajuraho, dated 954 A.D. He describes the iconography in detail: Rama is shown standing in tribhaṅga-mudrā on…