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News on Jainism Around the World
By Vimal Prakash Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2003
The 'News on Jainism Around the World' section reports on recent activities related to Jain scholarship and education, focusing particularly on events organised by the Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology (BLII) and other institutions. The article…
News on Jainism around the World
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2001
At the turn of the 21st century Jainism remained a relatively small but globally dispersed religion. Census figures suggest around 4.2 million adherents, most living in India, but diaspora communities have grown in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. The…
News on Jainism around the World
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1999
This news section reports on recent activities within the Jain academic community. It opens with an account of an International Seminar on Umāsvāti and His Works, held by the Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology in Delhi on 4–6 January 1999. The seminar…