Articles on Jain Karma Doctrine
Transmigration, Evolution and Jain Karma Doctrine
By Subhash Chandra Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2014
Dr Subhash C. Jain presents a detailed exposition of the Jain doctrine of karma and its implications for transmigration and evolution of living beings. The introduction explains that, according to Jainism, living beings wander in the cycle of birth, death and…
कर्म और पुरुषार्थ : सापेक्ष दृष्टि
Jain Bharati, 2007
Lord Mahavira presented a novel perspective on karma, rejecting interpretations that reduce it to ignorance, desire, or unseen force, and instead defining it as a physical substance (pudgala). He established that karma is not all-powerful; it can be altered…
Zero In Place Value System of Jain Mathematics
By Laxmi Chandra Jain, Padmavathamma · Jinamanjari, 1999
This paper, authored by Dr. L.C. Jain and Dr. Padmavathamma, explores the historical and philosophical development of the concept of zero in Jain mathematics, specifically within the Digambara and Śvetāmbara traditions. It argues that the Digambara Jaina…
Sat-Prarūpaṇa Sūtra of Ācārya Puṣpadanta
By Nandlal Jain · Jinamanjari, 1998
The article presents a translated excerpt and introduction to the Sat-Prarūpaṇa Sūtra (“Enunciation of Existence”) by Ācārya Puṣpadanta (c. 50–80 C.E.), which is part of the revered Jain canonical text Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama, foundational in the Digambara Jain…
The Concepts of Bhavya in Early Jainism
By Fujinaga Sin · Jinamanjari, 1996
The article explores the Jain philosophical concepts of Bhavya (those capable of achieving liberation) and Abhavya (those not capable of achieving liberation). It surveys the development of these concepts across major Jain thinkers such as Kundakunda,…