Studies on Jaina logic based on third chapter of Prameyakamalamārtaṇḍa; includes text with English translation.

REVIEWS: This is a very helpful volume and a good addition to contemporary scholarship on the valuable and little-known Jaina contribution to philosophy. Prof.Nagin Shah has edited the book well, including clear introduction and a very complete index.

REVIEWS: This is a very helpful volume and a good addition to contemporary scholarship on the valuable and little-known Jaina contribution to philosophy. Prof.Nagin Shah has edited the book well, including clear introduction and a very complete index.

This paper investigates mathematical ideas found in a Jaina non-mathematical text, by which I mean a work not dedicated to mathematics as a separate scholarly discipline. The Aṇuogaddārāiṃ, a Prakrit text from the Śvetāmbara Āgamas, explains the methods a Jaina monk should use in investigating a scriptural text. This work shows a remarkable ability to deal with numerical concepts and quantitative descriptions of all kinds. I shall often compare its mathematical content with texts from different Sanskrit bodies of knowledge. This (...) paper demonstrates that the Aṇuogaddārāiṃ, as well as presenting a wealth of mathematical information, expounds a Jaina theory of numbers that has been so far disregarded by historiography. In order to understand this formulation, I shall propose an analytical-interpretative model to then improve the English translation by Hanaki 1970. In Jainism, the knowledge of the true nature of the universe was a requisite to progressing towards a full awareness of the human condition and hence towards the path of liberation. Numerical data and detailed calculations provide minute descriptions of the universe and matters related to karma and liberation. I shall argue that the Aṇuogaddārāiṃ testifies that mathematics was a perfect, functional instrument for representing Jaina cosmological and soteriological models. (shrink)

Despite its importance, the work is rather secondary in the sense that it relies, for the most part, on the Buddhist logical legacy. The first extant commentary is the Nyayavatara-vivrti of Siddharsigani.

Prakrit text on five types of knowledge in Jainism with English translation and Sanskrit commentary.

Compilation of research papers on Jaina philosophy and concept of Moksa; previously published in Kusumāñjali, research magazine.

Study with text of Nyāyadīpikā of Abhinavadharmabhūṣaṇācārya, 15th cent, work on Jaina logic and epistemology.

On the problems of epistemology as depicted in the Jaina canonical literature; a study.

Commentary on the Pramāṇanayatattvāloka of Devasūri, work on Jaina epistemology and metaphysics; includes text.

Treatise with commentary on Jaina epistemology and philosophy.

Prakrit text with Tātparyavr̥tti Sanskrit commentary and Hindi translation on Jaina ontology and epistemology.

On philosophy of Mokṣa in Jaina philosophy and religion.

Transcript of papers on Jaina epistemology at a national seminar titled "Bhāratīya Cintana meṃ Syādvāda' held on 28 March 2011 organised by Deaprtment of Jaina Philosophy, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, New Delhi.

On Jaina theory of Knowledge and philosophy.

Classical commentary on Māṇikyanandī's Parīkṣāmukhasūtra, basic tenets of Jaina epistemology and logic.

Aphoristic work, with modern Sanskrit coomentary and Gujarati interpretation on Jaina epistemology and metaphysics.

Research papers on knowledge and theory in Jaina philosophy.

The Tattvasaṃgraha, or Encyclopedia of Metaphysics, is the most influential and most frequently studied philosophical text from the late period of Indian Buddhism. This edition includes verses by Śāntarakṣita (c. 725-788 CE), which are clarified and expounded in the commentary of his student Kamalaśīla (c. 740-795 CE); both of these authors played crucial roles in founding the Buddhist tradition of Tibet. In the Tattvasaṃgraha, they explain, discuss and critique a vast range of views and arguments from across the whole South (...) Asian philosophical and religious spectrum. The work deals at length with ideas drawn from Buddhism, Jainism, and a variety of traditions now incorporated within Hinduism, including Mīmāṃsā, Nyāya-vaiśeṣika, and Sāṃkhya; it also includes the earliest discussion of Advaita Vedānta in any Buddhist text. The chapters selected for translation from Sanskrit and Tibetan deal with such fundamental philosophical issues as the existence or nonexistence of God and the soul; the nature of matter and of causal relationships; the connection between words and their referents; the rules of logic; the sources of our knowledge; and the compatibility of beliefs about karma with Buddhism's fundamental claim that there is no self. Introductory chapters discuss translation choices and explain the forms of argument and methods of reasoning employed by Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla. (shrink)

The Tattvasaṃgraha, or Encyclopedia of Metaphysics, is the most influential and most frequently studied philosophical text from the late period of Indian Buddhism. This edition includes verses by Śāntarakṣita (c. 725-788 CE), which are clarified and expounded in the commentary of his student Kamalaśīla (c. 740-795 CE); both of these authors played crucial roles in founding the Buddhist tradition of Tibet. In the Tattvasaṃgraha, they explain, discuss and critique a vast range of views and arguments from across the whole South (...) Asian philosophical and religious spectrum. The work deals at length with ideas drawn from Buddhism, Jainism, and a variety of traditions now incorporated within Hinduism, including Mīmāṃsā, Nyāya-vaiśeṣika, and Sāṃkhya; it also includes the earliest discussion of Advaita Vedānta in any Buddhist text. The chapters selected for translation from Sanskrit and Tibetan deal with such fundamental philosophical issues as the existence or nonexistence of God and the soul; the nature of matter and of causal relationships; the connection between words and their referents; the rules of logic; the sources of our knowledge; and the compatibility of beliefs about karma with Buddhism's fundamental claim that there is no self. Introductory chapters discuss translation choices and explain the forms of argument and methods of reasoning employed by Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla. (shrink)

Critical edition of Sanskrit text on Jaina epistemology; Sanskrit text with Hindi translation.

On far-sightedness, knowledge, and exprience; based on Jaina philosophy.

Text with autocommentary and Gujarati translation on Jaina epistemology.

Text with auto commentary and Gujarati translation on Jaina epistemology.

Treatise on Jaina philosophy and epistemology; includes Hindi translation.

Prakrit text, with Samayavyākhyā and Tātparyavr̥tti, Sanskrit commentaries on Jaina ontology and epistemology.

Study of Jaina logic with special reference to the relation of reason and action.

On the contribution of Akalaṅkadeva, 8th cent, Jaina logician; reserach papers presented in national seminar.

Treatise on Jaina logic and epistemology.

Text with autocommentary and Gujarati translation on Jaina epistemology.

On the life and contribution of Samantabhadrasvāmī to Jaina philosophy and epistemology.

Treatise on Jaina philosophy and epistemology.

Two Sanskrit texts on Jaina logic and epistemology with autocommentary and commentary by Sheelchandra Vijaya Gani.

Prakrit text with grammatical interpretation and Hindi translation on Jaina ontology and epistemology.

On Jaina philosophy and epistemology; special issue of Jainadarśana, journal published in 1934.

Lectures delivered during the academic year 1987-88.

Research work on Jaina logic and epistemology.