{"title":"Jainism Reference \u0026 Special Interest","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore reference and specialized books on Jainism, including works on beliefs, terminology, traditions, history, religious concepts, and focused areas of Jain studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"15951-essays-on-jaina-art","title":"Essays on Jaina Art","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Ananda K Coomaraswamy\u003cbr\u003eRichard J Cohen\/\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Richard J Cohen\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manohar\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 188\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8173045348\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteenth in the series of Collected Works of Dr Ananda Coomaraswamy in the IGNCA’s publication programme, this volume deals with his contribution to the study of Jaina art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis writings on Jaina art span the entire period of his active working life as an art historian. He published his first article on the subject in 1914, and ended with a book review in 1943, four years before his death. Jaina art and its symbolic inventory held a special place in \u003cbr\u003eCoomaraswamy’s formulation of the history of Indian painting, indeed Indian civilization itself. He was the first to recognize its chronological place in the succession of style. The Jaina paintings are not only important for the student of Jaina iconography and archaeology which are illustrative of costumes, manners and customs, but are of grater interest because they are the oldest Indian paintings on paper, representing an almost unknown school of Indian art. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHolding the view that in order to make these paintings fully comprehensible, a short account of Jainism and of the legends of Mahavira and Kalakacharya, which are the main subject of the paintings is given in this volume. The chapters that follow deal with the explanation of various terms; Jaina cosmology; aesthetics and relationships of Jaina painting; the illustrated Jaina manuscripts; description of the figures; followed by a large number of illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Richard J Cohen, an eminent American Indologist, has edited the book painstakingly, consulting not only the author’s authentic corrections, but also all the material available in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Library of the University of Pennsylvania. It is hoped that Coomaraswamy’s seminal and profound contribution to the study of Indian painting will benefit not only art historians, but also artists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Ananda K Coomaraswamy \/ Manohar \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40789147943081,"sku":"15951","price":104.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/15951.jpg?v=1625568891"},{"product_id":"16667-an-encyclopaedia-of-jainism","title":"An Encyclopaedia of Jainism","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: P C Nahar\u003cbr\u003eK C Ghosh\/\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): P C Nahar \/ K C Ghosh\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sri Satguru Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1996\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 736\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8170300320\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present book An Encyclopaedia of Jainism, is a compilation forming an epitome having for its basis the most orthodox principles, doctrine and tenets as found in the original work of authority and high antiquity as promulgated on the subject by Jaina speculative writers and conformed to by accurate thinkers in their spiritual inquiries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Jainism--its philosophy and religion. \u003cbr\u003e2. Predicaments by pre-eminence. \u003cbr\u003e3. Knowledge and its forms. \u003cbr\u003e4. Epistemology and logic. \u003cbr\u003e5. Pratyaksha is really Paroksha. \u003cbr\u003e6. The Jain theory of formal logic. \u003cbr\u003e7. The Jain logic and the Nayas. \u003cbr\u003e8. The doctrine of Syadbad. \u003cbr\u003e9. Shankar and Syadbad. \u003cbr\u003e10. Examination of Shankar. \u003cbr\u003e11. The doctrine of unity in difference. \u003cbr\u003e12. The universe as a self-existent unit. \u003cbr\u003e13. Theories of evolution. \u003cbr\u003e14. The sankhya philosophy. \u003cbr\u003e15. Causation and compound evolution. \u003cbr\u003e16. God. \u003cbr\u003e17. Soul. \u003cbr\u003e18. The karma phenomenology. \u003cbr\u003e19. Churchianity and the law of karma. \u003cbr\u003e20. Belief in re-birth. \u003cbr\u003e21. Re-birth and karma-sarira. \u003cbr\u003e22. Karma-sarira and oudarika-sarira. \u003cbr\u003e23. Free-will and fatalism. \u003cbr\u003e24. Will and individuality. \u003cbr\u003e25. Causality in the moral world. \u003cbr\u003e26. Classification of karmas. \u003cbr\u003e27. From metaphysics to ethics. \u003cbr\u003e28. The conceptions of virtue and vice. \u003cbr\u003e29. On punya and its fruitions. \u003cbr\u003e30. Papa, vice or sin. \u003cbr\u003e31. Asrava or influx. \u003cbr\u003e32. Bandha or bondage. \u003cbr\u003e33. Samvara or stoppage. \u003cbr\u003e34. Nirjara or dissipation. \u003cbr\u003e35. Moksha or emancipation. \u003cbr\u003e36. Gunasthanas. \u003cbr\u003e37. Jain church. \u003cbr\u003e38. Jain festivals. \u003cbr\u003e39. Jain places of pilgrimage. \u003cbr\u003e40. Jain literature. \u003cbr\u003e41. Jain art and architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"P C Nahar \/ Sri Satguru Publications \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40789190541481,"sku":"16667","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/16667.jpg?v=1625569270"},{"product_id":"16737-the-unknown-pilgrims-the-voice-of-the-sadhvis","title":"The Unknown Pilgrims - The Voice of the Sadhvis","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: N Shanta\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sri Satguru Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1997\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 806\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8170305357\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book permits us to penetrate within one of the most ancient ascetic spirituality, that followed by some 6000 Jaina women ascetics. Written with their collaboration, it presents to the reader their life of radical renunciation of which one of the hallmarks is incessant pilgrimage, a regular shifting from one place to the next in a sustained striving towards self-purification, a striving of which the final goal is Nirvana. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere then we have before us the whole Jaina tradition, presented through scriptures, ancient texts, biographies, epigraphy and iconography. Here too we may observe its outworking in contemporary daily life and its contribution to inter-cultural and inter-monastic encounter. Furthermore, it is not without interest that this study finds its own proper place in an age which is rediscovering feminine values. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt a time when so many people are taking a deep interest in Asian spiritualities we find here an original and strictly defined spiritual path and also a spiritual teaching whose strength and subtlety merit our attention and invites us to embark on an authentic spiritual journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRESENTATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAUTHOR’S PREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTECHNICAL NOTE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAMASKARA-MANTRA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGENERAL INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: A Brief Survey of a long Tradition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II: The Path Leading to Nirvana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart III: The Never-Ending Pilgrimage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart IV: Cosmic and Purificatory Rite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDICES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX OF AGAMAS AND TEXTS OF DOCTRINES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX OF SANSKRIT AND PRAKRIT WORDS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"N Shanta \/ Sri Satguru Publications \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40789193654441,"sku":"16737","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/16737.jpg?v=1625569308"},{"product_id":"3218-panorama-of-jain-art-south-india","title":"Panorama of Jain Art - South India","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: C Sivaramamurti\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Times of India\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1983\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 372\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): B003DXF678\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis superb volume with over 500 full color and monochrome plates with an introduction that rapidly surveys the historical background narrates an absorbing story of a panorama of South Indian art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contribution of Jain art to the main stream of art in India has been considerable.  Every phase of Indian art is represented by a Jain version and each one of them is worthy of meticulous study and understanding.  The range is wide, the charm inviting, the study revealing.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume covers peninsular India, the South and Deccan, including the present states of Tamil Nadu, Karnagtaka;, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and a fringe of Maharashtra.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReleased close to the millennium year of the famous monolith sculpture of Bahubali at Sravanbelagola in Karnataka, this volume adequately sings the glory of Jain art in this region.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"C Sivaramamurti \/ The Times of India \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40789582938281,"sku":"3218","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/2982.jpg?v=1625571143"}],"url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/collections\/jainism-reference-special-interest.oembed","provider":"India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}