An Encyclopaedia of Jainism by K.C. Ghosh & P.C. Nahar (Eds) - 1996

Sri Satguru Publications, 1996. Hardcover. New. The 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. Contents: Preface Introduction 1. Jainism--Its Philosophy and Religion 2. Predicaments by Pre-eminence 3. Knowledge and its Forms 4. Epistemology and Logic 5. Pratyaksha is Really Paroksha 6. The Jain Theory of Formal Logic 7. The Jain Logic and the ""Nayas"" 8. The Doctrine of Syadbad 9. Shankar and Syadbad 10. Examination of Shankar 11. The Doctrine of Unity in Difference 12. The Universe as a Self-existent Unit 13. Theories of Evolution 14. The Sankhya Philosophy 15. Causation and Compound Evolution 16. God 17. Soul 18. The Karma Phenomenology 19. Churchianity and the Law of Karma 20. Belief in Re-birth 21. Re-birth and Karma-sarira 22. Karma-sarira and Oudarika-sarira 23. Free-will and Fatalism 24. Will and Individuality 25. Causality in the Moral World 26. Classification of Karmas 27. From Metaphysics to Ethics 28. The Conceptions of Virtue and Vice 29. On Punya and its Fruitions 30. Papa, Vice or Sin 31. Asrava or Influx 32. Bandha or Bondage 33. Samvara or Stoppage 34. Nirjara or Dissipation 35. Moksha or Emancipation 36. Gunasthanas 37. Jain Church 38. Jain Festivals 39. Jain Places of Pilgrimage 40. Jain Literature 41. Jain Art and Architecture Printed Pages: 813. Encyclopaedia of JainismK.C. Ghosh & P.C. Nahar (Eds)9788170300328