tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51327923456419605772010-01-06T00:23:52.121+05:30This blog is for scholarly articles and essays on Jainology; i.e. Jainism, Jain History, Jain Philosophy, Prakrit and Sanskrit Languages, Jain Sociology, Archaeology, indology and related subjects. Renowned scholars are writing in this blog, you too can submit your article/essay for publishing here. Send to: jainway@gmail.com This blog belongs to Jain Friends, Pune (India)Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.comBlogger250125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132792345641960577.post-34310313299580545662009-12-16T20:04:00.001+05:302009-12-16T20:07:49.628+05:30

All India WORKSHOP ON MANUSCRIPTOLOGY AND PALAEOGRAPHY 2009 is being organized by BLII:Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology in collaboration with National Mission for Manuscript, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi organizing a National Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography from 20th December 2009 to 10th January 2010.An Inaugural Function is organized on 20th December

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Please find herwith the preliminary programme of the 12th Jaina Studies Workshop at SOAS on Jaina Yoga on 18-19 March to which anyone interested is invited.The workshop will commence on 18 March at 6pm with the 10th Annual Jain Lecture which will be delivered by Professor Sagarmal Jain (Parshvanath Research Institute, Varanasi) who will speak on The Historical Development of the Jaina-Yoga System

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Meera AiyarOne particular inscription in Begur’s temple is of special significance to Bangalore, for it contains the earliest known use of the name Bengaluru. To her dismay (mingled with a sense of relief), Meera Iyer found the inscription hidden behind paint and oil drums, serving as a stone on which to dry dirty rags.Of all the settlements that the growing city of Bangalore has subsumed,

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By: William SmithSANDROCOTTUS an Indian king at the time of Seleucus Nicator, ruled over the powerful nation of the Gangaridae and Prasii on the banks of the Ganges. The Gangaridae, also written Gandaridae, and the Prasii, are probably the same people ; the former name signifying the people in the neighbourhood of the Ganges, and the latter being of Hindu origin, and the same as the WacAz, the

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Edited by Thomas R. Trautmann; Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 875The book is an anthology on Madras School of Orientalism (MSO), an expression the editor uses to designate the historical, cultural, and linguistic scholarship that accrued in the early 19th century Madras through the archival initiatives by Colin Mackenzie and the academic

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AJOY ASHIRWAD MAHAPRASHASTAInterview with D.N.Jha, eminent historian.BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Published here by special permission of Frontline"Historians who come in proximity to power change their secular lines, too." DWIJENDRA NARAYAN JHA, an eminent historian, has campaigned extensively against the communalisation of history. His book Myth of the Holy Cow,wherein he dispelled popular

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By Dilip PatelResearch teams formed by LD Institute of Indology and US-based Jain centre have identified 5 places in Himalayas, one of which could be the place where Tirthankar Adinath Rushabhdev attained nirvanaFor several decades, the mystery location of Ashtapada mountain in the Himalayas — where Jainism’s first Tirthankar Adinath Rushabhdev is believed to have attained enlightenment and died

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By: Dr.Pratap SehgalThere is a blatantly wrong notion prevailing in our country that Jain religion has no significant presence in states like Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka and Tamil Nadu . In order to demolish this baseless myth, prestigious Somaiya Publications Pvt Ltd. has recently published a very important book ‘Spectrum of Jainism in Southern India’. It is edited by Dr. Geeta Mehta and Dr.Kokila

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Ashish VashiThey were diverse cultures, yet Jainism and Islam blend superbly in the exquisite stone filigreed mosque architecture of this city wher even emperor Akbar was compelled to ban animal slaughter and Pizza Hut opened its first veggie outlet. James Fergusson, a Scottish authority on architecture of 19th century wrote in his monumental work, ‘History of architecture in all countries, from

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Early Jain Tradition in the West -Dr. Bhuvanendra KumarThe Early accounts of contact between Jainism and the West, dating back to the time of King Chandragupt and Alexander in 3rd Century B.C.E. have been hitherto not studied in detail. Historians and scholars have not made an earnest attempt at it, which may unravel yet unknown Indo-Greek

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By Dr. Vilas Sangave1. Rise of Sections From the history of Jaina religion up to Mahaveera it appears that sects and sub-sects had not arisen till that time. But later on we find that various schisms arose in Jaina religion as a result of which Jainism was divided into several sects and sub-sects. There were various reason which contributed to the splitting of Jainism

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Bal PatilJainism is an ancient religion of India. That the genesis of the Jain religion can be traced to deepest antiquity in recorded history is now clearly acknowledged by eminent scholars. The non-Aryan origins of Jain religion are confirmed by H. T. Colebrooke in his Observations on the Sect of

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From Plutarch's Biography of AlexanderIn this voyage, he took ten of the Indian philosophers prisoners, who had been most active in persuading Sabbas to revolt, and had caused the Macedonians a great deal of trouble. These men, called Gymnosophists, were reputed to be extremely ready and succinct in their answers, which he made trial of, by putting difficult questions to them, letting them know

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-Mahavir SanglikarEmperor Samprati was Great Grand Son of Chandragupt Mourya, Grandson of Emperor Ashok and son of Kunal. According to an agreement, the great empire of Ashok was divided into two parts between Samprati and his paternal cousin Dashrath. Samprati became the empire of entire western and southern part of India and ruled from Ujjain, while Dashrath ruled from Patliputra on eastern

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MYSORE (TOI): The Jains scattered across Tamil Nadu are originally from Mysore, senior writer Ham Pa Nagarajaiah said on Tuesday. Some of the manuscriptspublished in TN recently have traced the origins of the community settled there to Mysore, which, he said, is being discussed in academic circles.Speaking after inaugurating a day-long meet on Jainology hosted by the University of Mysore, Hampana

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By Pradeep SebastianDalrymple’s austere and exciting book on nine astonishing religious lives opens with a moving story that should kindle interest in Jainism. It is the first mainstream account of contemporary Jainism to emerge from a widely read and admired literary journalist such as the author of The Last Mughal. “No, no: sallekhana is not suicide,” says the young Jain nun emphatically to

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The Sindia Clan and its Jain OriginSindia is a famous clan of Maratha community in Maharashtra. It is known as Shinde in Maharashtra and Sindia in North India. The original name is Sind.The Sindias originally belong to Naagvansh. Their flag bears the symbol of Kobra. According to some rock inscriptions and copper plates, their forefather was Ajaanbahu Sind. He was the son of Dharanendra of

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Jain Nadavaru is a well-educated warrior (Kshatriya) community in North Canara district of Karnataka, India. Their estimated population is 30 thousands. Their literacy rate is almost 100%.Although they are known as Jain Nadavaru, they were converted to Hinduism between 16th and 18th century. However, still they observe some Jain rituals. A hundred year ago, their marriage rituals were picked from

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By Mr. Paul MarettJainism is one of the oldest religions in the world, so old that we cannot with certainty date its beginnings. Jain tradition tells that Mahavira twenty-forth and last of the Tirthankara or Prophets of the current cycle of the time. Some of the stories about them are truly amazing and non? Jains are rarely convinced. They are credited with enormously long spans of life and

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By Mr. Surendra PalAs is well known, the Jains were mostly concentrated in Rajasthan and Gujarat though their pockets existed almost throughout the country besides some places in western India and south India.A work of the fifteenth century shows that the members of Jain community were also to be found in Malwa, in Sindh, Haryana, and the Punjab. We also learn that between Samvat 1475 and Samvat

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By Mr. A. K. RoyApart from the Digambaras and the Svetambaras there was, in the past, another sect of the Jainas. This sect, know as the Yapaniyas existed in Karnataka at least from the 5th to the 14th century. This we know from epigraphic evidence. The first and the last inscription which mention them and which have been discovered so far, belong to these centuries respectively and all the

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By Mrs. Raksha Shah“ Ladies and gentlemen, you have heard all your lives from your missionaries, who claim to be the messengers of God, “how ugly, wretched, immoral and vile the heathen Indians are… but did you ever hear from these missionaries – the messengers of love to all mankind – of the tyrannies that are perpetuated over the Hindus in India?”These were the words of a fearless and frank

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By Mr. Helmuth Von GlasnappAs is well known and is accepted by all the historians, Jainism had already been established as an important religion in various provinces of India before Mahavira and the Buddha began their missionary activities. During their period, Magadha, Kausala, Kapilvastu, Vaisali, Pava, Mithila, Varanasi, Simhabhumi, Kausambi, Avanti etc. were prominent Jaina centres. After

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By. Dr. A. N. UpadhyeThe quest for the Higher on an intellectual or metaphysical plane has been all along, in India, the privilege or province of some outstanding individual or individuals, while the mass of the population, generally steeped in ignorance and poverty, was devoted to crude deification and ancestor-worship. The power of a religious leader lay in his ability to win over to his creed

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