Jainism and the Western World: Jinmuktisūri and Georg Bühler and Other Early Encounters
(1999)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (1999). Jainism and the Western World: Jinmuktisūri and Georg Bühler and Other Early Encounters. Jain Journal, 34(1), 1-11
The article reconsiders the perceived coincidence of interests of the Jains and orientalist scholarship in the 19th and early 20th centuries on the basis of Georg Bühler’s (1837-1896) personal account of his visit to the famous Jain library in Jaisal... Read More about Jainism and the Western World: Jinmuktisūri and Georg Bühler and Other Early Encounters.