Outputs (8)

Jaina Forest Monk in Meditation: A Rare Jaina Image of Balarāma at Mt. Māṅgī-Tuṅgī (2015)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2015). Jaina Forest Monk in Meditation: A Rare Jaina Image of Balarāma at Mt. Māṅgī-Tuṅgī. In L. Soni, & J. Soni (Eds.), Sanmati: Essays Felicitating Professor Hampa Nagarajaiah on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday (185-194). Satna Book Hourse

The article investigates an intriguing, tangible link that was created between the Balabhadra legend of the Śvetāmbara Jaina Universal History and the ancient Digambara Jaina pilgrimage site of Mt. Māṅgī-Tuṅgī in northern Mahārāṣṭṛa: a rare and possi... Read More about Jaina Forest Monk in Meditation: A Rare Jaina Image of Balarāma at Mt. Māṅgī-Tuṅgī.

Jaina Scriptures and Philosophy (2015)
Book
Flügel, P., & Qvarnström, O. (Eds.). (2015). Jaina Scriptures and Philosophy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315733173

Interest in Indian religion and comparative philosophy has increased in recent years, but despite this the study of Jaina philosophy is still in its infancy. This book looks at the role of philosophy in Jaina tradition, and its significance within th... Read More about Jaina Scriptures and Philosophy.

Digambara Jaina Divination Rituals in Coastal Karṇāṭaka (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Flügel, P. (2015, March). Digambara Jaina Divination Rituals in Coastal Karṇāṭaka. Paper presented at Jaina Tantra, SOAS

The paper presents a comparative analysis of the
divination rituals performed to the yakṣīs Kūṣmāṇḍīnī,
Jvālāmālinī and Padmāvatī at pilgrimage shrines
related to the maṭhas of the Digambara bhaṭṭārakas at
Mūḍabidarī, Narasiṃharājapura and Hūmchā... Read More about Digambara Jaina Divination Rituals in Coastal Karṇāṭaka.

Jaina Funeral Palanquins (2015)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2015). Jaina Funeral Palanquins. Jaina studies, 10, 21-28

In contrast to the solemn funeral of a common Jaina lay person, whose dead body is carried by male family members
to the funeral pyre on a simple bier, in a lying posture,
covered from head to toe by a shroud, the funeral of a Jaina ascetic, who pu... Read More about Jaina Funeral Palanquins.

Narrative Paradigms for Jaina Mortuary Rituals: Mythologies of the Worship of the Relics of the Jinas by the Gods in Jaina Universal Histories (2015)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (in press). Narrative Paradigms for Jaina Mortuary Rituals: Mythologies of the Worship of the Relics of the Jinas by the Gods in Jaina Universal Histories. In P. Flügel (Ed.), Jaina Narratives. Routledge

Jaina doctrine unequivocally rejects the worship of material objects. Considering the mythical passages on the post-funerary veneration of the bone relics of the Jinas by the gods in the canonical Rāyapaseṇaijja, and of the cremation of the first Jin... Read More about Narrative Paradigms for Jaina Mortuary Rituals: Mythologies of the Worship of the Relics of the Jinas by the Gods in Jaina Universal Histories.

Jaina Narratives (2015)
Book
Flügel, P. (Ed.). (in press). Jaina Narratives. Routledge

There is a growing recognition that scholarship on Indian religions has been hampered by the lack of knowledge of Jain sources. This book analyses different aspects of the extensive, more than two thousand years long tradition of Jaina narrative lite... Read More about Jaina Narratives.

Jaina Rituals of Death: History, Doctrine and Practice (2015)
Book
Flügel, P. (in press). Jaina Rituals of Death: History, Doctrine and Practice. Routledge

In this book, the author presents recent, somewhat unexpected, findings on the thriving cult of bone relic stupas and the ritual role of the materiality of the dead amongst contemporary Jains. Based on extensive fieldwork in India, clear evidence is... Read More about Jaina Rituals of Death: History, Doctrine and Practice.

Jaina Law and Society (2015)
Book
Flügel, P. (Ed.). (in press). Jaina Law and Society. Routledge