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Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa I: Fragments of Digambara Temples and A New Vaiṣṇava Inscription in Tumain (2020)
Journal Article
Flügel, P., Balogh, D., Wright, J. C., & Mallinson, J. (2020). Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa I: Fragments of Digambara Temples and A New Vaiṣṇava Inscription in Tumain. Jaina studies, 15, 23-30

The article introduces the term 'non-tīrtha' as a new analytical category to designate Jaina sacred sites that have vanished or do not yet exist, according to the cyclical Jaina conception of history. It presents new evidence on two different Digamba... Read More about Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa I: Fragments of Digambara Temples and A New Vaiṣṇava Inscription in Tumain.

The Nikkhamaṇa of Mahāvīra According to the Old Biographies (2019)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2019). The Nikkhamaṇa of Mahāvīra According to the Old Biographies. In H. Nagarajaiah, & J. Soni (Eds.), Cāruśrī: Essays in Honour of Svastiśrī Cārukīrti Bhaṭṭāraka Paṭṭācārya (67-80). Sapna Book House

The history of the Jaina ceremonies of ordination is yet to be investigated. Next to nothing is known about the missing links between contemporary practices and the ceremonies of ordination of common mendicants at the time of Mahāvīra and his immedi... Read More about The Nikkhamaṇa of Mahāvīra According to the Old Biographies.

Riddles of the Rock-Carved Hindu and Jaina Sculptures and Inscriptions at Rakhetrā (2019)
Journal Article
Flügel, P., Wright, J. C., Balogh, D., Mevissen, G., & Willis, M. (2019). Riddles of the Rock-Carved Hindu and Jaina Sculptures and Inscriptions at Rakhetrā. Jaina studies, 14, 24-30

The article presents new evidence on the archaeological site of Rakhetrā (M.P.), with particular attention to the rock-carved Hindu and Jaina sculptures and inscriptions. Photos of the three 10th, 15th and 17th century inscriptions on site are publis... Read More about Riddles of the Rock-Carved Hindu and Jaina Sculptures and Inscriptions at Rakhetrā.

Social-Differentiation and Self-Differentiation The Jaina Concept of the Individual and Sociological Individualisation-Paradigms (Part I) (2018)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2018). Social-Differentiation and Self-Differentiation The Jaina Concept of the Individual and Sociological Individualisation-Paradigms (Part I). Max Weber studies, 18(2), 212-273

While ‘individuality’ is regarded as a cultural construct, this article argues that its trans-cultural investigation has hardly begun, both empirically and theoretically. Comparative work to date has been confined to euro-centric approaches. South As... Read More about Social-Differentiation and Self-Differentiation The Jaina Concept of the Individual and Sociological Individualisation-Paradigms (Part I).

An Exploratory Survey of the Jaina Heritage in Pakistan (2018)
Journal Article
Flügel, P., & Ahmad, M. (2018). An Exploratory Survey of the Jaina Heritage in Pakistan. Jaina studies, 13, 26-32

The neglected field of the Jaina heritage in Pakistan was revived in 2015-17 through a pilot study conducted by the CoJS of SOAS in collaboration with a research team of the Nusrat Jahan College (NJC) in Rabwah, with additional help of local historia... Read More about An Exploratory Survey of the Jaina Heritage in Pakistan.