Jaina Narratives

Abstract

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 literature composed in Prakrit, Sanskrit and vernacular languages. Written by experts specialising in the study of Jaina narrative literature, this unique book offers an interdisciplinary approach. It presents interesting juxtapositions of narrative paradigms with Jaina ritual culture in history and the contemporary world as well as in Buddhism and Hinduism, thus resulting in new insights which are reflected in the chapters.

Citation

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

• Book Type: Edited Book
• Acceptance Date: Mar 22, 2025
• Deposit Date: Sep 19, 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Series Title: Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies
• Series Number: 8
• ISBN: 9781138186101
• Keywords: Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jaina, Narratives, Literature
• Contract Date: Jan 1, 2015