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Literary Transcreation as a Jain Practice (2025)
Book
De Clercq, E., De Jonckheere, H., & Winant, S. (Eds.). (2025). Literary Transcreation as a Jain Practice. Ergon Verlag. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783987401602

A vast corpus of Jain texts lies unexamined in manuscript libraries, several of them new versions of earlier works. Though the prevalence of literary transcreation in Jain communities is striking, it is by no means a practice exclusive to them. The f... Read More about Literary Transcreation as a Jain Practice.

Vernacularising Jainism: The Dharmaparīkṣā by Manohardās (2023)
Journal Article
De Jonckheere, H. (2023). Vernacularising Jainism: The Dharmaparīkṣā by Manohardās. Religions of South Asia, 17(2), 183-204. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.23301

This article argues that the religious and social developments of seventeenth-century Jain communities in northern India can be characterized as vernacularization. This is a process in which religious expression turns towards the quotidian, the local... Read More about Vernacularising Jainism: The Dharmaparīkṣā by Manohardās.

The Life and Afterlife of Mahāvīra (2023)
Book Chapter
De Jonckheere, H. (2023). The Life and Afterlife of Mahāvīra. In P. Flügel, H. De Jonckheere, & R. Söhnen-Thieme (Eds.), Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions (40-45). Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS

Pure Soul: Conceptions and Representations (2023)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2023). Pure Soul: Conceptions and Representations. In P. Flügel, H. De Jonckheere, & R. Söhnen-Thieme (Eds.), Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions (4-14). Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS

The history of the Jaina philosophical discourse on the soul
is yet to be written. It will inevitably focus on the ways in which
the relationship between soul and body is conceived, and what
practical implications the various stances carry. For Ja... Read More about Pure Soul: Conceptions and Representations.

Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions (2023)
Book
Flügel, P., De Jonckheere, H., & Söhnen-Thieme, R. (Eds.). (2023). Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions. Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS

Jaina thinkers developed different perspectives on the relationship between the soul and the material non-soul. These perspectives can be categorised into two basic stances, namely classical and spiritualistic Jaina philosophy, each with its variants... Read More about Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions.

Six Jaina Bronzes (2023)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P., Krüger, P., & Shah, P. (2023). Six Jaina Bronzes. In P. Flügel, H. De Jonckheere, & R. Söhnen-Thieme (Eds.), Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions (96-103). Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS

Jain metal altars can be found in numerous museums and
collections outside India. Most of these objects come from
western India and were produced between the 11th and 19th
century. Although large numbers of these altar pieces exist, an
in-depth s... Read More about Six Jaina Bronzes.

The Trimandiras of the Akrama Vijñāna Mārga (2023)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2023). The Trimandiras of the Akrama Vijñāna Mārga. In P. Flügel, H. De Jonckheere, & R. Söhnen-Thieme (Eds.), Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions (172-193). Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS

The analysis of the standard practice of image-veneration in
the Akram Vijñan Mārg enables us to answer the question about the differences between the spiritual (adhyātmika) discourses of A.M. Paṭel, his elder contemporary Kanajī Svāmī, and of Śrīma... Read More about The Trimandiras of the Akrama Vijñāna Mārga.

A song for Jains or a song for India : contesting narratives during the COVID-19 crisis (2021)
Journal Article
De Jonckheere, H. (2021). A song for Jains or a song for India : contesting narratives during the COVID-19 crisis. Contemporary South Asia, 29(4), 579-587. https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2021.1995327

This article studies the interaction of religiosity and national sentiment on the popular level of Jainism in dealing with the COVID-19 crisis. It does so through a case study of a Jain popular song, which was created as a response to the everyday im... Read More about A song for Jains or a song for India : contesting narratives during the COVID-19 crisis.

The Darśanasāra by Devasena (2019)
Book Chapter
De Jonckheere, H. (2019). The Darśanasāra by Devasena. In J. Soni, & H. Nagarajaiah (Eds.), Cāruśrī, Essays in Honour of Svastiśrī Cārukīrti Bhaṭṭāraka Paṭṭācārya (61-67). Sapna Book House

'Examining Religion' through Generations of Jain Audiences: The Circulation of the Dharmaparīkṣā (2019)
Journal Article
De Jonckheere, H. (2019). 'Examining Religion' through Generations of Jain Audiences: The Circulation of the Dharmaparīkṣā. Religions, 10(5), 308. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10050308

Indian literary traditions, both religious and non-religious, have dealt with literature in a fluid way, repeating and reusing narrative motifs, stories and characters over and over again. In recognition of this, the current paper will focus on one p... Read More about 'Examining Religion' through Generations of Jain Audiences: The Circulation of the Dharmaparīkṣā.

Two Buddhists, Two Jackals and a Flying Stupa: Examination of the Buddhists in the Jain Dharmaparīkṣā (2019)
Book Chapter
De Jonckheere, H. (2019). Two Buddhists, Two Jackals and a Flying Stupa: Examination of the Buddhists in the Jain Dharmaparīkṣā. In H. De Jonckheere, M.-H. Gorisse, & A. Rostalska (Eds.), Puṣpikā V: Tracing Ancient India, Through Texts and Traditions : Contributions to Current Research in Indology. Vol. 5 (33-45). Oxbow Books. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv13gvh41.7

Tracing Ancient India, Through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology (2019)
Book
De Jonckheere, H., Gorisse, M.-H., & Rostalska, A. (Eds.). (2019). Tracing Ancient India, Through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology. Oxbow Books. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv13gvh41

This volume is the outcome of the Ninth International Indology Graduate Research Symposium held at Ghent University in September 2017, the fifth publication of proceedings from this series of symposiums. Like previous volumes, the current edition pre... Read More about Tracing Ancient India, Through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology.