All Outputs (3)

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.

Sacred Places in the Jaina Tradition: The Case of Sammetaśikhara (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Flügel, P. (2006, July). Sacred Places in the Jaina Tradition: The Case of Sammetaśikhara. Paper presented at 13th World Sanskrit Conference (Panel: Jaina Studies), Edinburgh

Sammeta Śikhara is the most important Jaina pilgrimage site. Twenty of the twenty-four tīrthaṅkaras, most prominently Pārśva, are said to have attained nirvāṇa on the peaks of Pārasnāth Hill in Jharkhand which became a sacred mountain. The pre-histor... Read More about Sacred Places in the Jaina Tradition: The Case of Sammetaśikhara.

The Loṅkāgaccha Revisited (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Flügel, P. (2003, July). The Loṅkāgaccha Revisited. Presented at Jaina Studies Panel, 12th World Sanskrit Conference, Helsinki

The presentation given at the 12th WSC in Helsinki 2003 provides an overview of the origin and decline of the Loṅkā traditions with a focus on the line of succession, infrastructure and religious practices of the Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa, the... Read More about The Loṅkāgaccha Revisited.