PROF Peter Flugel's Outputs (4)

Present Lord: Sīmandhara Svāmī and the Akram Vijñān Movement (2020)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2020). Present Lord: Sīmandhara Svāmī and the Akram Vijñān Movement. In P. Flügel (Ed.), Contributions to Jaina Studies: Jaina Schools and Sects (448-488). Motilal Banarsidass

Most textbooks present Jainism as a religion which survives in a pristine state virtually unchanged from the time of its last prophet, Mahāvīra, some 2500 years ago. Walther Schubring, for instance, wrote in his classical work The Doctrine Of The Jai... Read More about Present Lord: Sīmandhara Svāmī and the Akram Vijñān Movement.

Contributions to Jaina Studies. Volume I. Jaina Schools and Sects (2020)
Book
Flügel, P. (2020). Contributions to Jaina Studies. Volume I. Jaina Schools and Sects. Motilal Banarsidass

The twelve articles assembled in this first volume of the author's collected papers in Jaina Studies written in English were published as journal articles and book chapters between 1996 and 2016. The articles address aspects of the history, doctrine... Read More about Contributions to Jaina Studies. Volume I. Jaina Schools and Sects.

Beyond the Hindu Frontier: Jaina-Vaiṣṇava Syncretism in the Gujarātī Diaspora (2020)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2020). Beyond the Hindu Frontier: Jaina-Vaiṣṇava Syncretism in the Gujarātī Diaspora. In P. Flügel (Ed.), Contributions to Jaina Studies: Jaina Schools and Sects (489-569). Motilal Banarsidass

Article 51A(f) of the Indian Constitution recognises what many politicians and anthropologists still fail to do: India does not represent a civilisational whole but has a "composite culture". That this statement does not merely reflect the wishful th... Read More about Beyond the Hindu Frontier: Jaina-Vaiṣṇava Syncretism in the Gujarātī Diaspora.

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.