Outputs (8)

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.

Jainism and society (2006)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2006). Jainism and society. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 69(1), 91-112. https://doi.org/10.1017/50041977X0600005X

A review of John E. Cort: Jains in the World: Religious Values and Ideology in India. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Review of Wörterbuch des kanonischen Jinismus. By Klaus Mylius. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005 (2006)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2006). Review of Wörterbuch des kanonischen Jinismus. By Klaus Mylius. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005. Internationales Asienforum, 37(3-4), 395-396. https://doi.org/10.11588/iaf.2006.37.376

Demographic Trends in Jaina Monasticism (2006)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2006). Demographic Trends in Jaina Monasticism. In P. Flügel (Ed.), Studies in Jaina History and Culture: Disputes and Dialogues (312-398). Routledge

The study of Jainism as a lived religion is still hampered by a lack of reliable sociological and demographic information both on the Jain laity and Jain mendicants. Most empirical studies to date have been thematically oriented or were of an explora... Read More about Demographic Trends in Jaina Monasticism.

Review of Vom Ganges zum Himalaya: Indologische Lehr- und Wanderjahre 1930–32. Von Ludwig Alsdorf (ed. Annegret Bollée). Bamberg: Annegret Bollée, Don-Bosco-Str. 2, D-96047 Bamberg, 2005 (privately published) (2006)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2006). Review of Vom Ganges zum Himalaya: Indologische Lehr- und Wanderjahre 1930–32. Von Ludwig Alsdorf (ed. Annegret Bollée). Bamberg: Annegret Bollée, Don-Bosco-Str. 2, D-96047 Bamberg, 2005 (privately published). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 69(3), 478-479. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X06320216

Review of "The Jains. Second Revised Edition" by Paul Dundas (2006)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2006). Review of "The Jains. Second Revised Edition" by Paul Dundas. Internationales Asienforum, 37(3-4), 396-399. https://doi.org/10.11588/iaf.2006.37.377

Jain Law Project: Case Law: Case List Edition: Post Jain (1942) (2006)
Other
Menski, W. F., & Brown, J. A. (2006). Jain Law Project: Case Law: Case List Edition: Post Jain (1942). Centre of Jaina Studies Website

Jaina Philosophy and Religion (2006)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2006). Jaina Philosophy and Religion. International Journal of Jaina Studies, 2(3), 1-8

Review article of the work Essays in Jaina Philosophy and Religion, edited by Piotr Balcerowicz of the University of Warsaw, published in 2003 in Delhi by Motilal Banarsidas, containing articles by N. Balbir, P. Balceroxicz, J. Bronkhorst, C. Cailla... Read More about Jaina Philosophy and Religion.