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Review of: Gérard Fussman, Choix d’articles. Réunis par Denis Matringe, Éric Ollivier et Isabelle Szelagowski. (Réimpressions, no. 14) 598 pp. Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient, 2014. (2017)
Journal Article
Tournier, V. (in press). Review of: Gérard Fussman, Choix d’articles. Réunis par Denis Matringe, Éric Ollivier et Isabelle Szelagowski. (Réimpressions, no. 14) 598 pp. Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient, 2014. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 80(1), 169-70. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X17000295

The Jain Prakrit Origin of the Vetāla (2017)
Journal Article
Wright, J. C. (2017). The Jain Prakrit Origin of the Vetāla. Jaina studies, 12, 34-35

In the absence of any other plausible etymology, there is thus reason to believe that the Vaitālīya metre takes its name from the subject-matter of its most important attestation in Jain literature, i.e., the destruction (vidāraṇa) of Karma. It is pr... Read More about The Jain Prakrit Origin of the Vetāla.

Klaus Bruhn (22.5.1928 – 9.5.2016) (2017)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2017). Klaus Bruhn (22.5.1928 – 9.5.2016). Jaina studies, 12, 40-44

With the passing of Klaus Bruhn Jaina Studies has lost one of its most significant pillars and innovators, who nurtured the field over a period of 65 years.1 Born in Hamburg as the only child of the Classical Philologist and Gymnasium teacher Dr Chri... Read More about Klaus Bruhn (22.5.1928 – 9.5.2016).

Johannes Emil Otto Klatt (1852–1903). Forgotten Chronicler of Jainism and Bibliographer of Oriental Literature: Letters to Albrecht Weber 1874–1882, Ernst Kuhn 1881–1889, Charles Rockwell Lanman 1889 and Ehrhardt Karras 1891, with Curricula Vitae, and a Complete Bibliography of Johannes Klatt’s Works (2017)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2017). Johannes Emil Otto Klatt (1852–1903). Forgotten Chronicler of Jainism and Bibliographer of Oriental Literature: Letters to Albrecht Weber 1874–1882, Ernst Kuhn 1881–1889, Charles Rockwell Lanman 1889 and Ehrhardt Karras 1891, with Curricula Vitae, and a Complete Bibliography of Johannes Klatt’s Works. Berliner indologische Studien, 23(1), 1-76

Research on the unpublished correspondence of Western Jainologists and of Jaina mendicants, preserved only in fragments in Indian, European and American archives, has unearthed many previously unknown letters of the pioneers of Jaina Studies, presume... Read More about Johannes Emil Otto Klatt (1852–1903). Forgotten Chronicler of Jainism and Bibliographer of Oriental Literature: Letters to Albrecht Weber 1874–1882, Ernst Kuhn 1881–1889, Charles Rockwell Lanman 1889 and Ehrhardt Karras 1891, with Curricula Vitae, and a Complete Bibliography of Johannes Klatt’s Works.

Life and Work of Johannes Klatt (2016)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2016). Life and Work of Johannes Klatt. In P. Flügel, & K. Krümpelmann (Eds.), Jaina-Onomasticon (9-164). Harrassowitz. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc770vn.4

The name of Johannes Emil Otto Klatt (1852-1903), Classical and Oriental philologist, Custodian at the Königliche Bibliothek in Berlin, and pioneer of Jaina Studies, has almost entirely disappeared from the records of 19th century intellectual histor... Read More about Life and Work of Johannes Klatt.

Logic in the tradition of Prabhacandra (2016)
Book Chapter
Gorisse, M.-H. (in press). Logic in the tradition of Prabhacandra. In J. Ganeri (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Indian Philosophy (1-26). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199314621.013.47

The characterisation of truth-preserving arguments, notably conceived as the tool to convince interlocutors in a debate, was a core issue in the Indian paradigm of philosophy and received the detailed attention of scholars from different philosophica... Read More about Logic in the tradition of Prabhacandra.

A Jaina Mendicant Council: Proceedings of the 8th Sthānakavāsī Jaina Bṛhad Śramaṇa Saṅghīya Sādhu-Sādhvī Sammelana, Indore 20-29 March 2015 (2016)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2016). A Jaina Mendicant Council: Proceedings of the 8th Sthānakavāsī Jaina Bṛhad Śramaṇa Saṅghīya Sādhu-Sādhvī Sammelana, Indore 20-29 March 2015. Jaina studies, 11, 28-31

The article discusses the role of monastic councils in the history of Jainism and analyses the unscripted rules of procedure of the great council (bṛhad sammelana) of the mendicants of the Sthānakavāsī Śramaṇasaṅgha 20-29 March 2016 in Indore. Two is... Read More about A Jaina Mendicant Council: Proceedings of the 8th Sthānakavāsī Jaina Bṛhad Śramaṇa Saṅghīya Sādhu-Sādhvī Sammelana, Indore 20-29 March 2015.

Jaina Forest Monk in Meditation: A Rare Jaina Image of Balarāma at Mt. Māṅgī-Tuṅgī (2015)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2015). Jaina Forest Monk in Meditation: A Rare Jaina Image of Balarāma at Mt. Māṅgī-Tuṅgī. In L. Soni, & J. Soni (Eds.), Sanmati: Essays Felicitating Professor Hampa Nagarajaiah on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday (185-194). Satna Book Hourse

The article investigates an intriguing, tangible link that was created between the Balabhadra legend of the Śvetāmbara Jaina Universal History and the ancient Digambara Jaina pilgrimage site of Mt. Māṅgī-Tuṅgī in northern Mahārāṣṭṛa: a rare and possi... Read More about Jaina Forest Monk in Meditation: A Rare Jaina Image of Balarāma at Mt. Māṅgī-Tuṅgī.

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.

A Disputed Item in the Citta-Saṃbhūijja (Uttarajjhāyā 13) (2015)
Journal Article
Wright, J. C. (2015). A Disputed Item in the Citta-Saṃbhūijja (Uttarajjhāyā 13). Jaina studies, 10, 29-31

The dialogue between the brothers Citta and Saṃbhūta in the Buddhist and Jain canons (Jātaka 498 and canto 13 of Uttarajjhāyā,) has been presented, apparently definitively, by Ernst Leumann as an episode extracted from a pre-existing corpus of Brahma... Read More about A Disputed Item in the Citta-Saṃbhūijja (Uttarajjhāyā 13).

Jaina Funeral Palanquins (2015)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2015). Jaina Funeral Palanquins. Jaina studies, 10, 21-28

In contrast to the solemn funeral of a common Jaina lay person, whose dead body is carried by male family members
to the funeral pyre on a simple bier, in a lying posture,
covered from head to toe by a shroud, the funeral of a Jaina ascetic, who pu... Read More about Jaina Funeral Palanquins.

Narrative Paradigms for Jaina Mortuary Rituals: Mythologies of the Worship of the Relics of the Jinas by the Gods in Jaina Universal Histories (2015)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (in press). Narrative Paradigms for Jaina Mortuary Rituals: Mythologies of the Worship of the Relics of the Jinas by the Gods in Jaina Universal Histories. In P. Flügel (Ed.), Jaina Narratives. Routledge

Jaina doctrine unequivocally rejects the worship of material objects. Considering the mythical passages on the post-funerary veneration of the bone relics of the Jinas by the gods in the canonical Rāyapaseṇaijja, and of the cremation of the first Jin... Read More about Narrative Paradigms for Jaina Mortuary Rituals: Mythologies of the Worship of the Relics of the Jinas by the Gods in Jaina Universal Histories.

Jaina Narratives (2015)
Book
Flügel, P. (Ed.). (in press). Jaina Narratives. Routledge

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 lite... Read More about Jaina Narratives.

The taste of the mango. A Jaina-Buddhist controversy on evidence (2015)
Journal Article
Gorisse, M.-H. (in press). The taste of the mango. A Jaina-Buddhist controversy on evidence. International Journal of Jaina Studies, 11(3), 1-19

In the classical framework of Indian philosophy, the different schools of thought agree on the fact that the correctness of an inference relies on a special universal relation standing between the probans, or evidence-property, and the probandum, or... Read More about The taste of the mango. A Jaina-Buddhist controversy on evidence.

Historical Sources on the Loṅkāgaccha- and Sthānakavāsī-Traditions in Johannes Klatt’s Jaina-Onomasticon (2014)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2014). Historical Sources on the Loṅkāgaccha- and Sthānakavāsī-Traditions in Johannes Klatt’s Jaina-Onomasticon. In T. Kimura (Ed.), Indian and Buddhist Studies in Honor of President Dr. Shouou (Kiyoaki) Okuda in Recognition of his Lifelong Scholarship (314-333). Kosei Publishers

The article offers a brief review of the entries on 'Luṅkā' and 'Ḍhuṇḍhaka', etc., which indicate relevant sources on the still obscure origins of the 'aniconic' or 'protestant' Jaina traditions, in the monumental Jaina Onomasticon, which in 1892 Jo... Read More about Historical Sources on the Loṅkāgaccha- and Sthānakavāsī-Traditions in Johannes Klatt’s Jaina-Onomasticon.

International Journal of Jaina Studies Volume 7-9 (2014)
Book
Flügel, P. (Ed.). (2014). International Journal of Jaina Studies Volume 7-9. Hindi Granth Karyalay. (International Journal of Jaina Studies)

Third printed volume of the International Journal of Jaina Studies (IJJS) of the Centre of Jaina Studies at SOAS. Contributions to the journal are first published in the IJJS (Online) with a different pagination and later in book format.