Piotr Balcerowicz

Early Asceticism in India

Ājīvikism and Jainism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By rediscovering, reconstructing, and examining the ¿j¿vikism doctrine, its art, origins and development, this book provides new insight into ¿j¿vikism, and discusses how this information enables us to better understand its impact on Jainism and its role in the development of Indian religion and philosophy. Offering clearer perspectives on the origins of Jainism the book will be an invaluable contribution to Jaina Studies, Asian Religion and Religious History.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781138847132
• ISBN-10: 1138847135
• Artikelnr.: 42740573

Autorenporträt

Piotr Balcerowicz is Professor of Indian Philosophy and Oriental Studies (Indology) at the University of Warsaw, Poland. He specialises in philosophical traditions of Asia and the West, with emphasis on Indian epistemology and non-Brahmanic philosophical schools.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Encounter 3. Gooeâla as a 'Jaina' Teacher 4. Souls
and Colours 5. Divination and Foretelling the Future 6. Common Set of Early
Scriptures 7. Common Cosmology 8. Gooeâla's First Teaching and Vardhamâna's
First Ascetic Experiences 9. The Finalities, Death and Sallekhanâ 10.
Drinkables, Undrinkables and the Waters of the Sâmañña-phala-sutta 11.
Âjîvikas, Pottery and Pots 12. Determinism, Âjîvikas and Jainism 13. Early
Anekânta-vâda and the Three Figures 14. Âjîvikas, Trairâoeikas, Jainas 15.
The beginnings of the Sapta-bhaógî 16. Early Epistemological Devices and
the Beginnings of Jaina Logic 17. The Anekânta-vâda and the Âjîvikas 18.
Traces of the Anekânta in Pali Buddhist Literature? 19. A Religious Centre
and the Art of the Âjîvikas 20. Three traditions: Pâroeva, Gooeâla,
Mahâvîra