Bansidhar Bhatt

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Early Sources of the Jaina Tradition

A Critical Survey Revealing P¿r¿va, the 23rd T¿rtha¿kara, as a Legendary Figure

Beschreibung

Early Sources of the Jaina Tradition reconstructs the history of the early Jaina tradition through a close study the available textual sources. Its focuses on P¿r¿van¿tha, one of the 24 Jinas that are identified by the Jaina tradition as its main religious leaders of the current time cycle.

Autor

Bansidhar Bhatt was Lecturer in Sanskrit at L.D. Arts College in Ahmedabad, India,1956-1969, PhD student and researcher at the Free University Berlin, Germany, 1969-1976, Government of India Pool Officer at Jaipur University, India, 1976-1977, Professor of Indology and Mah¿v¿ra Chair for Jaina Studies at Panjab University in Patiala, India,1977-1985, and Lector for Hindi and Gujarati at the University of Münster, Germany, 1985-1995. One of the most erudite Indologists of his generation, he specialised in the comparative study of early Jaina texts and philosophy. His most important book publications are The Canonical Nik¿epa: Studies in Jaina Dialectics (Leiden 1978), Jñ¿na-Gangotr¿: Collected Research Articles of Prof. Dr. Bansidhar Bhatt (Ahmedabad 2005), and the present study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9781138774827
• ISBN-10: 1138774820
• Artikelnr.: 42744099