INTRODUCTION.(Jainism.) From: Philosophy East and West | Date: July 1, 2000| Author: Skoog, Kim | COPYRIGHT 2000 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Jainism is one of the three main religio-philosophical traditions to arise within India, along with Hinduism and Buddhism. Yet, for assorted reasons, it has never commanded the kind of attention that has been directed toward the latter two traditions. Periodically, books on Jainism have been published, and articles on Jainism appear in scholarly journals, but these occurrences are more the anomaly than the usual subject of scholarly inquiry. However, there are signs that this may be...

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	SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF JAINA PHILOSOPHY: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY. Philosophy East and West ; This essay will seek to identify some primary titles in the area of Jaina philosophy, focusing on English-language materials published largely in the twentieth century. This essay will not include a survey of social science studies of Jainism and will also not include festschrifts or other
	The Jains. Second Edition Internationales Asien Forum. International Quarterly for Asian Studies ; PAUL DUNDAS, The Jains. Second Edition. (Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices). London: Routledge, 2002. XIV, 354 pages, index, USS 35.95. ISBN 0-415-26606-8(pbk), 0-145-26605-X (hbk). At present, only four textbooks in European languages can be recommended unreservedly to any student of
	Before Buddhism And Before Hinduism, Too The Washington Post ; Just a quick note to point out a mistake in The Post's otherwise excellent article on Jainism {Dec. 22}: Jainism is not "a Hindu sect resembling Buddhism," as noted by The Post's reporter. Jainism is a major religion of its own. In fact, it predates Buddhism and Hinduism. SANDEEP H. JAIN
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	Open Boundaries: Jai Communities and Cultures in Indian History. (Brief Reviews of Books).(Book Review) The Journal of the American Oriental Society ; Open Boundaries: Jai Communities and Cultures in Indian History. Edited by JOHN E. CORT. SUNY Series in Hindu Studies. Albany: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS, 1998. Pp. viii + 264. $24.95 (paper). What we have here is a book on Jam studies that is the culmination of eleven years of dealing with
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