The present collection of Essays in Jaina Philosophy and Religion contains contributions of world-acclaimed scholars in Jaina Studies. Each of the four main sections of the present volume pertains to an important aspect within Jaina Studies: Philosophy, with emphasis on epistemology and the theory of the multiplexity of reality (anekanta-vada); the origins and historical development of Jainism with special consideration of its relation to Buddhism and Ajivikism; ...
