The Doctrine of the jainas: Described after old sources

by Walther Schubring
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The Doctrine of the Jainas is an English translation of the world famous German book "Die Lehre der Jainas" of W. Schubring by Wolfgang Beurlen. The author has also revised the English translation throughly. He has tried that the Jaina friends might come to obtain an idea of what has been accomplished by western scholars during a period of about one hundred and fifty years, burning the midnight oil, with a view to make the world acquaint with one of the finest achievements of the Indian mind. The author has tried to put the essence of Jaina religion and philosophy in a very clear way so that any student of religion or philosophy can easily trace out Jainism with a view of history, cosmology and cosmography.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Walther Schubring

Walther Schubring was born in 1881 in Luebeck. He obtained Ph.D. degree in 1904 for the dissertation Das Kalpasutra, die alte Sammlung jinistischer Moenchsvorschriften. He enriched Jainology and Prakrit studies with his vast contributions. It was owing to his untiring efforts that the Jain Canon was made known to scholars. He prepared a voluminous Descriptive Catalogue of Jain manuscripts, Die Jaina Handschriften der Preussischen Staatsbibliothek, Neuenverbungen seit 1891, Leipzig, 1944. In 1920, he was appointed professor of Indology in Hamburg University as the successor of Prof. Sten Konow.

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Title
The Doctrine of the jainas: Described after old sources
Author
Walther Schubring
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN
8120809335
Length
xii+388p., Glossary; References; Notes; Abbreviations; Index.
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