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English | ISBN: 1138774820 | 2025 | 278 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Early Sources of the Jaina Tradition reconstructs the history of the early Jaina tradition through a close study of the available textual sources. It focuses on Pārśvanātha, one of the 24 Jinas that are identified by the Jaina tradition as its main religious leaders of the current time cycle.
It is a commonly accepted hypothesis of nineteenth-century scholarship that Pārśvanātha, the 23rd Jina, is a historical figure whose teachings were slightly modified by Mahāvīra, the 24th Jina. The book challenges this hypothesis by analysing a wide range of textual sources, some of which have never been examined in the academic literature. The author shows that the teachings and narratives associated with Pārśvanātha are the result of a construction related to a reform movement sometime after Mahāvīra. The work included a re-assessment of key terms and concepts of the early Jaina texts and Jaina chronology.
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