Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: Vol.17: Jain Philosophy: Part III

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Summaries of works. Bibliography. Glossary. Index.

Volume Seventeen concludes the series of the Encyclopedia dealing with jain philosophy (Volumes 10,14 and 17) bringing its development to the present day. In his Introduction, Piotr Balcerowicz provides a formalized classification of the basics of the Jain theory of seven-fold modal description (saptabhangi or syadvada), which, as he explains. "gives a complete account of all perspectives relevant in the verbal description of a thing. (jacket)