Jaina Studies : Proceedings of the DOT 2010 Panel in Marburg Germany

Contents: Introduction. 1. A Jain Assayer at the Sultan’s Mint. Thakkura Pheru and his Dravyapariksa/Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma. 2. Genealogical discourse and Jain Sectarian Promotion. Mantr Karmacandra-Vamsavali-Prabandha and the Kharataragaccha/Nalini Balbir. 3. An Example of Buddhist-Jaina Congruence in the Kalamasutta/Bhikkhu Pasadika. 4. Composition Areas in Vidyanandin’s Satyasasanapariksa: the First Part of the Uttarapaksa in the Chapter on Vaisesika/Himal Trikha. 5. Jaina epistemology revisited: On Erroneous cognition/Jayandra Soni. 6. Is the Syadvada true only from a certain point of view?/Anne Clavel. 7. Jaina Haveli temples in Northern India: Sources, Developments and ritual use/Julia A.B. Hegewald. 8. Interpreting new literary forms in Jain Medieval Literature: The Vibudhananda Play in Silanka’s Novel Caupannamahapurisacariya/Christine Chojnacki and Basile Leclere. 9. How to combine the Brhatkatha with Jain Universal History-Reflections on Sanghadasa’s Vasudevahindi/Anna Aurelia Esposito. 10. Jinabhadra’s Brhatsamgrahani and Malyagiri’s Commentary on it/Shin Fujinaga.

DOT, the Deutsche Orientalistentag, is the German Oriental Studies Congress which, as the homepage says, takes place every three years. It is the most prominent conference of Oriental Studies in Germany convened by the Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft (DMG). Researchers and academics from various disciplines of Asian, African and Middle Eastern Studies participate. It is open to all researchers and is not subject to membership in the DMG. The 31st DOT was held in Marburg, Germany, from 20th to 24th September 2010. This volume contains the papers read in the Jaina Panel there on 23rd September 2010 for the section Indology and South Asian Studies.Pages, ills, maps etc.