Jaina Scriptures and Philosophy

271 Pages·2015·9.076 MB·English

by  Peter Flügel and Olle Qvarnström

Jaina Scriptures and Philosophy
Interest in Indian religion and comparative philosophy has increased in recent
years, but despite this the study of Jaina philosophy is still in its infancy. This
book looks at the role of philosophy in Jaina tradition, and its significance within
the general developments in Indian philosophy.
Bringing together chapters by philologists, historians and philosophers, the
book focuses on karman theory, the theory of conditional predication, epistemo-
logy and the debates of Jaina philosophers with representatives of competing tra-
ditions, such as Ājīvika, Buddhist and Hindu. It analyses the relationship
between religion and philosophy in Jaina scriptures, both Digambara and
Śvetāmbara, and will be of interest to scholars and students of South Asian Reli-
gion, Philosophy and Philology.
Peter Flügel is Chair of the Centre of Jaina Studies at the School of Oriental and
African Studies, University of London, UK. He is the series editor for the
Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies series.
Olle Qvarnström is Professor of History of Religions at Lund University,
Sweden.
Routledge advances in Jaina studies
Series Editor: Peter Flügel
School of Oriental and African Studies
Jain Studies have become an accepted part of the Study of Religion. This series
provides a medium for regular scholarly exchange across disciplinary bound-
aries. It will include edited collection and monographs on Jainism.
1 Studies in Jaina History and Culture
Disputes and dialogues
Edited by Peter Flügel
2 History, Scripture and Controversy in a Medieval Jain Sect
Paul Dundas
3 The History of Vegetarianism and Cow- Veneration in India
Ludwig Alsdorf
Edited by W. Bollée
4 Jaina Scriptures and Philosophy
Edited by Peter Flügel and Olle Qvarnström
Jaina Scriptures and
Philosophy
Edited by Peter Flügel and
Olle Qvarnström
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Jaina scriptures and philosophy / edited by Peter Flügel, Olle Qvarnström.
pages cm. – (Routledge advances in Jaina studies)
1. Jainism–Sacred books. 2. Jaina philosophy. I. Flügel, Peter.
II. Qvarnström, Olle.
BL1310.4.J36 2015
294.4'82–dc23 2014048786
ISBN: 978-1-138-83989-2 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-73317-3 (ebk)
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Contents
List of figures vii
List of tables viii
Notes on contributors ix
Introduction 1
PART I
Scriptures 3
1 On the composition of the Uttarajjhāyā 5
HERMAN TIEKEN
2 A rare manuscript of the Bhagavatī Ārādhanā 21
PREM SUMAN JAIN
 3  Śvetāmbara Āgamas in the Digambara tradition  34
SHIN FUJINAgA
PART II
Karman and ethics 41
 4  What happened to Mahāvīra’s body?  43
JOHANNES BRONKHORST
5 The Niyatidvātriṃśikā ascribed to Siddhasena Divākara  49
OLLE QvARNSTRöM
6 Bee and mendicant: the two different versions in the extant
Jaina Āgamas  60
KENJI WATANABE
vi Contents
 7  Lay atonements: investigation into the Śvetāmbara textual 
tradition 68
NALINI BALBIR
PART III
Aspects of philosophy 131
8 Aspects of philosophy in the Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama 133
JAYANDRA SONI
9 Sensuous cognition – pratyakṣa or parokṣa? Jinabhadra’s 
reading of the Nandīsūtra 145
ANNE CLAvEL
10  Vasudeva the philosopher: soul and body in Saṅghadāsa’s 
Vasudevahiṇḍī 164
ANNA AURELIA ESPOSITO
11  Do attempts to formalize the Syād-vāda make sense?  181
PIOTR BALCEROWICz
Appendix: publications of Willem B. Bollée 249
Index 255
Figures
7.1 Folio 9v of the British Library palm-l eaf manuscript Or. 1385
showing the anonymous Sāvayapacchitta, here labelled SPAn. 71
7.2 Ernst Leumann’s transcription of the Pune manuscript of the
anonymous Sāvayapacchitta, here labelled SPAn. Notebook
128 in Leumann’s Nachlass 72–73
7.3 Folio 150r of the Patan palm-l eaf manuscript F 18 showing the
beginning of Tilakācārya’s Sāvayapacchitta, here labelled
SPT 74
7.4 Metalanguage and visualization: table in the Patan manuscript
F 18, fol. 119r 89
7.5 Metalanguage and visualization: table on p. 86 of the 1960
edition of Dharmaghoṣasūri’s Saḍḍhajīyakappa (SJK) 90
9.1 Classification of pramāṇa according to SthSū and TS 145
9.2 Classification of pramāṇa according to NSū 1–5 147
9.3 Classification of pramāṇa according to NSū 1–30 149
Tables
2.1 Sanskrit Ṭippana on the Pune manuscript 24
2.2 Manuscripts of BhĀ 25
2.3 Comparative various readings 28
2.4 Chart No. 3 29
2.5 Chart No. 4 29
2.6 Chart No. 5 30
2.7a Chart No. 6A 31
2.7b Chart No. 6B 31
2.7c Chart No. 6C 32
9.1 Two levels of immediacy according to Jinabhadra 153
Contributors
Nalini Balbir is Professor of Indology at the University of Paris-3 Sorbonne-
Nouvelle. Her main fields of research are Pāli and Jain studies (www.iran-
inde.cnrs.fr/IMg/pdf/publNBalbir.pdf ), both scriptures and practices. Among
her recent publications on various facets of Jainism are an introductory essay
to the English translation of E. Leumann’s Übersicht über die Āvaśyaka-
Literatur by g. Baumann (L.D. Institute of Indology, 2010), a translation of
Ācārya Nemicandra’s Dravyasaṃgraha (Hindi granth Karyalay, 2010) and
Paṭadarśana (Tīrthaṃkara praṇīta dharmadeśanā antargata Śatruṃjaya
māhātmya) (The Glory of Shatrunjya as Depicted in a 19th Century Jain
Scroll) (Jain vishva Bharati University, 2010; with Dr K.K. Sheth). She is the
co- author with K.v. Sheth, K.K. Sheth and C.B. Tripathi of the Catalogue of
the Jain Manuscripts of the British Library (British Library, Institute of Indo-
logy, 3 vols, 2006). She is also engaged in the Jainpedia website project
which provides descriptions of digitized images of Jain manuscripts in the
UK, together with an encyclopedia of Jainism online (www.jainology.org/
jainpedia/).
Piotr Balcerowicz (www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz) is Professor of Sanskrit
and Indian Studies at the University of Warsaw. Until 2011 he served as Pro-
fessor of International Relations at the University of Social Sciences and
Humanities, Warsaw. He specializes in philosophical traditions of Asia and
the West as well as in intercultural relations and the contemporary history of
Asia, especially South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. His publica-
tions include: Jaina Epistemology in Historical and Comparative Perspective
(Stuttgart, 2001; reprinted: Delhi, 2008), Afghanistan: History – People –
Politics (Warsaw, 2001), Jainism – An Ancient Indian Religion: History,
Ritual, Literature (Warsaw, 2003), History of Classical Indian Philosophy.
Part One: Beginnings, Analytical Trends and Philosophy of Nature (Warsaw,
2003), Jainism and the Definition of Religion (Mumbai, 2009), Early Asceti-
cism in India: Ājīvikism and Jainism (Routledge, 2015). He has also edited a
number of volumes, including: Logic and Belief in Indian Philosophy (Delhi,
2010), Art, Myths and Visual Culture of South Asia (Delhi, 2011), World
View and Theory in Indian Philosophy (Delhi, 2012), Encyclopedia of Indian