Jainism

Jainism
Author: Helmuth von Glasenapp
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 610
Release: 1999
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9788120813762

The present book is one of the best and stimulating books ever written by scholars on Jainism. A glance at its contents will reveal the fact that Glasenapp has covered almost all the salient features of Jainism. The book is divided into

Jains in the World

Jains in the World
Author: John E. Cort
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2001
Genre: Jainism
ISBN: 0195132343

Based on field research in northern Gujarat as well as on the study of both ancient Sanskrit and modern vernacular religious literature, John Cort gives a rounded portrait of how the religion of Jainism is practised today.