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Motilal Banarsidass Publications Contributions To Jaina Studies by Peter Flugel
The twelve articles assembled in this volume of Collected Papers in Jaina Studies, written in English, were published as journal articles and book chapters between 1996 and 2016. The articles address aspects of the history, doctrine, organisation, and ways of life in Jaina mendicant orders, sects and schools, following an overview of the contemporary monastic traditions. The articles are here republished in a thematic sequence. Peter Flugel is Professor in the Study of Religions and Philosophies at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He is the Founding Chair of the Centre of Jaina Studies at SOAS, and Principal Investigator of the Jaina Prosopography project, with many publications related to Indian history and culture to his credit.