Historical Dictionary of Jainism
Product details
- ISBN 9781538145302
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Jains are followers of the teachings of the Jinas (“Spiritual Victors”) or Tirthankaras (“Fordmakers”), human beings who have attained enlightenment through their own efforts and who have taught the truths they realized to others.
At the core of the Jain teachings are nonviolence and compassion towards all living beings, which have remained the guiding principles of Jain ethics to this day. Historical Dictionary of Jainism, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section contains cross-referenced entries. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Jainism.
Kristi L. Wiley is retired from the University of California, Berkeley, USA where she had taught Sanskrit and Indic religions in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies. She is the author of the first edition of the Historical Dictionary of Jainism and articles on various aspects of Jainism related to karma theory. She is a co-editor of Brill’s Encyclopedia of Jainism, along with John E. Cort, Paul Dundas, and Knut A. Jacobsen.
Ana Bajzelj is Associate Professor and Shrimad Rajchandra endowed chair in Jain Studies in the Department for the study of religion at the University of California, Riverside, USA. Her research focuses on Jain philosophy, particularly metaphysics, ethics, and philosophy of mind. She is the author of The Nature of Change in Jaina Philosophy (2016, in Slovenian) and the co-author of Insistent Life: Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition (2021).
Christoph Emmrich is Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada, where he teaches Buddhist and Jain Studies. His work on Jainism has focused on the literary, ritual, and institutional history of the Jains in the Tamil-speaking region and on time and timing in the Agamic literature.
Steven M. Vose is an Assistant Professor in the department of history at the University of Colorado-Denver, USA where he holds the Bhagwan Suparshvanatha Endowed Chair in Jain Studies. His research examines western Indian Jain communities from the 10th century to the present, focusing on community formation, ritual performance, material culture, intellectual practices, and interactions with political powers. He is currently researching transnational Jain communities from the 19th century to the present.
