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Encyclopedia of Religion[edit]

From the Encyclopedia of Religion, 1st ed. edited by Mircea Eliade, 2nd by Lindsay Jones. Material in italics is included in the first edition, but not the second.

Major articles[edit]

  • Cosmology* - An Overview; Hindu and Jain Cosmologies; Jain Cosmology;
  • Ecology and Religion* – An Overview; Ecology and Jainism; Environmental Ethics, World Religions, and Ecology; Science, Religion, and Ecology;
  • Gender and Religion* – An Overview; An Overview – New Methodologies and Scholarship; History of Study; History of Study – Feminism and Religious Studies: 1960-1990; Gender and Jainism;
  • Jainism*;
  • Karman* – Hindu and Jain Concepts;

Significant articles[edit]

  • Ahimsā;
  • Cosmology – An Overview – Images of the World as Subjects for Historians; An Overview - Cosmology and Worldview; An Overview - Classification of Cosmologies; An Overview - Classification of Cosmologies – Geography; An Overview - Classification of Cosmologies – Cultural themes; An Overview - Classification of Cosmologies – Cultural themes – The generating earth; An Overview - Other Motifs; An Overview - Do Science and Religion View the Cosmos Differently?; Hindu and Jain Cosmologies – Jainism; Hindu and Jain Cosmologies – Jainism – Cosmography; Hindu and Jain Cosmologies – Jainism – Vertical Cosmology; Hindu and Jain Cosmologies – Jainism – Chronology; Hindu and Jain Cosmologies – Jainism - Tīrthamkaras; Jain Cosmology – Beginnings; Jain Cosmology – The Structure of the Loka; Jain Cosmology – The Middle World; Jain Cosmology – The Lower World; Jain Cosmology – The Upper World; Jain Cosmology – Time;
  • Ecology and Religion – An Overview – Diversity and Dialogue of Religions; An Overview – Defining Terms; An Overview – Approaches within the Study of Religion and Ecology; An Overview – Religious Thinkers Address Environmental Problems; An Overview – Studies in Anthropology, Cultural Studies, and Geography; An Overview – Movements of Religion and Ecology: Calls and Responses; An Overview – Religions of the World and Ecology Project; An Overview – Conclusions; Environmental Ethics, World Religions, and Ecology – Animal Liberation and Animal Rights; Science, Religion, and Ecology – Typology of Science and Religion; Science, Religion, and Ecology – General Philosophical Issues; Science, Religion, and Ecology – Specific Philosophical Issues; Science, Religion, and Ecology – Specific Philosophical Issues – Physics and Cosmology; Science, Religion, and Ecology – Specific Philosophical Issues – Evolution and biology;
  • Gender and Religion – An Overview – What Gender Means and Does Not Mean; An Overview – Gender Studies and Religion; An Overview – Central Concepts and Concerns; An Overview – Significant Recent Themes; An Overview – Prominent Contemporary Debates and New Directions; History of Study - Gender and Religion from the 1990s; History of Study – Feminism and Religious Studies: 1960-1990 – Context: the women's liberation movement; History of Study – Feminism and Religious Studies: 1960-1990 – Context: feminism and religious studies; History of Study – Gender and Religion from the 1990s – Context: gender theory; History of Study – Gender and Religion from the 1990s – Context: gender theory and religion; Gender and Jainism – Women and Salvation; Gender and Jainism – Nuns and Society; Gender and Jainism – Roles for Laywomen;
  • JainismLiterature; Religious Practices; Mythology and Cosmology; Doctrine; Ethics; Cultic Structures; Iconography; Beginnings; History; Scripture; Teachings; Renunciant Practice; Practical Religiosity; Modern Developments; Jivānmukti; Jñāna;
  • Karman – Hindu and Jain Concepts – Early Ritual Notions; Hindu and Jain Concepts - Renunciant Notions; Hindu and Jain Concepts – Renunciant Notions – Karman in classical Yoga; Hindu and Jain Concepts - Ontological or Materialistic Notions;
  • Mahāvīra* – Hagiography; Mahāvīra's Teachings; Mahāvīra's Significance in the Indian Tradition;
  • Tīrthamkaras* – Members of the Lineage; Mythic Importance;

Minor articles[edit]

  • Cosmology – An Overview - Classification of Cosmologies – Cultural themes – Divine male fashioner; An Overview - Classification of Cosmologies – Cultural themes – World parents; An Overview - Common Characteristics of Religious Cosmologies; Jain Cosmology – The Realm of the Liberated; Environmental Ethics, World Religions and Ecology – The Relationship Between Thought and Action; Environmental Ethics, World Religions, and Ecology – An Agenda for Environmental Philosophy and Comparative Environmental Theology; Environmental Ethics, World Religions, and Ecology – Biocentrism; Environmental Ethics, World Religions, and Ecology – The Land Ethic; Environmental Ethics, World Religions, and Ecology – Ecocentric Holism and the Problem of Ecofascism; Environmental Ethics, World Religions, and Ecology – The Earth Charter; Environmental Ethics, World Religions, and Ecology – The Pragmatic Approach; Science, Religion, and Ecology – Specific Philosophical Issues – Chaos and complexity theories; Science, Religion, and Ecology – Specific Philosophical Issues – Aesthetics and ethics; Science, Religion, and Ecology – Specific Philosophical Issues – Intra- and interreligious dialogue; Science, Religion, and Ecology – Specific Philosophical Issues – Ecology; Gender and Jainism – Women and Mythological Categories: The Jina; Gender and Jainism – Women in the Life of Mahāvīra; Gender and Jainism – Women in Worship: Mythical Figures; Gender and Jainism – Heroines; Gender and Jainism – Women and Society: Religious Orders; Gender and Jainism – Nuns and Leadership;
  • Jainism – Prominent Jain Personalities;
  • Tīrthamkaras – The Career of a Tīrthamkara; Iconography; Cultic Life; Tīrthamkaras and Indian Religious Experience;

Subarticles[edit]

  • Cosmology – An Overview***; Hindu and Jain Cosmologies***; Jain Cosmology***;
    • Cosmology – An Overview – Images of the World as Subjects for Historians**; Cosmology and Worldview**; Classification of Cosmologies**; Other Motifs**; Common Characteristics of Religious Cosmologies*; Do Science and Religion View the Cosmos Differently?**;
      • Cosmology – An Overview – Classification of Cosmologies – Geography**; Cultural themes**;
        • Cosmology – An Overview – Classification of Cosmologies – Cultural themes – The generating earth**; Divine male fashioner*; World parents*;
    • Cosmology – Hindu and Jain Cosmologies – Jainism**;
      • Cosmology – Hindu and Jain Cosmologies – Jainism – Cosmography**; Vertical Cosmology**; Chronology**; Tīrthamkaras**;
    • Cosmology – Jain Cosmology – Beginnings**; The Structure of the Loka**; The Middle World**; The Lower World**; The Upper World**; The Realm of the Liberated*; Time**;
  • Ecology and Religion – An Overview***; Ecology and Jainism***; Environmental Ethics, World Religions, and Ecology***; Science, Religion, and Ecology***;
    • Ecology and Religion – An Overview – Diversity and Dialogue of Religions**; Defining Terms**; Historical Background in the West***; The Study of Religion and Ecology in North America**; Approaches within the Study of Religion and Ecology**; Religious Thinkers Address Environmental Problems**; Studies in Anthropology, Cultural Studies, and Geography**; Movements of Religion and Ecology: Calls and Responses**; Religions of the World and Ecology Project**; Conclusions**;
    • Ecology and Religion – Environmental Ethics, World Religions, and Ecology – The Relationship Between Thought and Action*; An Agenda for Environmental Philosophy and Comparative Environmental Theology*; Animal Liberation and Animal Rights**; Biocentrism*; The Land Ethic*; Ecocentric Holism and the Problem of Ecofascism*; The Earth Charter*; The Pragmatic Approach*;
    • Ecology and Religion – Science, Religion, and Ecology – Typology of Science and Religion**; General Philosophical Issues**; Specific Philosophical Issues**;
      • Ecology and Religion – Science, Religion, and Ecology – Specific Philosophical Issues – Physics and cosmology**; Evolution and biology**; Chaos and complexity theories*; Aesthetics and ethics*; Intra- and interreligious dialogue*; Ecology*;
  • Gender and Religion – An Overview***; History of Study***; Gender and Jainism***;
    • Gender and Religion – An Overview – What Gender Means and Does Not Mean**; Gender Studies and Religion**; Central Concepts and Concerns**; New Methodologies and Scholarship***; Significant Research Themes**; Prominent Contemporary Debates and New Directions**;
    • Gender and Religion – History of Study – Feminism and Religious Studies: 1960-1990***; Gender and Religion from the 1990s**;
      • Gender and Religion – History of Study – Feminism and Religious Studies: 1960-1990 – Context: the women's liberation movement**; Context: feminism and religious studies**;
      • Gender and Religion – History of Study – Gender and Religion from the 1990s – Context: gender theory**; Context: gender theory and religion**;
    • Gender and Religion – Gender and Jainism – Women and Salvation**; Women and Mythological Categories: The Jina*; Women in the Life of Mahāvīra*; Women in Worship: Mythical Figures*; Heroines*; Women and Society: Religious Orders*; Nuns and Leadership*; Nuns and Society**; Roles for Laywomen**;
  • Jainism – Literature**; Religious Practices**; Mythology and Cosmology**; Doctrine**; Ethics**; Cultic Structures**; Iconography**; Prominent Jain Personalities*; Beginnings**; History**; Scripture**; Teachings**; Renunciant Practice**; Practical Religiosity**; Modern Developments**;
  • Karman – Hindu and Jain Concepts***;
    • Karman – Hindu and Jain Concepts – Early Ritual Notions**; Renunciant Notions**; Ontological or Materialistic Notions**;
      • Karman – Hindu and Jain Concepts – Renunciant Notions – Karman in classical Yoga**;
  • Mahāvīra – Hagiography**; Mahāvīra's Teachings**; Mahāvīra's Significance in the Indian Tradition**;
  • Tīrthamkaras – Members of the Lineage**; The Career of a Tīrthamkara*; Iconography*; Mythic Importance**; Cultic Life*; Tīrthamkaras and Indian Religious Experience*;

Historical Dictionary of Jainism[edit]

Articles from the Historical Dictionary of Jainism, by Kristi L. Wiley, Scarecrow Press, 2004. The following sections summarize data from tables in that work. Articles are basically listed according to the titles in that work, and may be under significantly different titles here. Articles included in the final sections are those articles which that work indicates specifically relate to those groups.

General Jainism[edit]

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Redirects[edit]

The Fourteen Gunasthanas[edit]

The Eleven Pratimas[edit]

Tirthanakas[edit]

Parenteheses include, in order (Cognizances (according to the Svetambara); Cognizances (according to the Digambara); Yaksas (according to the Svetambara), Yaksas (according to the Digambara); Yaksas (according to Tiloyapannatti); Yaksis (according to the Svetambara), Yaksis (according to the Digambara); Yaksis (according to Tiloyapannatti); Birthpace, Nirvana site)

Svetambara[edit]

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Digambara[edit]

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