Harmless souls : karmic bondage and religious change in early Jainism with special reference to Umāsvāti and Kundakunda

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Harmless souls : karmic bondage and religious change in early Jainism with special reference to Umāsvāti and Kundakunda

W.J. Johnson

(Lala Sunder Lal Jain research series, v. 9)

Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1995

1st ed

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Includes passages in Prakrit (roman)

Summary: Study on purification of soul according to Jainism, with special references to Tattvārthādhigamasūtra of Umāsvāti, ca. 135-ca. 219, and Pravacanasāra and Samayasāra of Kundakunda

Bibliography: p. [332]-342

Includes index

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It focuses on evolving views about the conditions necessary for karmic bondage and the liberation of embodied souls, as described in parts of the early Svetambara canon, Umasvati's Tattvartha Sutra and the major works of Kundakunda. It includes early history of Jainism Umasvati's Jainism and KundaKunda.

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