Jain Books

Notes

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All books are in English unless otherwise noted.
Books marked recommended are suitable for people new to Jainism. Books without the marking generally deal with more specific subjects within Jainism.

Try one of your larger public libraries or a university library.
Alternatively, you can contact the Jain Center near you.
Nearly all of these books are out of print, but if you wish to buy a book, Amazon.com can help you get one.
The Jain World Literature Page contains literature online.
The Jain Database also has many books online.

Dundas, Paul: The Jains; London ; New York : Routledge, 1992; Recommended | Review Available
Jain, G. R: Cosmology : old and new; New Delhi : Bharatiya Jnanpith, 1991; Review Available
Jaina, Jyotiprasada: Religion and culture of the Jains; New Delhi : Bharatiya Jnanpith Publication, 1975; Recommended | Review Available
Jaini, Padmanabh Shrivarma: The Jaina path of purification; Berkeley : University of California Press, 1979; Recommended | Review Available
Kalghatgi, T. G.: Jaina logic : anekúanta, naya, and syúadvúada; New Delhi : Shri Raja Krishen Jain Charitable Trust, 1984
Kundakunda: Samayasara; [Varanasi] Bharatiya Jñanapitha Publication, 1971; Recommended | Review Available
Sanghavi, Sukhlalji: Advanced Studies in Indian Logic & Metaphysics; Calcutta: [R. K. Maitra]; Distributors: Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyaya, 1961
Tobias, Michael: Life force : the world of Jainism; Berkeley, Calif. : Asian Humanities Press, 1991; Recommended | Review Available
Umasvati,ca. 135- ca. 219: That which is = Tattvartha Sutra; San Francisco : HarperCollinsPublishers, 1994; Recommended | Review Available | Buy from Amazon.com
Warren, Herbert: Jainism in western garb; Madras : Thompson, 1912; Recommended | Review Available
Williams, Robert: Jaina yoga; a survey of the mediaeval sravakacaras; London, New York : Oxford University Press, 1963; Buy from Amazon.com

· August 9, 1998 ·