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‘Tataḥ Śrī-Gurus-Tasmai Sūrimantraṃ Dadyāt’, ‘Then the Venerable Guru Ought to Give Him the Sūrimantra’: Early Modern Digambara Jaina Bhaṭṭāraka Consecrations

open access: yesReligions, 2019
As recent research on the former bhaṭṭāraka lineages of Western and Central India has shown, the early modern Digambara tradition, rather than constituting a distinct, and defective, ‘bhaṭṭāraka era’, shows much similarity to contemporary ...
Tillo Detige
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Jaina Ethics and Meditation: Self Purification Process through Karmic Cycle

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2022
The main concern in this paper is to explore the relationship between Jaina ethics and meditation techniques proposed in the Jaina scriptures and its foundations. Meditative practices have been practiced in Jaina tradition for centuries.
Asha Mukherjee
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The King Never Dies: Royal Renunciation and the Fiction of Jain Sovereignty

open access: yesReligions, 2021
To theorize Jain sovereignty, this essay takes up Ernst Kantorowicz’s underlying query of what happens when a king dies. In turning to medieval Jain authors such as Jinasena, we see how sovereignty and renunciation were mutually constituted such that the
Sarah Pierce Taylor
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Curcumin as a novel reducing and stabilizing agent for the green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles

open access: yesGreen Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 2021
This review expands for the first time the development of curcumin as reducing and stabilizing agent. Curcumin is widely used in food industries, cosmetic domain and the biomedical field.
Digambara Patra, Riham El Kurdi
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ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2022: Ramadan and other religious fasting by young people with diabetes

open access: yes, 2022
Pediatric Diabetes, Volume 23, Issue 8, Page 1512-1528, December 2022.
Asma Deeb   +12 more
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Co-precipitation synthesis of hematite (α-Fe2O3) and hausmannite Mn3O4 nanoparticles for superior removal of Congo red and methylene blueCo-precipitation synthesis of hematite (α-Fe2O3) and hausmannite Mn3O4 nanoparticles for superior removal of Congo red and methylene blue [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science
This study reports a simple co-precipitation synthesis of hematite (α-Fe2O3) and hausmannite (Mn3O4) nanoparticles. Systematic optimization of synthesis parameters—yielding an OH⁻/Fe2+ molar ratio of 8:1, a Fe2+/Fe3+ ratio of 1:2, a temperature of 70°C ...
Mohammad Asaad, Digambara Patra
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So That It Might Become Clear: The Methods and Purposes of Narrative Abridgement in Early Modern Jain Purāṇic Composition

open access: yesReligions, 2019
Scholars have long known that Jain authors from the early centuries of the common era composed their own versions of the story of Rāma, prince of Ayodhyā. Further, the differences between Jain and Brahminical versions of the narrative are well documented.
Gregory M. Clines
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‘Examining Religion’ through Generations of Jain Audiences: The Circulation of the Dharmaparīkṣā

open access: yesReligions, 2019
Indian literary traditions, both religious and non-religious, have dealt with literature in a fluid way, repeating and reusing narrative motifs, stories and characters over and over again.
Heleen De Jonckheere
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Holding Out for a Husband ‘Til the End of the Fast: Wifehood, Widowhood, and Female Renunciation in Two Jain Mahābhārata Adaptations

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Among the Dharmic religious traditions, Jainism is unique for its continuous tradition of female monastics. Jain monastic women have made up a large part of Jain communities up to this day. Naturally, their prominent position in Jain society is reflected
Simon Winant
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Polemic, Diatribe, and Farce: Jaina Postures vis-à-vis Sectarian Others in the Kannada Texts of Nayasēna, Brahmaśiva, and Vṛttavilāsa

open access: yesReligions
The Deccan in the first half of the second millennium is marked by political and religious ferment. The Cōḻas, Gaṅgas, Rāṣṭrakūṭas, and Cāḷukyas are contesting its mundane territory, while the Śaivas, Jainas, and Vaiṣṇavas are contesting its spiritual ...
Shubha Shanthamurthy
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