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The Jains (2nd Edition)
[Paperback - 2002]
paul dundas
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Publisher: Routledge Uk | ISBN: 9780415266062 | Pages: 368
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"This revised and expanded edition takes account of new research into Jainism as carried out over the last ten years."--BOOK JACKET.

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Paul Dundas (born in 1952) is a scholar and a senior lecturer in Sanskrit language and head of Asian Studies in the University of Edinburgh. His main areas of academic and research interest include Jainism, Buddhism, classical Sanskrit literature and Middle Indo-Aryan philology. He is regarded as one of the leading scholars of the world in Jain studies. [1] He is currently a member of the Council of the Pali Text Society.Mr Paul Dundas is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh who began teaching in the former Sanskrit Department here in 1976 after a stint at Cambridge. His work on Jainism has made him one of the world’s most respected scholars on the religious and cultural history of India and his 1992 book The Jains remains an essential text in the study of the religious beliefs and practices of South Asia. Paul has extensive experience as a lecturer in Buddhism, Prakrit, Sanskrit and Indian cultural history and as a research supervisor.Research InterestsPaul’s research interests focus mainly on the study of the doctrines and practices of the Jain community and Indian religious philosophy, although he also focusses on Middle Indo-Aryan philology, Sanskrit poetry and court epics.TeachingPostgraduate TeachingMSc Asian ReligionsThe Origins of Buddhism in IndiaUndergraduate TeachingSanskrit at all undergraduate levelsBuddhism 3 and 4Hinduism 4

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