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- Title
Beginnings of Jaina Ontology and Its Models.
- Authors
Balcerowicz, Piotr
- Abstract
The paper analyses the beginnings of systematic ontology in Jainism, which appears to have began after first century CE, albeit certain ontology-relevant terminology in a nascent form was present earlier. A clear expression of systematic ontological reflection is the existence of models that organize ideas and categories in a more consistent conceptual scheme. Jainism follows similar developments that had earlier taken shape in in the early Buddhist Abhidharma, proto-Sāṁkhya-Yoga and proto-Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika. In addition, the paper argues that the models, five in total, can be used as a methodological tool to distinguish various historical layers in early Jaina writings.
- Subjects
JAINISM; ABHIDHARMA; BUDDHISM; JAINA literature; HUMANITY
- Publication
Journal of Indian Philosophy, 2021, Vol 49, Issue 4, p657
- ISSN
0022-1791
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10781-021-09480-3