Jain

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• A Treatise on Jainism — Jayatilal S. Sanghvi — A comprehensive treatise on Jainism covering its religion, philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, karma theory, and path to liberation. Written by Shri Jayatilal S. Sanghvi as a systematic introduction to the Jain worldview.
• Akaranga Sutra — Hermann Jacobi — The Akaranga Sutra, the first and most important Jain canonical text, prescribing the rules of conduct for Jain monks, with particular emphasis on the doctrine of ahimsa (non-violence). Translated from Prakrit by Hermann Jacobi, 1884.
• Glossary — A shelf-specific glossary starter for the Jain shelf.
• Introduction to Jainism — A source-critical introduction to Jainism as a religion of carefulness, karmic matter, nonviolence, many-sided truth, scripture, monastic discipline, lay community, ritual, diaspora, and liberation.
• Jain Doctrinal Teachings — Pravin K. Shah — A collection of foundational Jain doctrinal teachings covering the Five Great Vows, Nine Tattvas, Twelve Bhavanas, the Eightfold Worship, and other core principles of Jain ethics and metaphysics.
• Kalpa Sutra — Hermann Jacobi — The Kalpa Sūtra of Bhadrabāhu, containing the lives of the Jinas and rules for monks, translated by Hermann Jacobi (1884).
• Reader's Guide to Jain — A reader guide to the Jain shelf in the Good Works Library.
• Sutrakritanga — Hermann Jacobi — The Sūtrakṛtāṅga (Sūtrakṛdaṅga), second Aṅga of the Śvetāmbara Jain canon — dialogues on right conduct, refutations of rival philosophical schools, and discourses on the path of the mendicant. Two books, twenty-three lectures. Translated from the Prākrit by Hermann Jacobi.
• Uttaradhyayana Sutra — Hermann Jacobi — The Uttaradhyayana Sutra, one of the principal Jain canonical texts, containing thirty-six lectures on ethics, asceticism, and spiritual liberation, rich in parables and dialogues. Translated from Prakrit by Hermann Jacobi, 1895.