Jaina manuscripts
Date: 18 March 2016Time: 6:00 PM
Finishes: 18 March 2016Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Brunei GalleryRoom: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
Type of Event: Annual Lecture
Jaina manuscripts
Date: 19 March 2016Time: 9:00 AM
Finishes: 19 March 2016Time: 6:00 PM
Venue: Brunei GalleryRoom: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
Type of Event: Conference
Workshop
Saturday, 19th March 2016, SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
| Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00 | Tea and Coffee | |
| First Session: Evidence and Proof in Jaina Science & Philosophy | ||
| 9.15 | Muni Mahendra Kumar (Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, India, Skype) The Enigma of Cosmogony | |
| 9.45 | Marie-Hélène Gorisse (SOAS University of London, Ghent University, Belgium) Scientific Knowledge in Jainism | |
| 10.15 | Ana Bajželj (Polonsky Academy, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel) Upakāra in Akalaṅka's Tattvārthavārtika | |
| 10.45 | Tea & Coffee | |
| Second Session: Jaina Theories of Time | ||
| 11.15 | Rajmal Jain (Kadi Sarva Vishvavidyalay, Ahmedabad) & Anupam Jain (Government Degree College, Sanwer, Indore) Space and Time: In the Perspectives of Jainism and Science | |
| 11.45 | Samaṇī Unnata Prajñā (SOAS & Jain Viśva Bhāratī Ladnun) Jaina Doctrine of Timelessness | |
| 12.15 | Catherine Morice-Singh (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3) The Treatment of Series in theGaṇitasārasaṃgraha of Mahāvīrācārya and its Connections to Jaina Cosmology | |
| 12.45 | Group Photo | |
| 13.00 | Lunch: Brunei Gallery Suite | |
| Third Session: Jaina Mathematicians | ||
| 14.00 | Ratna Kumar Shah (Pune, India) Jinabhadragaṇi Kṣamāśramaṇa: Computational Wizard of Sixth Century C.E. | |
| 14.30 | Alessandra Petrocchi (University of Cambridge, UK) Siṃhatilakasūri’s Mathematical Commentary (13th c. CE) on the Gaṇitatilaka | |
| 15.00 | Johannes Bronkhorst (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) Jaina versus Brahmanical Mathematicians | |
| 15.30 | Tea & Coffee | |
| Fourth Session: When Science Meets Fiction | ||
| 16.00 | Basile Leclère (Université de Lyon 3, France) Architectural Science in Jain Poetry: Descriptions of Kumārapāla’s Temples | |
| 16.30 | Christine Chojnacki (University Lyon 3, France) When Science Meets Fiction: On Technical Passages in Jain Medieval Novels | |
| 17.00 | Peter Flügel (SOAS) Jainism and Science | |
| Brief Break | ||
| Roundtable | ||
| 17.45 | Addressing the question:"Is Jaina philosophy compatible with the modern sciences?" In the Chair: Shamil Chandaria (London) Featuring:Johannes Bronkhorst (University of Lausanne), Kalyan Gangwal (Pune), Anupam Jain (Government Degree College, Sanwer, Indore), Laxmi Chandra Jain (Government Engineering College, Jabalpur), Mukul Shah (London), Ratnakumar Shah (Pune), Sanjeev Sogani (Gyan Sagar Science Foundation, New Delhi), Samani Unnata Pragya (SOAS & Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, Ladnun), And others (to be confirmed) | |
| 18.00 | Final Remarks | |
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