Dear Karl-Stephen,

Regarding your point no. 2, I do not know what sources there might be about the historical context which led Jainas to involve themselves in debates and controversies with their opponents. However, a major source on their debates and controversies per se from before Haribhadra's time is the Dvādaśāram nayacakram, which lays out the views of the philosophical systems prevalent in India at that time, drawing on very old sources (e.g., the lost Ṣaṣṭitantra for Sāṃkhya). The best edition (and restoration) is that by Muni Jambuvijayaji in three volumes, 1966, 1976, 1988. But perhaps this is long since known to you, or is not what you are looking for.

Best regards,

David Reigle
Colorado, U.S.A.

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Karl-Stephan Bouthillette via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear colleagues,

As I am preparing a thesis chapter on Jaina Doxography, I am seeking the most up to date and relevant publications (articles and books) on the historical developments of rationality and epistemology in Jainism.

I am particularly seeking information about:

1. the role and function of dialectic in Jaina soteriology

2. the historical context which led Jainas to involve themselves in debates and controversies with their opponents (particularly in the centuries before and during Haribhadra's time)

I find it particularly difficult to avail myself of data on the second point.

Any suggestions on any of these two point would be greatly appreciated.

Most kindly,

Karl-Stephan Bouthillette

Doctoral Fellow
Institute for Indology and Tibetology
Department of Asian Studies
Ludwig-Maximilians-University
Munich

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