Dear Nataliya, 

Please find below a few recommended resources regarding liberation in the Jaina philosophy. While there are many more available, these should provide a foundation for your student's research. 


Bajželj, Ana. “Like a Castor Seed: Jaina Philosophers on the Nature of Liberation.” The Journal of Hindu Studies 12, 1 (2019): 28–48.

Bhatt, Bansidhar. “The Concept of Self and Liberation in Early Jaina Āgamas.” In Self and Consciousness: Indian Interpretation, 132–72. Bangalore: Dharmaram Publications for Centre for Indian and Interreligious Studies, 1989.

Bronkhorst, Johannes. “Kundakunda versus Sāṃkhya on the Soul.” In Svasti:  Essays  in  Honour  of  Prof.  Hampa  Nāgarājaiah  for  His  75th  Birthday, edited by Nalini Balbir, 215–26. Muddushree Granthamale 75. Bangalore: K.
S.  Muddapa  Smaraka  Trust, 2010.

Gorisse, Marie Hélène. “Characterising the Self: Knowledge and Liberation in the Samayasāra.” In Cāruśrī. Essays in Honour of Svastiśrī Carukīrti Bhaṭṭāraka Paṭṭācārya, edited by Hampasandra Naganarajaiah and Jayandra Soni, 95–107. Bangalore: Sapna Book House, 2019.

Jaini, Padmanabh S. Gender & salvation: Jaina debates on the spiritual liberation of women. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991.

Glasenapp, Helmuth von. Jainism An Indian Religion of Salvation. An English Translation of Der Jainismus Eine Indische Erlösungsreligion by Shridhar B. Translated by Shrotri Lala Sudnar Lal Jain. Vol. XIV. Research Series. Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass, 1925.

Jain, Jagdish Prasad “Sadhak”. Salvation Through Self-Discipline: Niyamsara of Kundakunda. Translated by Translated with an Introduction by Jagdish Prasad Jain “Sadhak”. New Delhi: Radiant Publishers, 2005.

Johnson, William. J. Harmless Souls: Karmic Bondage and Religious Change in Early Jainism with Special Reference to Umāsvāti and Kundakunda. Lala Sundar Lal Jain Research Series, IX. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited, 1995.

Zydenbos, Robert J. (1983). Mokṣa in Jainism, According to Umāsvāti. Wiesbaden: Fr. Steiner.


Kind regards, 
Anubhav 
SOAS, University of London

On Mon, 4 May 2026 at 18:05, Nataliya Yanchevskaya via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
One of my undergraduate students is working on a paper comparing conceptions of liberation in Hinduism and Jainism, and I am writing to ask whether any of you could recommend scholarly articles or book chapters on the topic of liberation in Jainism. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Nataliya
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Nataliya Yanchevskaya
Princeton University

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