1 The Origin of Jainism…………………………………..169
2 Two Sects of Jainism……………………………………170
3 The Canonical and other Literature of the Jains……………171
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4 Some General Characteristics of the Jains…………………172
5 Life of Mahâvîra……………………………………….173
6 The Fundamental Ideas of Jaina Ontology…………………..173
7 The Doctrine of Relative Pluralism (Anekântavâda)………….175
8 The Doctrine of Nâyas…………………………………..176
9 The Doctrine of Syâdvâda………………………………..179
10 Knowledge, its value for us……………………………..181
11 Theory of Perception……………………………………183
12 Non-Perceptual knowledge………………………………..185
13 Knowledge as Revelation…………………………………186
14 The Jîvas……………………………………………..188
15 Karma Theory…………………………………………..190
16 Karma, Âsrava and Nirjarâ……………………………….192
17 Pudgala……………………………………………….195
18 Dharma, Adharma, Âkâs’a…………………………………197
19 Kâla and Samaya………………………………………..198
20 Jaina Cosmography………………………………………199
21 Jaina Yoga…………………………………………….199
22 Jaina Atheism………………………………………….203
23 Mok@sa (emancipation)…………………………………..207