Jain reading list

General Reading

Dundas, P: The Jains (Routledge, London, 1992)

Jain, J & Fischer, E:  Jaina Iconography; Vol 1: The Tirthankara in Jaina Scriptures, Art, and Rituals; Vol 2: Objects for Meditation and the Pantheon (E J Brill, Leiden, 1978)

Pal, P (ed): The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New York and London; Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 1994)

Further Reading

Babb, L A: 'Monks and Miracles: Religious Symbols and Images of Origin among Osval Jains' in Journal of Asian Studies, 51, 1992, pp3-21

Babb, L A: Absent Lord: Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture (University of California Press, Berkeley, 1996)

Balbir, N, Sheth, K V, Sheth, K K & Tripathi, C B: Catalogue of the Jain Manuscripts of the British Library (including the holdings of the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum) (The British Library & The Institute of Jainology, London, 2006)

Bhattacharya, B C: The Jaina Iconography (Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1974)

Brown, W N: 'Early Vaishnava Miniatures from Western India' In Eastern Art, 2, 1930, pp167-208

Brown, W N: 'The Story of Kalaka' in Oriental Studies No 1 (The Freer Gallery, Washington DC, 1933)

Brown, W N: Miniature Paintings of the Jaina Kalpasutra (The Freer Gallery, Washington DC, 1934)

Brown, W N: Manuscript Illustrations of the Uttaradyayana Sutra Reproduced and Described (American Oriental Society, New Haven, 1941)

Bruhn, K: The Jina Images of Deogarh (E J Brill, Leiden, 1969)

Caillat, C & Kumar, R: The Jain Cosmology (Ravi Kumar, Basel, 1981)

Carrithers, M & Humphrey, C (eds): The Assembly of Listeners: Jains in Society (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991)

Chandra, M: Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India (Sarabhai Manilal Nawab, Ahmedabad, 1949)

Coomaraswamy, A: Jaina Art (Munshiram, Delhi, 1993)

Doshi, S: Homage to Shravana Belgola (Marg Publications, Bombay, 1982)

Doshi, S: Masterpieces of Jain Painting. (Marg Publications, Bombay, 1985)

Fischer, E & Jain, J: Art and Rituals: 2500 Years of Jainism in India (Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 1977)

Ghosh, A (ed): Jaina Art and Architecture (3 Vols) (Bharatiya Jnanpith, New Delhi, 1974-5)

Gorakshakar, S: 'Jain Metal Images from the Deccan-Karnataka' in Marg 33, No 3, 1981, pp89-99

Granoff, P (ed): The Clever Adulteress: A Treasury of Jain Stories (Mosaic Press, Oakville, Ontario, 1991)

Humphrey, C & Carrithers, M: The Assembly of Listeners: The Jains in Society (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990)

Jaini, P S: The Jaina Path of Purification (University of California Press, Berkeley, 1979)

Joshi, N P: 'Early Jaina Icons from Mathura' in Srinvasan, D M (ed): Mathura: The  Cultural Heritage (American Institute of Indian Studies, New Delhi, 1989)

Losty, J P: The Art of the Book in India (British Library, London, 1992)

Nawab, S M: The Oldest Rajasthani Paintings from Jain Bhandars (S M Nawab, Ahmedabad, 1959)

Nawab, S M & Nawab, R S: Jain Paintings, Volume 2: Paintings on Paper Commencing from VS1403 to VS 1656 only, (S M Nawab, Ahmedabad, 1985)

Pal, P: Indian Painting, Volume 1 (1000-1700): A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection (Los Angeles County Museum of Art in association with Mapin, Los Angeles, 1993)

Shah, U P, Jaina Rupa Mandana: Jaina Iconography Vol 1 (Abhinav, New Delhi, 1987)

Shah, U P & Dhaky, M A (eds): Aspects of Jaina Art and Architecture (Gujarat State Committee for Celebration of 2500th Announcement of Bhagavan Mahavira Nirvana, Ahmedabad, 1975)

Tiwari, M N P: Elements of Jaina Iconography (Indological Book House, Varanasi, 1983)

Tiwari, M N P: Ambika in Jaina Art and Literature (Bharatiya Jnanapith, New Delhi, 1989