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Paul Dundas (born 1952) is a scholar and a senior lecturer in
Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural diffusion ...
language and head of Asian Studies in the
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, classical Sanskrit literature and Middle Indo-Aryan philology. He is regarded as one of the leading western scholars in Jain studies. He is currently a member of the Council of the
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Bibliography and research papers


Bibliography

Following is the partial list of his books: *Dundas, P. (1992). ''The Jains. '' The Library of religious beliefs and practices. London: Routledge. *Dundas, P. (1998). ''The meat at the wedding feasts: Kr̥ṣṇa, vegetarianism and a Jain dispute. '' oronto Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Toronto. OCLC Number: 43745945 *Alphen, J. v., Pal, P., & Dundas, P. (2000). ''Steps to liberation: 2,500 years of Jain art and religion. '' Antwerpen: Etnografisch Museum. OCLC Number: 44834857 *Dundas, P. (2007). ''History, scripture and controversy in a medieval Jain sect. '' Routledge advances in Jaina studies. London: Routledge. OCLC Number: 68373250 *Dundas, P (2017). Editing and translation of Magha's '' The Killing of Shishupala'', Murty Classical Library of India, Harvard University Press.


Research papers and conferences

*"Conversion to Jainism : Historical Perspectives" in R. Robinson and S. Clarke ( ed. ), ''Religious Conversion in India: Modes, Motivations, and Meanings'', New Delhi: Oxford University Press 2003, pp. 125–48. *"Haribhadra's Lalitavistara and the legend of Siddharsi's conversion to Jainism", in O. Qvarnstrom (ed. ), ''Jainism and Early Buddhism: Essays in Honor of Padmanabh S. Jaini,'' Fremont: Asian Humanities Press 2003, 151–66. *"Beyond Anekantavada: A Jain Approach to Religious Tolerance", in T. Sethia ( ed. ), ''Ahimsa, Anekanta and Jainism,'' New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass 2004, 123–36. *''Il Jainismo: L'antica religione indiana della non-violenza; Prefazione di Raffaele Torella'', Roma: Castelvecchi 2005 (Italian translation of The Jains, second enlarged edition, London and New York Routledge 2002). *"A Non-Imperial Religion? Jainism in its 'Dark Age'", in P. Olivelle (ed.), ''Between the Empires: Society in India 300BCE-400BCE, '' New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 383–414. *"The Later Fortunes of Jamali", in P. Flugel (ed.), ''Studies in Jaina History and Culture: Disputes and dialogues,'' London and New York: Routledge 2006, pp. 33–60.


Current and imminent projects

*A translation with commentary of Yasovijaya's ''Dvatrimsaddvatrimsika''. *A study of the historical representation of the Jain ''Pancanamaskara'' mantra, with particular reference to Yasovijaya's ''Arhadgita''. *A systematic investigation of the Sanskrit and Prakrit texts of the "Haribhadra corpus".


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dundas, Paul Scholars of Jainism British Sanskrit scholars British Indologists Living people 1952 births Academics of the University of Edinburgh