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ng ll/oon Nam- 0.5390- 0.65900.1 1 700,04620.26300.1241- 0.29240.0546)n of the Ifo Institute for Economic ResearchInternationales Asienforum, Vol. j7 (2006), No. 14, pp. 391424ReviewsKLAUS MYLrus, Wdrterbuch des kanonischen Jinismus. (Beitriige zur Kennt-nis siidasiatischer Sprachen und Literaturen, 13). Wiesbaden: HarrassowitzVerlag, 2005. VII, 203 pages, EUR 49,80. ISBN 3-447-05 l8l-7In the introduction of his recent Wdrterbuch Ardhamdgadht-Deutsch (Wich-trach: lnstitut ftir Indologie, 2003, p. 10), the hrst dictionary of its kind, KlausMylius states that he had to resist the temptation to incorporate the entire technicalvocabulary of canonical Jinism (Jainism). Although only selected words from alimited number of Jain canonical texts and glossaries of A. Weber, H. Jacobi, E.Leumann, W. Schubring, and others found their way into the book, the dictionarycomprises more than 17,500 entries. It has been reviewed byJ. Gippert (ArchivOrientalni 71,4 (2003): 595-1), A. Esche (Asiatische Studien 57,4 QA$): 927-29),M. Mayrhofer (Die Sprache 43 (200213) [2004]: 120-121). K. R. Norman(Asiatische Studien 58, I (2004): 264-66), and others.The aims of the author's more modestly sized Wr)rterbuch des kanonischenJinismus (Dictionary of Canonical Jinism) are not clearly stated. The text offersa selection of Jain technical terms and proper names from the Ardhamagadhrdictionary, while adding more extensive explanations of their meaning and in-dicating the sources in which they occur. The book has eight sections. After thepreface, and,a short introduction, an overview of the forty-five texts of theMlrtipljaka Svetambara 'Jaina-canon' is offered in form of an idiosyncratic listwhich, for no apparent reason, omits three Uvanga texts, one of the Painnas,and one of the Cheyasuttas, whlle including two extra-canonical texts (theKarmagrantha and the Pailmacariya) rather than, for instance, the ancientIsibhdsiyain, whose vocabulary is close to the oldest texts of the canon. Nextcomes an alphabetical table of abbreviations, which is followed by a rather ec-centric 'list of primary literature (editions, translations, studies)' which, forinstance, cites Acdrya Sagardnandasflri's 1915 edition of the Agamas not underhis name, which is missing, but under the name of the place of its publication(Mehasana). The eclectic bibliography of secondary literature does not includetitles already listed under'primary literature'. Many useful references uch asRoyce Wiles' "The Bibliography of the Svetambara Canon" (Jain Journal 35,2(2000): 53-81; 35, 3 (2001): 104-13l) could have been added. The dictionaryitself comprises 2,500 keywords with Sanskrit chaya and 'definitions, respectivelyexplanations' (p. 1) in the style of an encyclopaedia. The selected words focuson the 'Jaina dogmatics', 'hagiography' and 'philosophy', but less on 'cosmo-graphy' and other areas where 'reality is dominated by phantasy' (p. 2). Becauseof the 'incompatibility of the available editions' (p. 2) only the names of the-t.20960 .3  1560.33560.05280.21360.0691-0.4r86-0.2457-0.s574-0.4355-0.3064-0.2380-0.03400.09600.5095-0.1127396 Reviewsoriginal sources of individual lemmata are given without mentioning specificverse numbers. Occasionally, references to the relevant secondary literafure areinserted. A welcome unusual addition is a separate index of the Sanskrit wordsat the end ofthe book. The dictionary was obviously collated at great speed andwould have benefited from more extensive consultation. In this way the lacunaeand minor mistakes could have been limited. The lntroduction claims withouthesitation that the Svetambara canon of forty-flve texts was redacted in 508 CE,though the debated conventional dates are CII 453 or 466 (p. 1). There is alsono specific 'school' associated with another cited list of filty-two canonicaltexts. Moreover, thc use of the word Jinisten (p. l) for the modem wordJains(Skt. /alnas) sounds somewhat old fashioned. One wonders whether GermanJains would recognise themselves if so addressed.However, these are minor criticisms. Students of Indology and those whostudy Jainism from the point of view of Anthropology, History or the Study ofReligions will welcome this extremely useful and informative dictionary, whichis available in paperback. The author has to be congratulated for having ac-complished within a short period of tirne what four generations of distinguishedPrakrit scholarship in Germany tailed to do. With his two dictionaries he hasprepared the ground for a transfonnation of Jainology in the German-speakingworld from an inaccessible 'secret science' of academic elites into a subiectwhich can be easily leamed and taught.Peter Fli)selPnuL Du{n,qS, The Jains. Second Edition. (Library of Religious Beliefs andPractices). London: Routledge, 2002.XlV,354 pages, index, US$ 35.95.ISBN 0-41 s-26606-8(pbk), 0-r45-26605-X (hbk).At present, only four textbooks in European languages can be recommendedunreservedly to any student of Jainism. The oldest and still most comprehensivework is Flelmuth von Glasenapp's Der Jainisntus: Eine Indische Erldsungsreli-glon (Berlin: Alf Hriger Verlag, 1925) which was belatedly ffanslated into Englishr.rnder the title Jainism. An Indian Religion of Salvation (Delhi: Motilal Banar-sidas. 1999). Although it contains long chapters on the history of Jainism andthe Jain scriptures, the presentation of Jain doctrine is synchronic. It is largelybased on the Tatn'arthasutra of Umasvati of the 4'n Cenrury CE, the only textwhich is accepted by most Jains. Yet, sources from all periods are used, underthe assurnption that the 'essential aspects' of Jain doctrine remained the samethrough the ages. At the time, Glasenapp's chapters on Jain universal historyand hagiography were original contributions. Their principal sources are the. worksol ' thc Svetarnbara aulhors Hcmacandra (12" 'CE) and Vinayavi jaya (17"  CE),though conscious attempts are made to give equal consideration to Digambaraviews throughout. The last chapters of the book provide a general depiction of.ReyiewsJain society and contemporary religious pra'sources.One decade afler Der Jainismus' WaltherL, h", ;'; ;' ; ;;;"'- N o' t' d e n a I t e n Qu e t t e n d a r 1A c". re35) appear^;]!,l,i,,,,rJlT,:published in 1967 (The.'io.iirl, r,n",ilal Banarsidas' I q62l I 977'2-000-)fniy' .yt,.*utic representation of Jaintsm tt+'*1, l,:r i: T* l?.' ?::,i::lXr iH"i{:the Svetambara canon' Post-canonicat Td ?ii", i".t irt. book con'rev - 1tp-t::tl:l-:M;;.;;;t. it is written.in a condensed srlra-ness for teaching and learning The. srudf i1ii*tffi il,lt'li::.1"*,'THj3#i',"#.'i:;ft , " il;;;il' : :. n"l iij'"IT"j[;:i :"::.,readershiP. and therefc';;;;;;;i of Purilicatiotr (Berkelev: untverit"-"i"i, ri'ouritl of students' becau^se' 1"t.t"i*t u"J u-pft leamable detail of clai"tn"t, to Schubiing's book' the text ts n;;;il; sources ln scoPe *d :li:::[*T'.iih""grt it focuses almost exclustvety;;;h ;" excillent chapter on the category sacentre.For different reasons' Glasenapp''Schutctasrlcat Jain doctrines in an a-historical [o;;,d;ifi;tt"ces between canonical and' clti"al.t"i -a modem developments' such-iluin^tut-ttt*, in particular the antcontc s'iln*.y on*utds, or current religious pract"i " ii.t of information' These prevlous;il til exPlicitlY addressed in Paul lF";]ffl' *:t,ff3;'ji,'ll#:'}ffi ';i"'Po.un' *o* -T i::L':i',1:'1"tff :' ;l#,'.Hi:',l'.llt"T# ffi ..- lno u'ur io^g'flecting the unprecedented increase^oJ rlll:it'-':,'xT*ili::,'il",:ir..ti.*.tt "t the first eJition Originally'i"itlt- r"i 'rte series Library ofReligiouIi

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