Author: Mardia, K V

Jainism, as Professor Mardia illustrates, is a science with religion. After a brief introduction to Jainism, he introduces four axioms which highlight its foundation and discusses their theoretical and applied aspects and their plausibility in a modern context. From the basic ideas of the soul and karma, he moves to a discussion of life, death, the universe, and the practice of self-conquest. A bibliography, glossary and index are included.