PART I. COSMOLOGY ... 19 1. Cosmology ... 24 2. Cosmography ... 36 3. Biology ... 46 PART II. MYTHOLOGY ... 59 4. The Universal History ... 63 PART III. THE SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS CONTEXT ... 79 5. The Socio-Historical Background ... 84 6. The Brahmanic Traditions ... 93 7. Tfie Sramanic Traditions ... 106 PART IV.MAHAVIRA ... 125 8. The Ascetic Vardhamana ... 129 9. The Jina Mahavira ... 141 PART V. THE FORMATION OF THE COMMUNITY ... 159 10. Mahavlra`s Successors ... 162 11. The Expansion of Jainism ... 172 12. The Schism in Jainism ... 180 13. The Ascetic Community ... 192 PART VI. THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAINISM ... 209 14. Jainism in Central India ... 213 15. Jainism in the Deccan ... 223 16. Jainism in the South ... 233 17. Jainism in the North-West ... 242 PART VII. JAIN ORDERS ... 253 18. Post-Gupta Jainism ... 256 19. Jain Schools and Orders ... 265 PART VIII. SOCIETY ... 285 20. The Jain Castes ... 289 21. Jainism in Society ... 303 PART IX.TEXTS ... 327 22. Jain Scriptures ... 330 PART X. PHILOSOPHY ... 347 23. The Nature of Reality ... 352 24. Metaphysics ... 371 25. Karmic Bondage ... 382 PART XI PRACTICE ... 397 26.Jain Iconography ... 403 27.Worship (Puja) ... 418 28. Auspicious Practice ... 430 29. The Practice of Asceticism ... 451 PART XII. SOTERIOLOGY ... 461 30.Jain Yoga ... 466 31. The Lay Path ... 474 32. The Path to Nirvana ... 491