List of writers on Jainism

This is a list of writers on Jainism. The list should include writers who have Wikipedia articles who have written books about Jainism. Each entry should indicate the writers most well-known work. Multiple works should be listed only if each work has a Wikipedia article.

19-20th century

• A.N. Upadhye
• Champat Rai Jain
• Chandabai
• Chandrashekhar Vijay
• Hampa Nagarajaiah
• Hermann Jacobi
• Jambuvijaya
• Jinendra Varni
• Madhusudan Dhaky
• Nathuram Premi
• Rajendrasuri
• Sukhlal Sanghvi
• Virchand Gandhi

Late 20th century

• Phoolchandra Shastri
• Colette Caillat
• Bal Patil
• Padmanabh Jaini
• Paul Dundas

21st century

• Nalini Balbir
• Prabha Kiran Jain
• Mary Whitney Kelting

See also

• List of modern Eastern religions writers

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Practices

• Sallekhana
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  • Paryushana
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Literature

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• Mantra
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Symbols

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Ascetics

• Digambara monk
• Aryika
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• Pattavali
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Scholars

• Nalini Balbir
• Colette Caillat
• Chandabai
• John E. Cort
• Paul Dundas
• Virchand Gandhi
• Hermann Jacobi
• Champat Rai Jain
• Padmanabh Jaini
• Jeffery D. Long
• Hampa Nagarajaiah
• Bal Patil
• Jinendra Varni

Community

• Śrāvaka
• Sarak
• Tamil
• Organisations
  • Digambar Jain Mahasabha
  • Vishwa Jain Sangathan
  • JAINA

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Jainism and

• Buddhism
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• Islam
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• Non-creationism

Dynasties and empires

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