Jainism in early medieval Karnataka,c. A.D. 500-1200/ R.B.P. Singh

I INTRODUCTION
II SOURCES
Nature and importance of Jaina Literature,
, Jaina Pur<lnas\ the Jaina didactic literature;
The Polemical Jaina literature; The Jaina
colophons; Philosophical Treatises; Jaina
tantric texts and Jaina inscriptions.
III IDOL WORSHIP AND TANTRISM
Prevalence of the image worship among
Karnataka Jainas; Jaina Motive of worship;
Forms of Jaina worship; Temple worship;
Emergence of the priesthood from among
the Jaina ascetics in Karnataka; Jaina god
desses and their association with tantrism.
IV RELIGIOUS RITUALS AND PRACTICES
OF THE JAINAS IN KARNATAKA
Jaina rite of the sallekkanS; Initiation rituals;
Charity ritual; Begging and Dietary practices;
The Jaina practice of rain«retreat and severe
Jaina Penance.
V ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF JAIN A
MONACHISM IN KARNATAKA
Social and Economic basis of Jaina monks
and monasteries in Karnataka; Role of the
mercantile community in Karnataka Jainism;
Proliferation of the Monastic orders; The
Order of Nuns; Administration and Functions
of the Jaina monasteries.