1. Modern Jaina Literature

In quest to decide the topic of this thesis the scholar surveyed many books, (modern as well as the original texts, written by the acaryas)/research-works and analyzed that, till date no one has given a bird’s eye view of the subjects—science and spirituality in Jain philosophy.

Few books are as under:

• Life Force, Tobias Michael, 1991–In this book the writer illuminates the humane way of thinking of Jainism, which is ahimsa. He delineates that today, with the world's condition and all of its species under consistent attack, Jainism has all the more a task to carry out than at any other time. In this book the Jain counteractants to human viciousness and ecological maltreatment come exquisitely and powerfully to light.

• Scientific Explorations of Jain Doctrines, Kachchara N. L. 2014–This book shows that it tends to be productive for science to consider other idea frameworks than those in which we were brought up. Jainism is unquestionably more spiritual in its comprehension than Western science and theory. It additionally covers subtler parts of nature up 'til now obscure to or not well comprehended by standard science. The book contains data on the advanced science alongside Jain thoughts regarding the equivalent.

• The Jaina Doctrine of Karma and the Science of Genetics, Dr. Tater Sohan Raj, 2009–This examination work clarifies the idea of Karma as known to different Indian ways of thinking, including Jainism, and goes onto portray the arrangement, subjugation, realization and destruction of Karma. Talking about the advancements in hereditary science, alongside its significant viewpoints. Finishing up how karma are the reason and heredity are their belongings.

• The Jains, Dundas Paul, 2002–The writer take a gander at Jainism in its social and doctrinal setting, examines its history, organizations, sacred writings and ceremonies, and depicts how Jains have, more than over two thousand years, characterized themselves as an extraordinary strict network.

• The Quest for Truth: In context of Anekanta, Acharya Mahaprajna, 2003–In this book Acharya Mahaprajna has attempted to assess a few issues of the advanced world, in the iron block of Anekanta. This all encompassing point of view is a huge instrument for critical thinking. The need is to comprehend the adequacy of this apparatus.

• Jaina Yoga, Williams R., 1998–This work is an endeavor to analyze the substance of the head Jaina shravakacaras. As these writings are not outstanding and frequently not effectively open, some data about their writers has additionally been given and a couple of selections, intended to demonstrate the degree to which one author relies upon another.

• Jainism: The Eternal and universal Path to Enlightenment (A scientific synthesis), Bhandari Narendra, 2015–In this work the researcher clarifies fundamental ideas of Jainism and afterward continues to contrast a few angles related with material science, cosmology, bio-science and so forth with what is referenced regarding these matters in Jain texts.

• Ethical Doctrines in Jainism, Sogani Kamal Chand, 2001–The creator has endeavored an overview of the whole scope of the moral tenets in Jainism. In the wake of offering a couple of perceptions on the chronicled foundation of Jains morals, he goes ahead in subtleties the mystical premise on which the structure of Jaina morals is intricately fabricated.

• The Doctrine of the Jainas, Shubring Walther, (1962) 2000–The writer has attempted to put the crux of Jaina religion and theory in an extremely away from so any understudy of religion or reasoning can without much of a stretch follow out Jainism with a perspective on history, cosmology and cosmography.

• The A-to-Z of Jainism, Wiley Kristi L., 2014–This work envelopes the Jain sacred texts and their subjects of the fourteen Gunasthanas, the eleven pratimas and the Yaksha and Yakshis of the Tirthankaras.

• Living Jainism: An Ethical Science, Kanti V. Mardia and Aidan D. Rankin–This book investigates an arrangement of thinking that joins morals in Jainism with judicious idea, in which every individual is their own master and social moral reaches out past human culture to creatures, plants and the entire natural world.

• Jainism Today and its Future, Dr. Zydenbos Robert, 2006–In this work the author gives a short blueprint of the Jaina religion and causes to notice a few inquiries concerning the fate of Jainism and what Jainism can intend to individuals who were not brought up in a customary Jaina condition. He delineates that Jainism can just assume an important job in the realm of things to come if its delegates can go into a genuine trade of thoughts with individuals outside the moderately little Jain community.