Jaina Prosopography Database

The database was created for the sociological investigation of the history of Jaina monastic lineages, the relationships between Jaina mendicants and householders, and other aspects of Jaina history and culture, by cross-referencing previously unconnected evidence from bio-bibliographical and epigraphic sources on Jaina mendicants, scribes, and sponsors.

Partners

The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI)

Prakrit Pali Department Gujarat University (GU)

The Digital Humanities Institute Sheffield University (DHI)

Project Team

Researchers

Peter Flügel (PI, Researcher Editor, SOAS)

Kornelius Krümpelmann (Researcher, Editor, SOAS)

Samani Pratibha Pragya (Researcher, SOAS)

Alice Rogovoy (Researcher, SOAS)

Simon Winant (Researcher, University of Gent)

Amruta Natu (Researcher, BORI)

Shailesh Shinde (Researcher, BORI)

Monika Jhaveri (Researcher, GU)

Akshita Sanghvi (Researcher, GU)

Purvi Mahendra (Researcher, GU)

Jolly Sandesara (Researcher, GU)

Priyanka Shah (Researcher, GU)

Kinjal Shah (Researcher, GU)

Jinesh Sheth (Mumbai University)

Developers

Michael Pidd (Developer, DHI Sheffield)

Katherine Rogers (Developer, DHI Sheffield)

Ryan Bloor (Developer, DHI Sheffield)

Matthew Groves (Developer, DHI Sheffield)

Advisors

Burkhard Quessel (British Library), J.C. Wright (SOAS), Renate Söhnen-Thieme (SOAS), Karin Preisendanz (University of Vienna), Yigal Bronner (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Acknowledgements

John Bradley (Kings College London), Ācārya Ajayasāgara (Kailāsasāgara Jñānamandira, Koba), Kalpana Sheth (Ahmedabad), Seema Gala (Vapi, Gujarat), Nagaraj Kulkarni (Bangalore)

Funders

The Leverhulme Trust