Publications by Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos

Philosophy: 1, 2, 6, 13, 16, 17, 22, 25, 45, 46, 47
Religious studies: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47
Jainism: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 37, 43, 44, 48
History: 4, 5, 7, 8, 15, 26, 29, 32, 38, 42
Sanskrit: 1, 6, 17, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 45
Prakrit: 6, 13, 16
Kannada: 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 30, 33, 39, 41
Tamil: 10, 40
Translations: 14, 20, 47, 48

1. -- (1983): Moksa in Jainism, according to Umâsvâti. Wiesbaden: Fr. Steiner Verlag. (Beiträge zur Südasien-Forschung, Südasien-Institut, Universität Heidelberg. Band 83.)

2. -- (1993): The Concept of Divinity in Jainism. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press.

3. -- (1996): The Calf Became An Orphan. A study in contemporary Kannada fiction. Pondicherry: Institut français de Pondichéry / École française d'Extrême-Orient.

5. -- (1981): "Bhadrabâhu and the Sravanabelagola ksetra". In: Gommateshvara Commemoration Volume, ed. T.G. Kalghatgi (Sravanabelagola: S.D.J.M.I. Managing Committee), pp. 19-24.

6. -- (1984): "A Note on the Role of Morality in Jaina Yoga". Tulasî-Prajñâ (Ladnun, Rajasthan, India) 9 (10-12), pp. 33-37.

7. -- (1985): "Jainism Endangered: the view of the medieval Kannada poet Brahmasiva". The South Asian Digest of Regional Writing (Heidelberg) 11, pp. 174-86.

8. -- (1985): "Maisûru mattu sâmskritika jîvana nânu kandante". In Edatore, souvenir volume of the 1985 Mysore District Literary Conference. (K.R. Nagara. Kannada Sahitya Parishattu). pp. 16-21 (in Kannada).

9. -- (1986): "Prâmânika lêkhaka". In Nirañjana abhinandana, ed. B.I. Bhatta. (Puttur: Karnataka Sangha), pp. 186-88 (in Kannada).

10. -- (1987): "The Jaina Nun Kavunti". Bulletin d'études indiennes (Paris) 5, pp. 387-417.

11. -- (1987): "Samânate mattu dharma" (Equality and Religion). Samanvaya (Mysore, India) 9, pp. 2-4 and 47-49 (in Kannada).

12. -- (1988): "Some Introductory Notes on the Study of Kannada Folktales". The South Asian Digest of Regional Writing (Heidelberg, Germany) 9, pp. 1-11.

13. -- (1988): "Kundakundâchârya: Some Remarks". Gommatavani (Sravanabelagola, India) 3, pp. 7-9.

14. -- (1988): "Udagamandala", "Dûrada nereyavanu", "Bêrobba" and "Lôdiya udyânavanagalalli", four Mexican Spanish poems, translated into Kannada by Robert J. Zydenbos and Vijaya Dabbe. Aniketana (Bangalore) 1, pp. 102-4 (in Kannada).

15. -- (1989) (with Vijaya Dabbe): "Akka Mahadevi". Manushi (Delhi) 50-51-52, pp. 39-44.

16. -- (1990): "Kundakundâcâryara bagge kelavu anisikegalu". In: Sri Kundakunda prasasti, ed. M. Jayachandra. (Bangalore: Prakrit Bharathi Education Trust), pp. 1-8 (in Kannada).

17. -- (1990): "Jaina Influences in the Formation of Dvaita Vedânta". In: Contacts Between Cultures: South Asia, volume 2, ed. K.I. Koppedrayer. (Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter, Canada: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1990), pp. 293-298.

17a. -- (1991): [Reprint of the above. In: Jain Journal (Calcutta) 25, pp. 103-9.]

17b. -- (1991): [Reprint of the above. In: Jainthology, ed. G.C. Lalwani (Calcutta: Jain Bhavan.)]

18. -- (1990): "The Jaina Goddess Padmâvatî". In: Contacts Between Cultures: South Asia, volume 2, ed. K.I. Koppedrayer. (Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter, Canada: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1990), pp. 257-262.

18a. -- (1992): [Reprint of the above. In: Jinamanjari (Toronto) 4.1 (April 1992), pp. 50-58.]

19. -- (1991): editorial assistance in the Kannada section of Women Writing in India - 600 B.C. to the Present. 2 vols., ed. S. Tharu and K. Lalitha. (New York: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York.)

20. -- (1993): "Gefangen". A short story, translated from the Kannada into German by Robert J. Zydenbos. In: Südasien-Anthologie, ed. G.D. Sontheimer and H. Werny. (Stuttgart: Steiner), pp. 133-42. (Beiträge zur Südasien-Forschung, Südasien-Institut, Universität Heidelberg. Band 140.)

21. -- (1991) (with B.N. Sumitra Bai): "The Jaina Mahâbhârata". In: Essays on the Mahabharata, ed. A. Sharma. (Leiden: E.J. Brill), pp. 251-271.

22. -- (1991): "On the Jaina Background of Dvaita Vedânta". Journal of Indian Philosophy 19, pp. 249-271.

23. -- (1994): "Jaina Goddesses in Kannada Literature". In: Studies in South Asian Devotional Literature: Research Papers 1988-1991, ed. A.W. Entwistle and F. Mallison (Paris: École française d'Extrême-Orient / New Delhi: Manohar), pp. 135-145.

24. -- (1994): "Some Examples from Mâdhva Hagiography". In: According to Tradition. Hagiographical Writing in India, ed. W.M. Callewaert and R. Snell. (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz), pp. 169-189.

25. -- (1997): "Is Krishna Seen Or Not? Madhvâcârya on Bhagavadgîtâ 12:1". Journal of Vaisnava Studies 5 (3), pp. 55-63.

26. -- (1997): "Virasaivism, Caste, Revolution et cetera". Review article of J.P. Schouten, Revolution of the Mystics. The social aspects of Virasaivism. Journal of the American Oriental Society 117.3 (1997), pp. 525-535.

27. -- (1998): contribution to the column 'The Involved Outsider'. In: Aniketana - a journal of Kannada language & literature X, 2 (Oct.-Dec. 1998), pp. 149-157.

28. -- (1999): "The Ritual Giving of Food to a Digambara Renunciant". In: Approaches to Jaina Studies: Philosophy, Logic, Rituals and Symbols, ed. N. Wagle and O. Qvarnström (Toronto: University of Toronto, Centre for South Asian Studies), pp. 291-303.

29. -- (1999): "Jainism as the Religion of Non-Violence." In: Violence Denied. Violence, Non-violence and the Rationalization of Violence in South Asian Cultural History, ed. K.R. van Kooij and J.E.M. Houben. Leiden: Brill, 1999. pp. 185-210.

30 . -- (2000): "Göttinnenverehrung im Jainismus". In: Aspekte des Weiblichen in der indischen Kultur, ed. U. Roesler (Swisttal-Odendorf: Verlag Indica und Tibetica), pp. 145-189.

31. -- (2001): "Vâdirâja (1480-1600) - saint de la tradition mâdhva au Karnataka". In: Constructions hagiographiques dans le monde indien - entre mythe et histoire, ed. F. Mallison (Paris: Honoré Champion).

32. -- (2001): "Madhva and the Reform of Vaisnavism in Karnataka". In: Charisma and Canon. Essays on the Religious History of the Indian Subcontinent, ed. V. Dalmia, A. Malinar and M. Christof (New Delhi: Oxford University Press), pp. 113-128.

33. -- (2001): [two encyclopedia articles about the Kannada writers Anupama Niranjana and Vaidehi in:] Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing, ed. J.E. Miller (London: Routledge), pp. 235-236 and 331.

34. -- (2002): [encyclopedia article about 'Virasaivism' in:] Religions of the World, ed. J. Gordon Melton and M. Baumann. (Santa Barbara: ABC Clio), pp. 1399-1400.

35. -- (2004): "Sanskrit: Ewige Sprache der Götter, wiedergeboren und noch immer da." In: Sprachtod und Sprachgeburt, ed. P. Schrijver and P. Mumm. (Bremen: Hempen Verlag, 2004), pp. 278-300.

36. -- (2004): "Prâcînabhâratâdhyayanesu yûropîyânâm samasyâh". The Mysore Orientalist, 2004 (Mysore) (in Sanskrit), pp.189-196.

37. -- (2006): "Yoga im Jainismus". In: Yoga Journal. Organ des Schweizer Yogaverbandes Nr. 23 (2006), pp. 6-13.

38. -- (2007): Madhva and the Reform of Vaisnavism in Karnataka. In: The Oxford India Hinduism Reader, ed. V. Dalmia, and H. von Stietencron (New Delhi: Oxford University Press), pp. 151-168. [repr. of 2001]

39. -- (forthcoming) 54 articles on Kannada literature, to appear in the new edition of Kindlers Literaturlexikon (in German).

40. -- (1983): review of H. Tieken, Sangam over helden en minnaars. International Journal of Tamil Studies (Madras) 23, pp. 102-8.

41. -- (1996): review of the German translation of U.R. Anantha Murthy's Kannada novel Samskara by G. Schneider. Asiatische Studien / Études asiatiques 3, pp. 684-7.

42. -- (1997): review of Rajeshwari Ghose (ed.), In Quest of a Secular Symbol: Ayodhya and After. International Journal of Hindu Studies I (3), pp. 611-2.

43. -- (2000): review of John cort (ed.), Open Boundaries: Jain Communities and Cultures in Indian History. Journal of the American Academy of Religion 68/2 (2000), pp. 403-406.

44. -- (2001): review of James Laidlaw, Riches and Renunciation: Religion, Economy and Society among the Jains. Journal of Asian Studies 60:4 (November 2001), pp. 1226-1227.

45. -- (2006): review of D. Sharma, An Introduction to Madhva Vedanta. Philosophy East and West Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 665-670.

46. -- (2007): review of G. Oberhammer, Materialien zur Geschichte der Ramanuja-Schule VIII: Zur Eschatologie der Ramanuja-Schule vor Venkatanatha. Nagoya Studies in Indian Culture and Buddhism 26 (2007), pp. 188-191.

Translations

47. -- (1986): G. Chemparathy. God en het lijden. Translation of God and Suffering, by Robert J. Zydenbos. Leiden: E.J. Brill (in Dutch).

48. -- (2001) R.N. Dandekar. Adinatha Neminatha Upadhye. In: Upadhye smrti sancaya, ed. H.M. Nayak a.o. (Bangalore: Panditaratna A. Shanthiraja Shastry Trust), pp. 83-87. Translation of the biographical article of the same title, from English to Kannada.

(see also 14.)