SPEAK UP ARTICLE ON MEDICINE AND JAINISM BY JOANNA
FLYNN
This section allows our readers to share their thoughts on Jainism and invites original articles from Jain professionals, practitioners, students, and scholars of Jainism. You can send your articles/write-ups/opinions in a Word file to us at info@isjs.in.
In this issue, we have an article in English titled Banārasīdāsa – a
17th-century author of the first Indian autobiography by Joanna
Flynn. Ms. Flynn is pursuing MA at Ghent University and is an intern at
ISJS.
The article discusses various reasons for the popularity of
Ardhakathanaka – the 17th-century Jain poet Banarasidas’
autobiography.
The facts and the views expressed in the article are those of the
author only. The email address of the author is joanna.flynn@ugent.be. A
reader may send their questions or comments to the author directly.