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Taken from the project website (Accessed 2025-07-28):
Taken from the project website (Accessed 2025-07-28):
<blockquote> [...] between 2017 and 2020, the Jaina Prosopography Database was developed by the SOAS Centre of Jaina Studies in collaboration with the Digital Humanities Institute at Sheffield University, inspired by the vision of creating a new open access tool for the reconstruction of the social and literary history of the Jaina tradition.
<blockquote> [...] between 2017 and 2020, the Jaina Prosopography Database was developed by the SOAS Centre of Jaina Studies in collaboration with the Digital Humanities Institute at Sheffield University, inspired by the vision of creating a new open access tool for the reconstruction of the social and literary history of the Jaina tradition.
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Jaina Prosopography introduces a novel sociological approach to Jaina studies, using advanced digital technology and visualization techniques. Prosopography is a research resource for studying patterns of relationships, based on the collection and analysis of biographical data about a well-defined group of individuals. It is a useful instrument to discern trends and relations that are not clearly visible in large datasets, and enables the socio-historical study of populations, such as the Jainas, which offer a vast amount of scattered biographical information but only few detailed life histories.</blockquote>
Jaina Prosopography introduces a novel sociological approach to Jaina studies, using advanced digital technology and visualization techniques. Prosopography is a research resource for studying patterns of relationships, based on the collection and analysis of biographical data about a well-defined group of individuals. It is a useful instrument to discern trends and relations that are not clearly visible in large datasets, and enables the socio-historical study of populations, such as the Jainas, which offer a vast amount of scattered biographical information but only few detailed life histories.</blockquote>


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Latest revision as of 16:06, 28 July 2025

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Author/Editor

  • SOAS University of London
  • Peter Flügel
  • Amruta Natu

Description

Taken from the project website (Accessed 2025-07-28):

[...] between 2017 and 2020, the Jaina Prosopography Database was developed by the SOAS Centre of Jaina Studies in collaboration with the Digital Humanities Institute at Sheffield University, inspired by the vision of creating a new open access tool for the reconstruction of the social and literary history of the Jaina tradition.

[...]

Jaina Prosopography introduces a novel sociological approach to Jaina studies, using advanced digital technology and visualization techniques. Prosopography is a research resource for studying patterns of relationships, based on the collection and analysis of biographical data about a well-defined group of individuals. It is a useful instrument to discern trends and relations that are not clearly visible in large datasets, and enables the socio-historical study of populations, such as the Jainas, which offer a vast amount of scattered biographical information but only few detailed life histories.