This volume is the outcome of the Ninth International Indology Graduate Research Symposium held at Ghent University in September 2017, the fifth publication of proceedings from this series of symposiums. Like previous volumes, the current edition presents the results of recent research by early-career scholars into the texts, languages, as well as literary, philosophical and religious traditions of South Asia. The articles here collected offer a broad range of disciplinary perspectives on a wide array of subject. In addition, in the lines of the well-established tradition of research in Jainism at Ghent University, this edition has a more specific “Jains and the others” main theme. The purpose of such a theme is to contribute to determine the input of Jainism in the broader framework of South Asian traditions, as well as to invite the reader to think beyond boundaries of religious or cultural identity. In this dynamic, two papers deal with Jain adaptations of famous Puranic narratives and two others with the relation between textual tradition and soteriological practices in Jainism. In concert, other innovative papers elaborate on Puranic and kāvya literature, include technical discussions on linguistics and engage in philosophical studies. Finally, set in the historical context of the hosting institution, this volume opens with a history of Indology in Belgium.

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• Indology Studies in Belgium: Armchair Scholars and Travellers: Winand M. Callewaert
• ‘There Was a City Called Mithilā’: Are All Jain Rāmāyaṇas Really Purāṇas?: Adrian Plau
• Two Buddhists, Two Jackals and a Flying Stupa: Examination of the Buddhists in the Jain Dharmaparīkṣā: Heleen De Jonckheere
• Blurring the Distinction Between Dhyāna and Svādhyāya in Jayācārya’s Writings on Meditation: Samani Pratibha Pragya
• Devotee, King and Creator: Kailāsa as ποιητής in Śrīkaṇṭhacarita: Chiara Livio
• The Tree Adoption Ritual as Presented in the Dharmanibandhas: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout
• The Vedic Idáṃ Bhū-Construction as a Precursor of the Compound Type X-Bhūta: Yūto Kawamura
• The Paribhāṣā – Yadāgamās Tadguṇībhūtās Tadgrahaṇena Gṛhyante in the Paribhāṣāvṛtti of Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita: Yiming Shen
• Reconsidering the Sarva-Siddhānta-Saṅgraha: Authorship, Doxography and Pedagogy: Karl-Stéphan Bouthillette