The twelve articles assembled in this first volume of the author’s Collected Papers in Jaina Studies, written in English, were published as journal articles and book chapters between 1996 and 2016. They are reproduced here in almost identical form, though an attempt was made to eliminate typographical errors and minor mistakes. Three articles, chapters 2, 6, and 11, which, on request, were first published without the use of diacritical marks, have been changed back to their original format. In a few cases, the biographical data of recently deceased individuals were updated. The articles address aspects of the history, doctrine, organisation, and ways of life in Jaina mendicant orders, sects and schools, following an overview of the contemporary monastic traditions. The majority are outcomes of a long-term research project, covering a period of over 30 years, on the aniconic or amurtipujaka Svetambara Jaina traditions, which had been neglected by modern scholarship and, with the notable exception of the Terapanth and the Sramana Samgha, are still almost unknown even in India itself. Two articles pertain to the Akrama Vijnana Marga, a new syncretistic religious movement, combining Samkhya ontology with Jaina soteriology.