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Copyright

The Jaina Prosopograpy Database is publicly available and free at the point of access. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, provided this publication is acknowledged.

Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

General Citation Style

Users who wish to cite material from the website in publications should, as with all internet publications, cite the URL (https://www.dhi.ac.uk/jaina) and the date on which the website was consulted.

The Project

Jaina Prosopography Database (https://www.dhi.ac.uk/jaina [date accessed]).

The standard abbreviation is JPD.

Single Records

Users are encouraged to publish the permalinks provided for each individual on person pages or search pages, using the following format:

Jaina Prosopography Database, [Name, epithet] (https://www.dhi.ac.uk/jaina/ ID [date accessed]).

E.g.:

JPD (2020) Samayasundara vācanācārya https://www.dhi.ac.uk/jaina/person/259

Searches, Visualisations, and Downloads

Recommended citation formats for searches and visualisations are provided by clicking on the Cite this Search/Cite this Visualisation links.

To cite a Search query:

Jaina Prosopography Database, Search Builder (Jaina Prosopography Database Search URL [date accessed]).

To cite a Visualisation:

Jaina Prosopography Database, Search Builder (Jaina Prosopography Visualisation URL [date accessed]).

To cite a Download:

Use the citation for the search query that generated the download.

Citation of Specific Contributions

Information displayed in citation style, as in:

Kṛümpelmann K. "Akalaṅka." JPD. Created July 11, 2018 18:55, Edited April 27, 2020 10:57.

Krümpelmann, K. "Hiravijaya." JPD. . Updated on March 18, 2017 05:12.

Note: If not covered by Audit Trail: Whenever no 'Creator' field has not been filled it is 'Kṛümpelmann K.' Please insert via search and replace if need be.