| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 268 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Hearing and Listening to the Voices of the Sravika -- Ch. 2. Idealized Women -- Ch. 3. Religious Knowledge and Stavan Collecting -- Ch. 4. The Shapes and Categories of Stavan -- Ch. 5. Daily Worship, Improvisation, and Individual Devotion -- Ch. 6. Formal Pujas and Stavan Repertoires -- Ch. 7. Expertise, Prestige, and Authority -- Ch. 8. Laywomen's Authority and Jain Theology |
| Summary |
While Western Jaina scholarship has focused on those texts and practices favouring male participation, the Jain community itself relies heavily on lay women's participation for religious education and the performances of key rituals |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women in Jainism.
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Jainism -- Rituals.
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RELIGION -- Jainism.
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Jainism -- Rituals
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Women in Jainism
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Jainisme.
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Vrouwen.
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Riten.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1429403985 |
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9781429403986 |
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0195140117 |
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9780195140118 |
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