| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
SUNY series in Hindu studies |
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SUNY series in Hindu studies.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Contested Jain Identities of Self and Other / John E. Cort 1 -- 2. Haribhadra's Analysis of Patanjala and Kula Yoga in the Yogadrstisamuccaya / Christopher Key Chapple 15 -- 3. Becoming Gautama: Mantra and History in Svetambara Jainism / Paul Dundas 31 -- 4. Hemacandra and Sanskrit Poetics / Gary A. Tubb 53 -- 5. Erotic Excess and Sexual Danger in the Civakacintamani / James Ryan 67 -- 6. Who Is a King? Jain Narratives of Kingship in Medieval Western India / John E. Cort 85 -- 7. Sweetmeats or Corpses? Community, Conversion, and Sacred Places / Michael W. Meister 111 -- 8. Ritual Culture and the Distinctiveness of Jainism / Lawrence A. Babb 139 -- 9. Sramanas Against the Tamil Way: Jains as Others in Tamil Saiva Literature / Indira Viswanathan Peterson 163 -- 10. Jain and Hindu "Religious Women" in Early Medieval Tamilnadu / Leslie C. Orr 187 -- 11. The Story of the Disappearing Jains: Retelling the Saiva-Jain Encounter in Medieval South India / Richard H. Davis 213 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-255) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jainism -- History
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RELIGION -- Jainism.
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Civilization -- Jaina influences
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Jainism
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| SUBJECT |
India -- Civilization -- Jaina influences.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064880
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| Subject |
India
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cort, John E., 1953-
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| LC no. |
97046027 |
| ISBN |
0585069700 |
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9780585069708 |
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0791499855 |
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9780791499856 |
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