Situating Pārśva’s Biography in Varanasi
This study shows how Varanasi, a site that many people understand to be a sacred Hindu city, has been made “Jain” through its association with the lives of four of the twenty-four enlightened founders of Jainism, the jinas or tīrthaṅkaras. It provides an overview of the Jain sites of worship in Vara...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2020]
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Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 3 |
Further subjects: | B
temple-building
B Monasticism B Sacred Space B Pārśva B Varanasi B Biography B Jainism B Padmāvatī |
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