How Not to Install an Image of the Jina: An Early Anti-Paurṇamīyaka Diatribe
Image installation (pratiṣṭhā), a central ritual of Jainism, of necessity requires the cooperative participation of monk and layman. The twelfth century Śvetāmbara teacher Candraprabhasūri, credited with initiating the Paurṇamīyaka Gaccha, apparently criticised the role of the monk in empowering an...
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2009
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International Journal of Jaina Studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-23 |
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