Open boundaries: Jain communities and culture in Indian history
1.Introduction: Contested Jain Identities of Self and Other /John E. Cort1 --2.Haribhadra's Analysis of Patanjala and Kula Yoga in the Yogadrstisamuccaya /Christopher Key Chapple15 --3.Becoming Gautama: Mantra and History in Svetambara Jainism /Paul Dundas31 --4.Hemacandra and Sanskrit Poetics...
| Subtitles: | Jain communities and culture in Indian history |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany, NY
State University of New York Press
(c)1998
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| In: | Year: 1998 |
| Series/Journal: | SUNY series in Hindu studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jainism
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B India Civilization Jaina influences B Civilization ; Jaina influences B RELIGION ; Jainism B Jainism B Electronic books B History B Jainism History B India |
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| Summary: | 1.Introduction: Contested Jain Identities of Self and Other /John E. Cort1 --2.Haribhadra's Analysis of Patanjala and Kula Yoga in the Yogadrstisamuccaya /Christopher Key Chapple15 --3.Becoming Gautama: Mantra and History in Svetambara Jainism /Paul Dundas31 --4.Hemacandra and Sanskrit Poetics /Gary A. Tubb53 --5.Erotic Excess and Sexual Danger in the Civakacintamani /James Ryan67 --6.Who Is a King? Jain Narratives of Kingship in Medieval Western India /John E. Cort85 --7.Sweetmeats or Corpses? Community, Conversion, and Sacred Places /Michael W. Meister111 --8.Ritual Culture and the Distinctiveness of Jainism /Lawrence A. Babb139 --9.Sramanas Against the Tamil Way: Jains as Others in Tamil Saiva Literature /Indira Viswanathan Peterson163 --10.Jain and Hindu "Religious Women" in Early Medieval Tamilnadu /Leslie C. Orr187 --11.The Story of the Disappearing Jains: Retelling the Saiva-Jain Encounter in Medieval South India /Richard H. Davis213. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-255) and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0585069700 |