Description |
1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
SUNY series in Hindu studies
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SUNY series in Hindu studies.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-255) and index. |
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. Story of the Disappearing Jains: Retelling the Saiva-Jain Encounter in Medieval South India / Richard H. Davis 213. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Jainism -- History.
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Jainism. |
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History. |
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India -- Civilization -- Jaina influences.
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India. |
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Civilization. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Cort, John E., 1953-
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Added Title |
Jain communities and culture in Indian history |
Other Form: |
Print version: Open boundaries. Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1998 079143785X (DLC) 97046027 (OCoLC)37935219 |
ISBN |
0585069700 (electronic book) |
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9780585069708 (electronic book) |
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079143785X (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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0791437868 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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