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The frontiers of peace / a BBC-TV production in association with Educational Communications-TVKC ; writer-producer, Paul L. Kuepferle ; producer, Barry Lynch.
LIBRA DVD 027 804
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Multiple languages
- Prakrit languages
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Jainism--India.
- Jainism.
- Jaina monasticism and religious orders--India.
- Jaina monasticism and religious orders.
- Mahāvīra.
- India--Religious life and customs.
- India.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Educational television programs.
- Short films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Subtitle on disc label: Jainism in India
- Everyman, Frontiers of peace
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, WI : Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, [2004?]
- Language Note:
- Sanskirt, Hindi, Gujarati and Prakrit with English narration and subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD-R format ; NTSC, all region.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Set in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, this documentary explores Jainism, including the interrelationship between the four elements of the "Sangh." Includes discussion of the religious tenets of Jainism and their implications for life in the Jain community. A Jain town father, a nun, and a monk describe the major observances of the Jains, their founder, Mahavir, their 2,500 year history, and their concern for the preservation of all living beings.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Peter France.
- Credits:
- Photography, Naresh Bedi ; film editor, Richard Trayler-Smith.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as an episode of the Everyman television series. Episode first aired October 23, 1986.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 57232264
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