Jains in the world : religious values and ideology in India / John E. Cort.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cort, John E., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jainism--Doctrines.

Jainism.

Religious life--Jainism.

Religious life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on field research in northern Gujarat as well as on the study of both ancient Sanskrit and modern vernacular religious literature, John Cort gives a rounded portrait of how the religion of Jainism is practised today.

Contents:

Contents; Note on Language, Transliteration, and Names; Hymn to Pañcasar ParsVanath; Introduction: On the Occasion of the Blessed Installation of the Lord; 1. The Ideology of the Path to Liberation; 2. Jains and Jainism in Patan; 3. Going to the Temple: How to Worship God; 4. Gifting and Grace: Patterns of Lay-Mendicant Interaction; 5. Holy Asceticism; 6. Remembrance and Celebration: The Jain Religious Year; 7. Ideologies and Realms of Value; Hymn to Pañcasar Parsvanath; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; Y; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J

KL; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-203-39827-0

0-203-39992-7

0-19-979664-5

0-19-803037-1

1-280-53068-5

9786610530687

1-4294-0175-3

9780203398272

OCLC:

71358145