Guardians of the transcendent: an ethnography of a Jain ascetic community
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Main Author: Vallely, Anne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto University of Toronto Press c2002
Series:Anthropological horizons 22
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-291) and index
Pt. 1. The ethics of renunciation -- Introduction -- Ethics and the ascetic ideal -- Pt. 2. The rituals of separation -- Creation through negation : the rite of Bhiksha -- The making of an ascetic : the construction of difference -- Death, demons, and desire -- Pt. 3. Being of the world -- The worldly life of renunciants -- Devotion and divinity -- Conclusion : ascetic women : the link in the Laukik and Lokottar -- Appendices. The fourteen Gunasthanas (stages of spiritual development) ; Rules and regulations in the ascetic life ; Examples of Sarala's poems (abridged) ; The ascetic ideal ; Examples of the Nivrtti-Marg : Jainism's public face ; The daily routine of the Sadhvis
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 296 p.)
ISBN:0802035450
080208415X
1442675543
9780802035455
9780802084156
9781442675544

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