Jains in the world : religious values and ideology in India /
Cort, John E., 1953-
Jains in the world : religious values and ideology in India / - New Delhi Oxford University Press, ©2001. - xii, 267 Pages. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references ( p. 237-256) and index.
The ideology of the path to liberation -- Jains and Jainism in Patan -- Going to the temple: how to worship god -- Gifting and grace: patterns of lay-mendicant interaction -- Holy asceticism -- Remembrance and celebration: the Jain religious year -- Ideologies and realms of value.
"This book presents a detailed fieldwork-based study of the ancient Indian religion of Jainism. Drawing on field research in northern Gujarat and on the study of both ancient Sanskrit and Prakrit and modern vernacular Jain religious literature, John Cort provides a rounded portrait of the religion as it is practiced today."--BOOK JACKET.
0195653602 9780195653601
99028440
Jainism--Doctrines.
Religious life--Jainism.
BL1356 / .C67 2001
Jains in the world : religious values and ideology in India / - New Delhi Oxford University Press, ©2001. - xii, 267 Pages. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references ( p. 237-256) and index.
The ideology of the path to liberation -- Jains and Jainism in Patan -- Going to the temple: how to worship god -- Gifting and grace: patterns of lay-mendicant interaction -- Holy asceticism -- Remembrance and celebration: the Jain religious year -- Ideologies and realms of value.
"This book presents a detailed fieldwork-based study of the ancient Indian religion of Jainism. Drawing on field research in northern Gujarat and on the study of both ancient Sanskrit and Prakrit and modern vernacular Jain religious literature, John Cort provides a rounded portrait of the religion as it is practiced today."--BOOK JACKET.
0195653602 9780195653601
99028440
Jainism--Doctrines.
Religious life--Jainism.
BL1356 / .C67 2001