TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cort,John E.
TI  - Jains in the world: religious values and ideology in India 
SN  - 0195653602
AV  - BL1356 .C67 2001
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Jainism
KW  - Doctrines
KW  - Religious life
N1  - 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; Also available on the Internet to subscribing institutions
N2  - "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
ER  -