The Jains / Edition 2

The Jains / Edition 2

by Paul Dundas
ISBN-10:
0415266068
ISBN-13:
9780415266062
Pub. Date:
07/04/2002
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
0415266068
ISBN-13:
9780415266062
Pub. Date:
07/04/2002
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
The Jains / Edition 2

The Jains / Edition 2

by Paul Dundas
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Overview

The Indian religion of Jainism, whose central tenet involves non-violence to all creatures, is one of the world's oldest and least-understood faiths. Dundas looks at Jainism in its social and doctrinal context, explaining its history, sects, scriptures and ritual, and describing how the Jains have, over 2500 years, defined themselves as a unique religious community. This revised and expanded edition takes account of new research into Jainism.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415266062
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/04/2002
Series: The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices
Edition description: Revised
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Paul Dundas is senior lecturer in Sanskrit in the School of Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, specialising in middle Indo-Aryan philology and the Jain religion. He is the author of The Sattasai and its Commentators

Table of Contents

Introduction The question of Jain identity Western views of the Jains 1 The fordmakers 2 The Digambaras and the Svetåmbaras 3 Scriptures 4 Doctrine 5 History: from early times to the late medieval period 6 The ascetic 7 The lay person 8 Jain relativism and attitudes towards Hinduism and Buddhism 9 Recent developments
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