Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual CultureJainism is aside from Buddhism, the only surviving example of India`s ancient non-Vedic religious traditions celebrated for its systematic practice of non-violence and for the rigor of the asceticism it promotes. It sheds light on a little known religious tradition and demonstrates that divine absence. |
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Victors | 22 |
Kings of the Gods | 64 |
A Ritual Subculture | 102 |
The Transformation of WarriorKings | 137 |
Giving and Giving Up | 174 |
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ācārya ahimsa Ahmedabad ascetic asceticism Bhairav bhāv Bhinmal birth Brāhmaṇ Caityavāsīs caste cetic Chagansāgar chapter clan context Cort cosmos cult dādābāṛī Dādāgurus deities devotees Digambar disciple eightfold worship five-kalyāṇak pūjā food offerings gods Granoff Gujarat hagiographies Hindu human ibid identity important Indra Jain ascetics Jain ritual culture Jain temples Jain tradition Jainism Jains worship Jaipur jāti Jincandrasūri Jindattsūri Jinkuśalsūri Jodhpur kalyāṇaks Kamath karma Khartar Gacch king Kṛṣṇa Kṣatriya Laidlaw lay Jains liberation lineage goddess living Lord Mahāvīr materials means mendicant miracles monk named non-Jain nuns object of worship Osiyā Osval Osvāls Pārsvanath's performed prasād pujārī Rajasthan Rājpūts religious rite of worship ritual acts role Saciyā Mātā Śaiva Sanskrit seen shiper shrine Śiva snātra pūjā social soteriological soul South Asian spiritual Śrī Śrīmāl story Svetambar Śvetāmbar Jains Terapanthi theme tion Tirthankar told tradition's transactions Utpaldev Vaiṣṇava vandan vegetarian worldly worshiper's