The Clever Adulteress and Other Stories: A Treasury of Jaina LiteraturePhyllis Granoff The stories in this collection span almost one thousand years of story-telling in India. Most originate in North India and all were written by Jain monks for the edification and amusement of the faithful. The treasures of India`s heritage of story-telling are known to us today mainly from these Jain stories which have been carefully preserved through the years. The Stories in The Clever Adulteress have been translated by a renowned group of scholars from India, North America and Europe. Each translator has chosen his or her favorites from the vast treasures of Jain literature. |
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Contents
B Definitions and illustrations of repentance 1 Stepping back | 33 |
Taking care 3 Avoiding negative points | 34 |
Warding off 5 Turning back | 35 |
Selfreproach | 36 |
Blame | 40 |
Cleaning | 41 |
about two wrestlers | 42 |
about two friends 3 Firmly keeping to religious orthodoxy about two monks 4 Penance observed without support about Mahāgiri etc 5 Learning the ... | 47 |
about two pupils 11 Purity about a merchant about Nārada 12 Right faith about a painting | 52 |
Stories from the later didactic story collections | 75 |
Friedhelm Hardy | 118 |
of monks poets faithful wives and others from the medieval | 140 |
two stories from a medieval pilgrimage | 182 |
The minister Canakya from the Parisistaparvan of Hemacandra | 189 |
Of kings and sages from the Adipurana Ralph Strohl | 208 |
selections from a medieval pilgrimage | 245 |
Dharmaghosa and Dharmayasas 8 Not being greedy about Ksullakakumāra etc 9 Forbearance success in a svayamvara | 51 |
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The Clever Adulteress & Other Stories: A Treasury of Jain Literature Phyllis Emily Granoff No preview available - 1990 |
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alms Arhat ascetic asceticism asked aśoka ĀvC Bahubali beautiful became Bhadrabahu Bharata birth Blessed body Brahmins brothers Buddhists Canakya Candragupta chariot child daughter death deeds deity demi-god desire Devadhara Devadinna devoted dharma Digambara disciples discus earth eating elephant Emperor Bharata enjoy faith fast father feet gave gift girl give Glorious Goddess gods Gujarat happened Harisena heard honored husband Jain monk Jaina Jainism jewels Jina Jinesvara Kalpa killed king king's kingdom lady left worldly lived Lord magic Mahāvīra meditation merchant milk-rice mind minister mother mountain named Nanda ocean peacock Phyllis Granoff pleasures Prakrit princes queen Ratikeli rebirth religious replied Rohini Rṣabha sage Śakra Sanskrit servants snake Śrī story Subandhu Svetambara Śvetāmbaras teacher tell temple thought told took translation tree Vairotyā verse victory vows wandering wealth wife woman words worship yakṣa Yasodhara young