The Clever Adulteress & Other Stories: A Treasury of Jain LiteraturePhyllis Emily Granoff |
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... named Tihuyanapura , " The City of the Triple World , " which was indeed an ornament to the Triple World of Heaven , Earth and the Nether World . There reigned King Tihuyanasehara , " The Best in the Triple World , " who was a veritable ...
... named Tihuyanapura , " The City of the Triple World , " which was indeed an ornament to the Triple World of Heaven , Earth and the Nether World . There reigned King Tihuyanasehara , " The Best in the Triple World , " who was a veritable ...
Page 173
... named Vardhamana . Now while this student was trying to master the Jain doctrine , he encountered the eighty- four problems that lead to misapprehension of the doctrine and a display of disrespect for the faith . As he was overcoming ...
... named Vardhamana . Now while this student was trying to master the Jain doctrine , he encountered the eighty- four problems that lead to misapprehension of the doctrine and a display of disrespect for the faith . As he was overcoming ...
Page 268
... named Mokhadeva Nayaka came to know of the guru's depressed state of mind . He sought land near the ghee market to build a new temple in order that such an insult against the faith should not occur in another temple , but could find ...
... named Mokhadeva Nayaka came to know of the guru's depressed state of mind . He sought land near the ghee market to build a new temple in order that such an insult against the faith should not occur in another temple , but could find ...
Contents
Stories from the Avasyaka commentaries Nalini Balbir | 17 |
Stories from the later didactic story collections | 75 |
Friedhelm Hardy | 118 |
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The Clever Adulteress and Other Stories: A Treasury of Jaina Literature Phyllis Granoff Limited preview - 1993 |
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