Open Boundaries: Jain Communities and Cultures in Indian History (SUNY Series in Hindu Studies) (Suny Series, Hindu Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791437868 ISBN 13: 9780791437865

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1998

Synopsis

Enlarges our understanding of Jainism, one of the oldest yet least-studied of the world's living religions, by challenging the standard scholarly portraits of both Jains and South Asian religion and culture.

Open Boundaries provides a new perspective on Jainism, one of the oldest yet least-studied of the world’s living religions. Ten closely-focused studies investigate the interactions between Jains and non-Jains in South Asian society, with detailed studies of yoga, tantra, aesthetic theory, erotic poetry, theories of kingship, goddess worship, temple ritual, polemical poetry, religious women, and historiography. Viewing the Jains within a South Asian context results in a strikingly different portrait from the standard models represented in both traditional Western and Indian scholarship.

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From the Back Cover:

Open Boundaries provides a new perspective on Jainism, one of the oldest yet least-studied of the world's living religions. Ten closely-focused studies investigate the interactions between Jains and non-Jains in South Asian society, with detailed studies of yoga, tantra, aesthetic theory, erotic poetry, theories of kingship, goddess worship, temple ritual, polemical poetry, religious women, and historiography. Viewing the Jains within a South Asian context results in a strikingly different portrait from the standard models represented in both traditional Western and Indian scholarship.

About the Author:

John E. Cort is Associate Professor of Religion at Denison University.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0791437868
• ISBN 13: 9780791437865
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 278
• Editor: Cort John E.