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Hardcover. Octavo, 290 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine pictorial beige, gray and red with dark green lettering. Extremely light wear exteriorly. Boards show minimal wear to the edges. Text block has very slight finger marks to the edges. Scarce in hardback. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. 1374226. FP New Rockville Stock.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. First. Victorious Ones is a catalogue of sculptures and paintings of Jainism-one of India's three classical religions.With essays by leading scholars of Asian religions and art, this book illuminates the core ideas of Jainism and its founding fi gures, the Jinas, Conquerors or Tirthankaras, and the various spaces they sanctify. Jainism off ers its practitioners liberation from all suff ering, preaching a doctrine of nonviolence.Th e liberated Jinas are accessible to us through their teachings and images. Th ey are depicted on painted maps of the Jain universe and also worshiped at famous pilgrimage sites and in private domestic shrines. Th e publication shows several sacred spaces, as well as illustrated manuscripts of sacred text of Jains. Many of the objects discussed and illustrated here have never been published before. Th e book is a companion to an exhibition organized and presented by the Rubin Museum of Art, NewYork from 28 September 2009 to 15 February ?2010. spaces they sanctify. Jainism offers its practitioners liberation from all suffering, preaching a doctrine of nonviolence. The liberated Jinas are accessible to us through their teachings and images. They are depicted on painted maps of the Jain universe and also worshiped at famous pilgrimage sites and in private domestic shrines. The publication shows several sacred spaces, as well as illustrated manuscripts of sacred text of Jains. Many of the objects discussed and illustrated here have never been published before. The book is a companion to an exhibition organized and presented by the Rubin Museum of Art, New York from 28 September 2009 to 15 February 2010. 188 colour photographs and map.