xv, 374 pages. Bibliography, glossary and index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Provides the first comprehensive introduction in the English language to the Jaina experience." - dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Jaina Path of Purification

Publisher

University of California Press, USA

Publication Date

1979

Language

English

ISBN 10

0520034597

ISBN 13

9780520034594

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Fair

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Beginning with the Life of Mahavira the author elucidates the essentials of Jania cosomology and philosophy as well as of the "path of purification" through which the soul may escape from its Karmic defilements and attain eternal salvation.

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Padmanabh S. Jaini is Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. Previously he has taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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