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ISBN10: 0810850516, ISBN13: 9780810850514, [publisher: Scarecrow Press] Hardcover A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]
ISBN10: 0810850516, ISBN13: 9780810850514, [publisher: Scarecrow Press] Hardcover A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]
ISBN10: 0810850516, ISBN13: 9780810850514, [publisher: Scarecrow Press] Hardcover Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase. [Pflugerville, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]
Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Date: 2004. 287 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H) - glazed pictorial boards. Map. "(P)rovides information on the two main sectarian traditions of Jainism, the Svetambaras and Digambaras, from their early history to the present. It also includes information on various reform movements within these two traditions, such as the Sthanakavasi, Svetambara Terapanthis, Digambara Terapanthis, and the followers of Taran Svami, Srimad Rajancandra, and Kanji Svami. The dictionary section contains more than 450 individual entries, with technical terms, mendicant lineages, mendicant and lay practices and vows, biographies of influential mendicant leaders and scholars in the mendicant and lay communities, as well as entries on various Tirthankaras, ancillary deities, and pilgrimage sites. An introduction describes the basic teachings of Jainism, the history of the mendicant community in India, and the growth of the lay community in India and during the Diaspora. Along with a chronology, there is a listing of the normative scriptural texts in the Svetambara and Digambara traditions; an appendix with information on the twenty-four Tirthankaras, the Jain festival calendar, the fourteen stages of spiritual progress (gunasthanas), and the vows of restraint for a layperson (pratimas); and an extensive bibliography of scholarly works and texts in translation, arranged by subject. This comprehensive dictionary will be a valuable reference for anyone interested in ...
ISBN10: 0810850516, ISBN13: 9780810850514, [publisher: Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland] Hardcover 287 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H) - glazed pictorial boards. Map. "(P)rovides information on the two main sectarian traditions of Jainism, the Svetambaras and Digambaras, from their early history to the present. It also includes information on various reform movements within these two traditions, such as the Sthanakavasi, Svetambara Terapanthis, Digambara Terapanthis, and the followers of Taran Svami, Srimad Rajancandra, and Kanji Svami. The dictionary section contains more than 450 individual entries, with technical terms, mendicant lineages, mendicant and lay practices and vows, biographies of influential mendicant leaders and scholars in the mendicant and lay communities, as well as entries on various Tirthankaras, ancillary deities, and pilgrimage sites. An introduction describes the basic teachings of Jainism, the history of the mendicant community in India, and the growth of the lay community in India and during the Diaspora. Along with a chronology, there is a listing of the normative scriptural texts in the Svetambara and Digambara traditions; an appendix with information on the twenty-four Tirthankaras, the Jain festival calendar, the fourteen stages of spiritual progress (gunasthanas), and the vows of restraint for a layperson (pratimas); and an extensive bibliography of scholarly works and texts in translation, arranged by subject. This comprehensive ...
ISBN10: 0810850516, ISBN13: 9780810850514, [publisher: Scarecrow Press] Hardcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.15 [LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]
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