Framing the Jina narratives of icons and idols in Jain history
John Cort explores the narratives by which the Jains have explained the presence of icons of jinas (their enlightened and liberated teachers) that are worshiped and venerated in the hundreds of thousands of Jain temples throughout India
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2010, 2010
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | John Cort explores the narratives by which the Jains have explained the presence of icons of jinas (their enlightened and liberated teachers) that are worshiped and venerated in the hundreds of thousands of Jain temples throughout India |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 398 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780199869770 0199869774 |