The Jains
eBook - ePub

The Jains

  1. 372 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Jains

About this book

The Indian religion of Jainism, whose central tenet involves non-violence to all creatures, is one of the world's oldest and least-understood faiths. Dundas looks at Jainism in its social and doctrinal context, explaining its history, sects, scriptures and ritual, and describing how the Jains have, over 2500 years, defined themselves as a unique religious community. This revised and expanded edition takes account of new research into Jainism.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781040288740

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Preface to the second edition
  8. A note on transliteration and pronunciation
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 The fordmakers
  11. 2 The Digambaras and the Śvetāmbaras
  12. 3 Scriptures
  13. 4 Doctrine
  14. 5 History: from early times to the late medieval period
  15. 6 The ascetic
  16. 7 The lay person
  17. 8 Jain relativism and attitudes towards Hinduism and Buddhism
  18. 9 Recent developments
  19. Glossary
  20. Notes
  21. Sources in Sanskrit and Prākrit
  22. Bibliography of secondary sources
  23. Index