Singing to the Jinas : Jain laywomen, Maṇḍaḷ singing, and the negotiations of Jain devotion /
While Western Jaina scholarship has focused on those texts and practices favouring male participation, the Jain community itself relies heavily on lay women's participation for religious education and the performances of key rituals.
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Hearing and Listening to the Voices of the Sravika
- Ch. 2. Idealized Women
- Ch. 3. Religious Knowledge and Stavan Collecting
- Ch. 4. The Shapes and Categories of Stavan
- Ch. 5. Daily Worship, Improvisation, and Individual Devotion
- Ch. 6. Formal Pujas and Stavan Repertoires
- Ch. 7. Expertise, Prestige, and Authority
- Ch. 8. Laywomen's Authority and Jain Theology.