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 |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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: | 1 online resource (xviii, 398 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195385021 0195385020 9786612367618 661236761X 1282367617 9781282367616 0199739579 9780199739578 9780190452575 0190452579 9780199869770 0199869774 |