Absent Lord Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture

Name: Absent Lord Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture
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ISBN: 9780520203242

ISBN-10: 0520203240

ISBN-13: 9780520203242

Edition: 1997

Authors: Lawrence A. Babb

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What does it mean to worship beings that one believes are completely indifferent to, and entirely beyond the reach of, any form of worship whatsoever? How would such a relationship with sacred beings affect the religious life of a community? Using these questions as his point of departure, Lawrence A. Babb explores the ritual culture of image-worshipping Svetambar Jains of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Jainism traces its lineages back to the ninth century B.C.E. and is, along with Buddhism, the only surviving example of India's ancient non-Vedic religious traditions. It is known and celebrated for its systematic practice of non-violence and for the intense rigor of the…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.13" wide x 8.94" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Note on Transliteration


Introduction



Victors


The Lord's Last Life


The Cosmos


Living Ascetics



Kings of the Gods


The Lord's Bath


Reflexivity



Magical Monks: A Ritual Subculture


Ascetic Career as Ritual Charter


Dadagurudevs


A Ritual Subculture



Valor: The Transformation of Warrior-Kings


Kings Who Give Up Meat


Khartar Gacch Legends


Warrior-Kings Transformed



Giving and Giving Up


Variations


Hot Potatoes


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index