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Framing the Jina : narratives of icons and idols in Jain history
- Title
- Framing the Jina : narratives of icons and idols in Jain history / John E. Cort.
- Author
- Cort, John E., 1953-
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 398 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Icons, idols, and revolutions -- The archaeology of Jina images -- A cosmos filled with eternal icons : icons, cosmology, mandalas, and scripture -- The spread of icons in our world -- The lifetime "living Lord" icon of Mahavira : anxiety about the authenticity of icons -- Idols and a history of corruption -- The inevitability of tangible form : a natural theology of icons -- Conclusion: Framing the Jina.
- Call Number
- JBE 10-618
- ISBN
- 9780195385021 (alk. paper)
- 0195385020 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009011339
- OCLC
- YBP 2009011339
- Author
- Cort, John E., 1953-
- Title
- Framing the Jina : narratives of icons and idols in Jain history / John E. Cort.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 10-618