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Absent lord : ascetics and kings in a Jain ritual culture

Title
Absent lord : ascetics and kings in a Jain ritual culture / Lawrence A. Babb.
Author
Babb, Lawrence A.
Publication
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1996.

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Description
xi, 244 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Comparative studies in religion and society ; 8
Uniform Title
Comparative studies in religion and society ; 8.
Subject
  • Jainism > Rituals
  • Religious life > Jainism
  • Jainismus
  • Ritual
  • Religiöses Leben
  • Ritus
  • Jainisme
  • Riten
  • Jaïnisme > Rituel
  • Ritus
  • Jainismus
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-230) and index.
Contents
1. Victors. The Lord's Last Life. The Cosmos. Living Ascetics -- 2. Kings of the Gods. The Lord's Bath. Reflexivity -- 3. Magical Monks: A Ritual Subculture. Ascetic Career as Ritual Charter. Dadagurudevs. A Ritual Subculture -- 4. Valor: The Transformation of Warrior-Kings. Kings Who Give Up Meat. Khartar Gacch Legends. Warrior-Kings Transformed -- 5. Giving and Giving Up. Variations. Hot Potatoes.
ISBN
  • 0520203232
  • 9780520203235
  • 0520203240
  • 9780520203242
LCCN
95035643
OCLC
  • ocm32891154
  • 32891154
  • SCSB-2092275
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library