Research Catalog

Title

Pursuing death : philosophy and practice of voluntary termination of life / S. Settar.

Author

Settar, S.

Publication

Delhi : Primus Books, 2017.

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Details

Description

xviii, 308 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Pursuing Death widens the canvas of enquiry on the Jaina practices of voluntary termination of life, identified with terms such as Santara, Sallekhana, Samadhi, Sanyasana, Aradhana, Bhaktapratyakhyana, Panchapada, Prayopagamana, Ingini, etc. This volume undertakes an in-depth study of both the philosophy and the practice of death, as revealed in a wide variety of texts written in Prakrit, Sanskrit, Kannada as well as a vast body of historical records, dated between the third century BCE and nineteenth century CE"--

Subject

• Suicide > Religious aspects > Jainism
• Death > Religious aspects > Jainism
• Spiritual life > Jainism
• Sallekhanā
• Jainism > Doctrines
• Sallekhanā

Note

• "First published 1990"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available as an e-book.

Contents

Introduction : liberation of self -- Bhaktapratyakhyana : fast unto death: preliminary preparations -- Bhaktapratyakhyana : fast unto death : final course -- Ingini : death after realizing the nature of the soul -- Prayopagamana : death by denying self-help -- Samadhi : meditation unto death -- Pancapada : chanting thehymns of salvation -- Sallekhana : scratching out body to save soul -- Aradhana : death after attaining wisdom: meaning, variety, purpose -- Sanyasana : death after shedding external and internal bondages -- Nisidhi : meaning and significance.

ISBN

• 9789380607436
• 9380607431
• 9789384092559
• 938409255X
• 9789384092566 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2017325494

OCLC

• ocn988599678
• 988599678
• SCSB-9294029

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library