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Singing to the Jinas : Jain laywomen, Maṇḍaḷ singing, and the negotiations of Jain devotion

Title
Singing to the Jinas : Jain laywomen, Maṇḍaḷ singing, and the negotiations of Jain devotion / M. Whitney Kelting.
Author
Kelting, Mary Whitney.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

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Description
xx, 268 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Women in Jainism
  • Jainism > Rituals
  • 11.94 religions of India: other
  • Jainism > Rituals
  • Women in Jainism
  • Jainismus
  • Frau
  • Jainisme
  • Vrouwen
  • Riten
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-254) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Hearing and Listening to the Voices of the Sravika -- Ch. 2. Idealized Women -- Ch. 3. Religious Knowledge and Stavan Collecting -- Ch. 4. The Shapes and Categories of Stavan -- Ch. 5. Daily Worship, Improvisation, and Individual Devotion -- Ch. 6. Formal Pujas and Stavan Repertoires -- Ch. 7. Expertise, Prestige, and Authority -- Ch. 8. Laywomen's Authority and Jain Theology.
ISBN
  • 0195140117
  • 9780195140118
LCCN
00036728
OCLC
  • ocm44076112
  • 44076112
  • SCSB-1230057
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library