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Scripture and community : collected essays on the Jains

Title
Scripture and community : collected essays on the Jains / by Kendall W. Folkert ; edited by John E. Cort.
Author
Folkert, Kendall W., 1942-1985
Publication
  • Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, [1993]
  • ©1993

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Additional Authors
Cort, John E., 1953-
Description
xxvii, 451 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in world religions ; no. 6
Uniform Title
Studies in world religions ; no. 6.
Alternative Title
Scripture & community.
Subject
  • Folkert, Kendall W., 1942-1985
  • Jainism
  • 11.94 religions of India: other
  • Jainism
  • Jainisme
  • Jains
Note
  • Spine title: Scripture & community.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-432) and indexes.
Contents
Foreword / William A. Graham -- Introduction: Kendall Folkert and the Study of the Jains / John E. Cort -- Published Works of Kendall W. Folkert -- Pt. I. Scripture, Community, and the History of Jain Studies -- 1. Introduction to Jainism -- 2. Jain Studies -- 3. Scripture as a Phenomenological Category -- 4. Scripture and Continuity in the Jain Tradition -- 5. The 'Canons' of 'Scripture': Text, Ritual, and Symbol -- 6. The Jain Scriptures and the History of Jainism -- 7. Jain Religious Life at Ancient Mathura: The Heritage of Late-Victorian Interpretation -- 8. 'Faith' and 'System': Darsana in the Jain Tradition -- 9. Samosarana: The Jina at the Center -- 10. The Gaccha and Jain History -- 11. The Jain Sadhu as Community Builder -- 12. Monastic Ideals and the Lay Community in Religion -- 13. Notes on Paryusan in Sami and Ved -- Pt. II. A Jain Approach to Non-Jains: The 363-Account -- 14. The Problem of Attitudes -- 15. The 363-Account: Key Elements -- 16. The 363-Account: The Four Main Headings -- 17. The 363-Account: The Structure of the Whole -- 18. The 363-Account: Texts -- Pt. III. Four Jain Philosophical Compendia -- 19. Introduction to the Compendia -- 20. Sarvasiddhantapravesaka -- 21. Rajasekhara, Saddarsanasamuccaya -- 22. Merutunga, Saddarsananirnaya -- 23. Jinadatta, Vivekavilasa 238-302.
ISBN
  • 1555408583
  • 9781555408589
LCCN
93015811
OCLC
  • ocm28025638
  • 28025638
  • SCSB-2010466
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library