Vallely, Anne,  1966- <br/><br/>
Guardians of the transcendent  an ethnography of a Jain ascetic community /  [electronic resource] : 
Anne Vallely. 
 - Toronto ;  Buffalo :  University of Toronto Press,  c2002. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 296 p.) :  ill. 
 - Anthropological horizons ;  22 .
 - Anthropological horizons ;  22. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-291) and index. 
<br/><br/>Pt. 1. The ethics of renunciation -- Introduction -- Ethics and the ascetic ideal -- Pt. 2. The rituals of separation -- Creation through negation : the rite of Bhiksha -- The making of an ascetic : the construction of difference -- Death, demons, and desire -- Pt. 3. Being of the world -- The worldly life of renunciants -- Devotion and divinity -- Conclusion : ascetic women : the link in the Laukik and Lokottar -- Appendices. The fourteen Gunasthanas (stages of spiritual development) ; Rules and regulations in the ascetic life ; Examples of Sarala's poems (abridged) ; The ascetic ideal ; Examples of the Nivrtti-Marg : Jainism's public face ; The daily routine of the Sadhvis. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442675544 (electronic bk.) 1442675543 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Terehpanth (Jaina sect)<br/>Jaina women--India--Ladnun.<br/>Asceticism--Jainism.<br/>Ascetics--India--Ladnun.<br/>Ethnology--India--Ladnun.<br/>Terâpanthî (Secte jaïna)<br/>Ascètes--Inde--Ladnun.<br/>Ascétisme--Jaïnisme.<br/>Ethnologie--Aspect religieux--Jaïnisme.<br/>Frau.<br/>Jainismus.<br/>Askese.<br/>Askese--Frau--Jainismus--Indien--Rajasthan.<br/>Terapanth--Indien--Rajasthan.<br/>RELIGION / Jainism
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Rajasthan--Terapanth.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL1380.T4  / V34 2002eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.4/9