an ethnography of a Jain ascetic community Vallely, Anne 1966- creator text bibliography Electronic books. onc Toronto Buffalo University of Toronto Press c2002 2002 monographic eng

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1 online resource (x, 296 p.) : ill. 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. Anne Vallely. Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-291) and index. a-ii--- Terehpanth (Jaina sect) Jaina women India Ladnun Asceticism Jainism Ascetics India Ladnun Ethnology India Ladnun Terâpanthî (Secte jaïna) Ascètes Inde Ladnun Ascétisme Jaïnisme Ethnologie Aspect religieux Jaïnisme Frau Jainismus Askese Askese Frau Jainismus Indien Rajasthan Terapanth Indien Rajasthan Rajasthan Terapanth RELIGION / Jainism BL1380.T4 V34 2002eb 294.4/9 Vallely, Anne, 1966- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2002 (DLC) 2003615697 (OCoLC)48892271 9781442675544 (electronic bk.) 1442675543 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=468173 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=468173 N$T 120904 20200709055550.0 ocn809041500