TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vallely,Anne
TI  - Guardians of the transcendent: an ethnography of a Jain ascetic community 
T2  - Anthropological horizons
SN  - 9781442675544 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BL1380.T4 V34 2002eb
U1  - 294.4/9 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Toronto, Buffalo
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Terehpanth (Jaina sect)
KW  - Jaina women
KW  - India
KW  - Ladnun
KW  - Asceticism
KW  - Jainism
KW  - Ascetics
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Terâpanthî (Secte jaïna)
KW  - Ascètes
KW  - Inde
KW  - Ascétisme
KW  - Jaïnisme
KW  - Ethnologie
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Frau
KW  - swd
KW  - Jainismus
KW  - Askese
KW  - Indien
KW  - Rajasthan
KW  - idszbz
KW  - Terapanth
KW  - RELIGION / Jainism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-291) and index; 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
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