Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives Moral Vision and Literary Innovation
Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives: Moral Vision and Literary Innovation traces how and why Jain authors at different points in history rewrote the story of Rāma and situates these texts within larger frameworks of South Asian religious history and literature. The book argues that the plot, characters, and th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Routledge
2022
Taylor and Francis No Funder Information Available Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies |
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| ISBN: | 9780367762919, 9780367765736, 0367762919, 036776573X, 1000584119, 1003167608, 9781003167600, 9781000584110 |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- List of Maps and Figures -- 1 Introduction: Jains in Rāmāyaṇa Studies and Rāmāyaṇas in Jain Studies -- Part I -- 2 Grief, Peace, and Moral Personhood in Raviṣeṇa's Padmapurāṇa -- Part II -- 3 Creating Clarity: Jinadāsa Rewrites Raviṣeṇa -- 4 Recognizing Enemies, Internal and External: Exemplarity and the Moral Vision of Jinadāsa's Padmapurāṇa -- Part III -- 5 From Padma to Rām: Language and Performance in Jinadāsa's Rām Rās -- 6 Performance, Audience, and Quotidian Ethics in the Rām Rās -- 7 Concluding Thoughts -- Appendix -- Index