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Jain warrior saints embrace ritual death for spiritual liberation.
Jain Tales of Moksha
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608 pages
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30 January 2027
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Summary
A tenth-century Jain guide to ethics, self-discipline, and the quest for meaning at life’s end.
Vaḍḍārādhane (literally, the veneration of ritual death), the first extant prose work in Kannada, is a tenth-century collection of Jain stories about nineteen warrior saints who embrace death in pursuit of moksha, or spiritual liberation. Each tale in this book of living and dying follows the renunciate’s transformation from an ordinary person enmeshed in worldly d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674292512 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674292510 |
| Author: | Shivakotyacharya, Vanamala Viswanatha |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2027 |
| Weight: | 688g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 133mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Murty Classical Library of India |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
133 × 203 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
Shivakotyacharya
Vanamala Viswanatha is a literary scholar and translator of The Life of Harishchandra.
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