Guardians of the Transcendent : : An Ethnography of a Jain Ascetic Community / / Anne Vallely.
Itinerant white-robed ascetics represent the highest ethical ideal among the Jains of rural Rajasthan. They renounce family, belongings, and desires in order to lead lives of complete non-violence. In their communities, Jain ascetics play key roles as teachers and exemplars of the truth; they are em...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anthropological Horizons
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
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