Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives : : Moral Vision and Literary Innovation /

Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives : : Moral Vision and Literary Innovation / / Gregory M. Clines.

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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, an...

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Superior document:Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies
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Clines, Gregory M.,
Place / Publishing House:[Place of publication not identified] : : Taylor & Francis,, 2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies.
Physical Description:1 online resource(180 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration List of Maps and Figures
  • 1 Introduction: Jains in Ramayana Studies and Ramayanas in Jain Studies PART I
  • 2 Grief, Peace, and Moral Personhood in Ravisena's Padmapurana PART II
  • 3 Creating Clarity: Jinadasa Rewrites Ravisena
  • 4 Recognizing Enemies, Internal and External: Exemplarity and the Moral Vision of Jinadasa's Padmapurana PART III
  • 5 From Padma to Ram: Language and Performance in Jinadasa's Ram Ras
  • 6 Performance, Audience, and Quotidian Ethics in the Ram Ras
  • 7 Concluding Thoughts
  • Appendix
  • Index.

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