Guardians of the transcendent: an ethnography of a Jain ascetic community
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Anthropological horizons volume 22
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University of Toronto Press
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©2002
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English
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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 embodiments of the lokottar - the realm of the transcendent. Based on thirteen months of fieldwork in the town of Ladnun, Rajasthan, India, among a community of Terapanthi Svetambar Jains, this book explores the many facets of what constitutes a moral life within the Terapanthi ascetic community, and examines the central role ascetics play in upholding the Jain moral order. Focussing on the Terapanthi moral universe from the perspective of female renouncers, Vallely considers how Terapanthi Jain women create their own ascetic subjectivities, and how they construct and understand themselves as symbols of renunciation. The first in-depth ethnographic study of this important and influential Jain tradition, this work makes a significant contribution to Jain studies, comparative religion, Indian studies, and the anthropology of South Asian religion.
Subjects
Subjects
Anthropology
Asce?tes
Asce?tes -- Inde -- Ladnun
Asce?tisme
Asce?tisme -- Jai?nisme
Asceticism
Asceticism -- Jainism
Ascetics
Ascetics -- India -- Ladnun
Ascètes
Ascètes -- Inde -- Lādnūn
Ascétisme
Ascétisme -- Jaïnisme
Askese
Askese -- Frau -- Jainismus -- Indien -- Rajasthan
Aspect religieux
Cultural
Electronic books
Ethnologie
Ethnologie -- Aspect religieux -- Jai?nisme
Ethnologie -- Aspect religieux -- Jaïnisme
Ethnologie -- Inde -- Lādnūn
Ethnology
Ethnology -- India -- Ladnun
Ethnology -- Religious aspects -- Jainism
Femmes jaïna
Femmes jaïna -- Inde -- Lādnūn
Frau
India -- Ladnun
Jai?nisme
Jaina women
Jaina women -- India -- Ladnun
Jainism
Jainismus
Jaïnisme
Rajasthan -- Terapanth
RELIGION
RELIGION -- Jainism
Religious aspects
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
Tera?panthi? (Secte jai?na)
Terapanth
Terapanth -- Indien -- Rajasthan
Terâpanthî (Secte jaïna)
Terehpanth (Jaina sect)
Asce?tes
Asce?tes -- Inde -- Ladnun
Asce?tisme
Asce?tisme -- Jai?nisme
Asceticism
Asceticism -- Jainism
Ascetics
Ascetics -- India -- Ladnun
Ascètes
Ascètes -- Inde -- Lādnūn
Ascétisme
Ascétisme -- Jaïnisme
Askese
Askese -- Frau -- Jainismus -- Indien -- Rajasthan
Aspect religieux
Cultural
Electronic books
Ethnologie
Ethnologie -- Aspect religieux -- Jai?nisme
Ethnologie -- Aspect religieux -- Jaïnisme
Ethnologie -- Inde -- Lādnūn
Ethnology
Ethnology -- India -- Ladnun
Ethnology -- Religious aspects -- Jainism
Femmes jaïna
Femmes jaïna -- Inde -- Lādnūn
Frau
India -- Ladnun
Jai?nisme
Jaina women
Jaina women -- India -- Ladnun
Jainism
Jainismus
Jaïnisme
Rajasthan -- Terapanth
RELIGION
RELIGION -- Jainism
Religious aspects
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
Tera?panthi? (Secte jai?na)
Terapanth
Terapanth -- Indien -- Rajasthan
Terâpanthî (Secte jaïna)
Terehpanth (Jaina sect)
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Terehpanth (Jaina sect)
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Asceticism -- Jainism
Ascetics
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Ascètes -- Inde -- Lādnūn
Ascétisme -- Jaïnisme
Askese
Askese -- Frau -- Jainismus -- Indien -- Rajasthan
Electronic books
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Ethnologie -- Aspect religieux -- Jaïnisme
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Ethnology -- India -- Ladnun
Ethnology -- Religious aspects -- Jainism
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Frau
India -- Ladnun
Jaina women
Jaina women -- India -- Ladnun
Jainismus
RELIGION -- Jainism
Rajasthan -- Terapanth
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
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Terâpanthî (Secte jaïna)
Terehpanth (Jaina sect)
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Jaina women
Jainism
Jainismus
Jaïnisme
RELIGION
Religious aspects
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Terâpanthî (Secte jaïna)
Terehpanth (Jaina sect)
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Asce?tisme
Asceticism
Ascetics
Ascètes
Ascétisme
Askese
Aspect religieux
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Ethnologie
Ethnology
Femmes jaïna
Frau
Jai?nisme
Jaina women
Jainism
Jainismus
Jaïnisme
RELIGION
Religious aspects
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Tera?panthi? (Secte jai?na)
Terapanth
Terâpanthî (Secte jaïna)
Terehpanth (Jaina sect)
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