The Jains (The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices) - Softcover

Dundas, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415266068 ISBN 13: 9780415266062

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

The Indian religion of Jainism, whose central tenet involves non-violence to all creatures, is one of the world's oldest and least-understood faiths. Dundas looks at Jainism in its social and doctrinal context, explaining its history, sects, scriptures and ritual, and describing how the Jains have, over 2500 years, defined themselves as a unique religious community. This revised and expanded edition takes account of new research into Jainism.

About this title

Synopsis:

The Indian religion of Jainism, whose central tenet involves non-violence to all creatures, is one of the world's oldest and at the same time least-understood faiths. Paul Dundas looks at Jainism in its social and doctrinal context, discusses its history, sects, scriptures and ritual, and describes how the Jains have, over two and a half thousand years, defined themselves as a unique religious community. This revised and expanded edition takes account of new research into Jainism as carried out over the last ten The Indian religion of Jainism, is one of the world's oldest and least-understood faiths. This revised and expanded edition takes account of new research into Jainism.

About the Author:

Paul Dundas is senior lecturer in Sanskrit in the School of Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, specialising in middle Indo-Aryan philology and the Jain religion. He is the author of The Sattasai and its Commentators

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0415266068
• ISBN 13: 9780415266062
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 368