Absent Lord: Ascetics And Kings In A Jain Ritual Culture
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Originally published | 1996 |
Authors | Lawrence A Babb |
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About Absent Lord: Ascetics And Kings In A Jain Ritual Culture
Jainism is aside from Buddhism, the only surviving example of India`s ancient non-Vedic religious traditions celebrated for its systematic practice of non-violence and for the rigor of the asceticism it promotes. It sheds light on a little known religious tradition and demonstrates that divine absence.