Brill's Encyclopedia of Jainism Online

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Brill’s Encyclopedia of Jainism Online makes available up-to-date research on main aspects of the Jain traditions in original essays written by some of the world’s foremost scholars on Jainism. The encyclopedia is thematic and seeks to present a balanced and impartial view of Jainism with a focus on both historical and contemporary traditions and institutions. The articles address topics such as the human condition, pantheons, historical perspectives, regional cultures, renunciation, lay society, ritual, devotion, visual and material culture, time and space, literature, and philosophy and logic.

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Gender and Women in Jainism

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Autor(en): Sethi, Manisha
Jain elders have envisaged society as a fourfold division ( caturvidhasaṅgha), comprising (1) female ascetics or mendicants and (2) female lay followers ( sādhvīs and śrāvikās, respectively), alongside (3) male ascetics or mendicants and (4) male householders ( sādhus [or munis] and śrāvakas, respectively). This foundational ideal then opens up two paths for Jain women: nunhood and wifehood.Sources such as the Kalpa Sūtra (an early Prakrit text considered canonical by the Śvetāmbara Mūrtipūjakas (“Icon Worshippers”), which contains a biography of Mahāvīra)…
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Datum: 2020-04-07

General Abbreviations

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app. appendix approx. approximately b. born BCE before the Common Era bot. botanical c. circa CE Common Era cent./cents. century/centuries ch./chs. chapter/chapters cit. cited by comm. commentary comp. compiler, compiled by crit. ed. critical edition D. Digambara d. died diss. dissertation ed./eds. editors, edited by/editors ET English translation et al. and others f./ff. following page/following pages fem. feminine fig. figure fl. floruit Guj. Gujarati Hind. Hindi illus. illustrator, illustrated by incl. including Kan. Kannada km kilometer l line(s) lit. literally m meter ms…
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Datum: 2020-04-07