Guardians of the transcendent : an ethnography of a Jain ascetic community /
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 em...
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Toronto ; Buffalo :
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©2002
Toronto : [2020] |
| Series: | Anthropological horizons ;
22 Anthropological horizons |
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