Title: Gender and salvation: Jaina debates on the spiritual liberation of women
Author: Jaini, Padmanabh S
Published: University of California Press, 1991
Subjects: Religion |
Buddhism |
South Asia |
Women's StudiesPublisher's Description: Is a total renunciation of clothing a prerequisite to attaining salvation? In Gender and Salvation , P. S. Jaini brings to light heretofore untranslated texts centering on a centuries-old debate between the two principal Jaina sects, the Digambaras and the Svetambaras. At the core of the debate is t . . .
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