Preferred Citation: Babb, Lawrence A. Absent Lord: Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1996 1996. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft8v19p2qd/


 

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Sacci devi , 147

Saciya Mata (Sacciya Mata, Saciya Devi), 140 , 142 , 145 -50, 159 -60, 165 ;

defined, 221 ;

Durga and, 157 ;

temple, 149 , 152 , 212 n. 23

Sacred images, 28 -80, 64 , 97 -98;

annointing of, 208 n. 61;

bathing of, 32 , 75 , 85 -86, 91 , 96 -98, 129 ;

consecrations of, 117 , 121 , 123 , 140 , 152 , 154 ;

of Dadagurus, 133 ;

in Jain temples, 66 , 68 ;

of lineage goddesses, 144 ;

of Tirthankars, 66 -69, 78 , 80 , 98 , 127 , 152 ;

vasksep powder and, 61

Sacrifice, 81 , 87 , 154 , 159 -60, 214 -15n. 13;

dan and, 187 ;

Vedic, 81 , 187 . See also Animal sacrifices

Sadharan , 45 , 201 n. 38

Sadhu, King, 142

Sadhus , 6 , 22 , 52 -54, 59 , 115 , 199 n. 2;

defined, 221 . See also Monks

Sadhvis , 6 , 52 -53, 199 n. 2;

defined, 221 . See also Nuns

Saffron, 75 , 86 , 133 , 149

Sagar (sagaropam) , 41 , 50

Sagar, King, 149 , 163 , 165

Saivas, 118 -19, 123 , 125 , 181 -84, 189 , 193 , 213 n. 44;

defined, 221

Saiva Siddhanta, 181 -84;

defined, 221

Sajjansri, 55 , 102

Sakra-stava , 73

Sakta, 123 , 125

Sakti , 156

Salim, 124

Sallekhana , 2 , 60

Samantabhadra, 213 n. 44

Samarpana , 189

Samayik , 24 , 83 ;

defined, 221 . See also Meditation

Samaysundarji, 123

Sammurchim , 45 -46

Samsar (samsara ), 48 -49, 90 , 104 , 172 ;

defined, 221

Samsara , 201 n. 43

Samsari , 44

Samsar sagar , 123

Samsar yatra , 49

Samudays , 54 -55, 105 , 107 ;

defined, 221

Samvasaran , 34 , 66 , 71 ;

defined, 221

Samvatsari , 108

Sandalwood paste, 30 , 32 , 72 , 85 -86, 91 , 127 -28

Sander Gacch, 212 n. 40

Sandva, 150

Sangave, Vilas A., 198 n. 12

Sangh (sangha ), 76 , 116 , 122 , 141 , 185 ;

defined, 221 . See also Pilgrimage: parties

Sani, 188 Sankat , 109

Sankat mocan , 208 n. 60

Santa bhav , 214 n. 4

Santhara , 60

Santi kalas , 64

Santinath, 72 , 199 n. 9

Santisuri, 39 , 200 nn. 21, 22, 201 nn. 39, 40, 203 n. 13

Santi Vijay, 102 , 205 n. 1

Sant Rav, 148

Saravgis, 4

Sarvadevgani, 116

Sastrarth , 121 , 124

Sastras , 115

Sasvat niyam , 48

Sathiya See Svastiks

Sati, 143 , 145 , 150 , 211 n. 24, 212 n. 33

Satimata, 145 -46

Satrunjaya, 123 , 167 , 208 n. 53;

defined, 221

Satya , 57

Saubhagya Devi, 143

Saudharma Devlok, 119

Saudharma Munipati, 129

Saurashtra, 166


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Schechner, Richard, 12 -14

Self-starvation, 2 , 60

Seneviratne, H. L., 185 -86

Seva , 178

Sexual relations: of deities, 47

Sharma, J. P., 199 n. 17

Siddh (siddha ), 8 , 22 , 182 ;

defined, 221

Siddhasena, 207 n. 35, 213 n. 44

Siddhcakra , 30 , 57 , 71 , 75 ;

defined, 221

Siddhis , 107 . See also Magical powers

Siddh sila , 8 , 38

Simandar Svami, 119 , 200 n. 34

Sin, 50 -51, 78 , 87 , 187 , 190 , 215 n. 19;

eating and, 58 . See also Pap

Sindh, 123

Singer, Milton, 12

Singh, Bhagvan, 150 , 212 n. 27

Singh, Munshi Hardyal, 139

Singhi, N. K., 198 n. 12

Siva, 118 , 141 , 150 , 152 , 167 , 182 -84, 193 , 213 n. 44

Smith, Brian K., 81

Smith, Frederick M., 81

Smith, Vincent A., 208 n. 53

Snakebite, 142 -43, 150 -51, 154 ;

in Khartar Gacch legends, 162

Snakes, 166 , 178

Snatra puja , 65 , 69 -76, 81 , 86 , 98 , 129 , 153 , 172 , 199 n. 13, 209 n. 64;

defined, 221

Social identity: of Jains, 2 -3, 11 , 169 , 171 -72;

of worshiper, 15 -16, 176

Social order, 44 , 52 , 135 , 140

Sociocultural identity, 214 n. 8;

of lay Jains, 170

Solankis, 148

Somcandra, 166 . See also Jindattsuri

Somesvara, 213 n. 44

Songs, 28 , 34 , 58 , 65 , 109 ;

in Dadagurus' worship, 127 -29;

in snatra puja , 69 , 71 -72

Soteriology, 8 , 10 , 16 , 43 -44, 64 , 86 , 91 , 103 , 130 -31, 137 , 174 , 181 , 189 , 195

Soul, 7 -8, 45 , 49 -51, 81 , 91 ;

eating and, 58 ;

unliberated, 172

South Asia: religious traditions, 7 , 14 , 21 , 61 , 71 , 86 , 123 , 158 , 176 , 194 , 201 n. 48, 208 n. 57;

ritual cultures, 176 -77, 182 , 190

Spirit, 18 , 60 , 84 . See also Bhav

Spiritual succession. See Disciplic succession

Sravak dharm , 106 , 164

Sravaks , 6 , 163 , 166 , 197 n. 1;

defined, 221

Sravikas , 6 ;

defined, 221

Sri, 33

Sri Lanka, 186

Srimal (city), 139 , 141

Srimal, Rijendra K., 139

Srimals, 4 , 17 , 111 , 122 , 139 , 141 , 151 , 169 , 209 n. 65;

defined, 221

Sripalcandraji, 210 n. 6

Sriphal , 32 . See also Coconuts

Srut , 33

Stevenson, Mrs. Sinclair, 214 n. 10

Sthanakvasi, 4 , 56 , 60 , 126 , 198 n. 11;

ascetics, 53 ;

defined, 221 ;

vasksep and, 61

Sthansagar, 105 , 109

Sthapanacarya , 57

Sthapna , 71 , 129 , 131 ;

defined, 221

Sthavar , 44 -45

Stotra , 164

Subh , 78 . See also Auspiciousness

Subh (Subhdatt), 34

Suddh , 78

Suddhadvaita , 181

Sudharma, 54 , 109 , 129

Sudra, 183

Suhar, 141 -42

Sukbama , 42

Sukhsagar (Sukhsagarji), 55 , 105 , 107

Suksam , 45 , 201 n. 38

Supernatural beings: conversion and, 165 -67

Suracarya, 114

Suryakumar, 120 . See also Jincandrasuri "Manidhari"

Suryamall, Yati, 119

Svarga loka , 81

Svarnbahu, 31

Svarnsiddhi , 166

Svastiks , 30 , 32 , 64 , 71 , 73 , 88 -90, 144 ;

defined, 221

Svayamprabhsuri, 139 , 141 -42

Svetambars, 4 , 17 -19, 61 , 103 , 137 , 199 n. 19;

ascetics, 53 -63;

Dadagurus and, 126 ;

defined, 221 ;

disciplic succession, 109 ;

Jaipur, 65 ;

Paus Dasmi and, 26 ;

Rajputs and, 139 ;

rituals, 10 , 25 , 27 , 30 , 65 ;

self-starvation, 60 ;

temples, 65 -69, 88 ;

vasksep powder and, 61

Sweepers, 215 n. 16

Sweets, 95 ;

in rituals of worship, 32 , 89 , 128 , 132 , 147 , 150 , 154 -55


 

Preferred Citation: Babb, Lawrence A. Absent Lord: Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1996 1996. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft8v19p2qd/