Singing to the Jinas. Jain Laywomen, Mandal Singing, and the Negotiations of Jain Devotion

by M. Whitney Kelting

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New York. Oxford University Press. 2001. xvi + 268pp, notes, bibliography, glossary, index, dustjacket. "The Jain community relies on lay women's participation for religious education, the performance of key rituals, and the locus of religious knowledge. In this fieldwork-based study, Whitney Kelting attempts to reconcile these women's understanding of Jainism..... More

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