Open boundaries
Subtitle: Jain communities and culture in Indian history
By: edited by John E. Cort.
Contributors: Cort, John E., 1953-
Series: SUNY series in Hindu studies
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Jainism -- History.; India -- Civilization -- Jaina influences.
Other titles: Jain communities and culture in Indian history
Description: Open Boundaries provides a new perspective on Jainism, one of the oldest yet least-studied of the world's living religions. Ten closely-focused studies investigate the interactions between Jains and non-Jains in South Asian society, with detailed studies of yoga, tantra, aesthetic theory, erotic poetry, theories of kingship, goddess worship, temple ritual, polemical poetry, religious women, and historiography.

Viewing the Jains within a South Asian context results in a strikingly different portrait from the standard models represented in both traditional Western and Indian scholarship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-255) and index.