From possession to freedom
Subtitle: the journey of Nīli-Nīlakeci
By: R. Umamaheshwari
Series: Zubaan academic; Zubaan academic
Publisher: Zubaan
Published: 2018
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9789385932281
Subjects: Tamil Jaina poetry; History and criticism; Jaina philosophy; Nīlakēci; Kuṇṭalakēci
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-212).

Also available as an e-book.

Includes text in Tamil (roman) with translation in English.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introducing... Jaina literature in Tamil ; A character from the fringes and spaces in-between; title: 2. Being, or the pain of possessing : Nīli, the Pēy stories. Scenario 1 : Villuppāṭṭu version of the Nīli story (genre and the background) ; Scenario 2 : Nīli Nāṭakam; title: 3. Becoming, or freedom and redemption : Nīlakeci the philosopher. Nīlakeci meets Kuṇṭalakeci (kuṇṭalakecivātaccarukkam) ; Meeting the Buddha at Kapilapura (puttavātaccarukkam) ; Nīlakeci on caste, authorship, God : takes on Putikan of the Vedic School (vetavātaccarukkam) ; An encounter with materilaism : Nīlakeci meets Picacakan (pūtavātaccarukkam); title: 4. Nīli-Nīlakeci : text and alter-text.