Title: Framing the Jina
Subtitle: narratives of icons and idols in Jain history
First published: 2009
Description: John Cort explores the narratives by which the Jains have explained the presence of icons of jinas (their enlightened and liberated teachers) that are worshiped and venerated in the hundreds of thousands of Jain temples throughout India.
Subjects: Jaina symbolism, Jaina sculpture, History, Bilderverehrung, Plastik, Kultbild, Ikone, Jainismus, Jainism, Sculpture
LC classification: BL1375.S97 C76 2009