The Lives of the Jain Elders (Oxford World's Classics)
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Book Details
Author(s)Hemacandra
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN / ASIN0192832271
ISBN-139780192832276
Sales Rank2,016,398
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The Lives of the Jain Elders is the standard synthesis of source material for the early history of Jainism by the great twelfth-century Jain scholar-monk, Hemacandra, also a key figure in the wider context of Sanskrit literature. Abounding in memorable characters, and providing a rich compendium of Indian folk-tale, The Lives of the Jain Elders offers fascinating insight into the social life of medieval India. This new translation makes the complete work available for the first time in a European language and is complemented by a full introduction illuminating Jain belief and history.
