[PDF.21xj] Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History

Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History

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 | #2752248 in Books |  2010-01-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.40 x1.20 x9.30l,1.55 | File type: PDF | 416 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Framing Jain History|By Steven Vose|Cort argues that the presence of icons within any religious tradition is never "natural" but imbued with deep ambivalence or anxiety. He begins by showing that images of the Jina, the central founders of the Jain tradition, appear as far back as ca. 100 BCE, which means that the question of how various Jain traditions regard the worship of im| ||"This is an invaluable addition to our knowledge of the origins and reception of image worship in India and the debates that it sparked. Too often Jain speculation on major issues is ignored and this meticulously researched book fills an important gap in scho

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. Most of these narratives portray icons favorably, and so justify their existence; but there are also narratives originating among iconoclastic Jain communities that see the existence of temple icons as a sign of decay and corruption. The...

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