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1. History, Scripture and Controversy in a Medieval Jain Sect

   By Paul Dundas

   Series: Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies

   Examining the history and intellectual activity of the medieval Svetambara Jain renunciant order, the Tapa Gaccha, this book focuses on the consolidation by the Tapa Gaccha from the thirteenth century of its identity as the leading Svetambara order. The author argues that this was variously...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Jains

   2nd Edition

   By Paul Dundas

   Series: The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices

   The Indian religion of Jainism, whose central tenet involves non-violence to all creatures, is one of the world's oldest and least-understood faiths. Dundas looks at Jainism in its social and doctrinal context, explaining its history, sects, scriptures and ritual, and describing how the Jains have,...

   Published July 3rd 2002 by Routledge
3. The Jains

   By Paul Dundas

   Series: The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices

   The Indian religion of Jainism, whose central tenet involves non-violence to all creatures, is one of the world's oldest and least-understood faiths. Dundas looks at Jainism in its social and doctrinal context, explaining its history, sects, scriptures and ritual, and describing how the Jains have,...

   Published July 3rd 2002 by Routledge