History, Scripture and Controversy in a Medieval Jain Sect

By Paul Dundas

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415502152
• ISBN13: 9780415502153
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"