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Jain warrior saints find liberation through disciplined pursuit of death.
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Jain Tales of Moksha
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608 pages
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Summary
A tenth-century Jain guide to ethics, self-discipline, and the quest for meaning at life’s end.
Vaḍḍārādhane (literally, the veneration of ritual death), the first extant prose work in Kannada, is a tenth-century collection of Jain stories about nineteen warrior saints who embrace death in pursuit of moksha, or spiritual liberation. Each tale in this book of living and dying follows the renunciate’s transformation from an ordinary person enmeshed in worldly d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674292512 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674292510 |
| Author: | Shivakotyacharya, Visiting Professor Vanamala Viswanatha |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 20 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 688g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Murty Classical Library of India |
About The Author
Shivakotyacharya
Vanamala Viswanatha is a literary scholar and translator of The Life of Harishchandra.
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