| Acknowledgements |
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| Preface to the second edition |
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| A note on transliteration and pronunciation |
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| Introduction |
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The question of Jain identity |
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3 | (4) |
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Western views of the Jains |
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7 | (5) |
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12 | (33) |
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13 | (3) |
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Going forth: the institution of world renunciation |
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16 | (1) |
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The `Sayings of the Seers' |
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17 | (2) |
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The fordmakers and the ford |
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19 | (3) |
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The sources for Mahavira's biography |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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The transfer of the embryo |
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26 | (1) |
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26 | (2) |
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Mahavira's relationship with Makkhali Gosala |
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28 | (2) |
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Mahavira's relationship with Parsva |
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30 | (3) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (2) |
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The conversion of the ganadharas |
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37 | (2) |
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The expansion of the fordmaker lineage |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (4) |
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The Digambaras and the Svetambaras |
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45 | (15) |
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46 | (3) |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (4) |
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Can women attain deliverance? |
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55 | (5) |
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60 | (26) |
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Scripture as sacred object: the manuscripts at Mudbidri |
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63 | (2) |
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Scripture as spectacle: the recitation of the Kalpasutra |
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65 | (2) |
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Lost scriptures: the Purvas |
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67 | (2) |
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Ardhamagadhi as scriptural language |
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69 | (1) |
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Svetambara traditions about scriptural transmission |
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70 | (3) |
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The forty-five text Svetambara canon |
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73 | (3) |
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Enumeration of the Svetambara scriptures |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (2) |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (3) |
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86 | (26) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (3) |
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93 | (4) |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (1) |
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Kundakunda and the Digambara mystical tradition |
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107 | (3) |
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110 | (2) |
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History: from early times to the late medieval period |
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112 | (38) |
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113 | (2) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (2) |
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Jain kingship in Karnataka |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (2) |
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Mixed fortunes in the south |
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125 | (4) |
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129 | (7) |
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The temple-dwelling monks |
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136 | (2) |
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The emergence of Svetambara gacchas |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (3) |
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Relations with the Muslims |
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145 | (2) |
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Svetambara caste conversion |
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147 | (3) |
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150 | (37) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (2) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (3) |
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The nature of non-violence |
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160 | (3) |
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163 | (3) |
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166 | (3) |
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Ascetic ritual: the Obligatory Actions |
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169 | (4) |
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Interaction with the laity |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (2) |
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176 | (1) |
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Rules about Svetambara ascetic behaviour |
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177 | (2) |
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Sallekhana: the religious death |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (6) |
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187 | (40) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (3) |
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192 | (3) |
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195 | (3) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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200 | (4) |
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204 | (3) |
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The puja of eight substances |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (3) |
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212 | (2) |
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214 | (4) |
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Pilgrimage and holy places |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (3) |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (4) |
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Jain relativism and attitudes towards Hinduism and Buddhism |
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227 | (18) |
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The doctrine of manypointedness |
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229 | (4) |
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233 | (7) |
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The Jains and the Buddhists |
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240 | (5) |
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245 | (32) |
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246 | (5) |
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251 | (3) |
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Acarya Bhiksu and the Terapanth |
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254 | (8) |
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262 | (3) |
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265 | (6) |
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The Jain diaspora and the modern world |
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271 | (4) |
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275 | (2) |
| Glossary |
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277 | (4) |
| Notes |
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281 | (26) |
| Sources in Sanskrit and Prakrit |
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307 | (4) |
| Bibliography of secondary sources |
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311 | (25) |
| Index |
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