Framing the Jina narratives of icons and idols in Jain history / John E. Cort.

Author/creator Cort, John E., 1953-
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxviii, 398 p. : ill., photographs ; 25 cm.
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Contents Lives, frames, terms -- The archaeology of Jina images -- Icons and cosmology : a cosmos filled with eternal icons and temples -- The spread of icons in our world -- The lifetime "living Lord" icon of Mahavira : anxiety about the authenticity of icons -- Idols and a history of corruption -- The inevitability of tangible form : a natural theology of icons -- Framing the Jina.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [337]-377) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009011339
ISBN9780195385021 (alk. paper)

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