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How can one live by impossible ideals and values? The Jains of India are a flourishing and prosperous community, but their religion is focused on the teaching and example of ascetic renouncers, whose austere regime is actually dedicated to ending worldly life and often culminates in a fast to death. This book draws upon a detailed study of an urban Jain community in Jaipur, north-west India, to offer the fullest account yet given of Jain religious belief and practice. It shows how renunciation and asceticism play a central part in the life of a thriving business community, and how world-renunciation combines for Jain families with the pursuit of worldly happiness. The book is in five parts. Part I introduces the vivid mythology and doctrine of Jainism, and the traditions of Jain renouncers. Part II discusses the relations of Jains with other groups in Indian society, the politics of leadership on Jain communities, and the history, character, and composition of the Jain community in Jaipur. This book is intended for anthropologists and sociologists, especially those interested in or working on South Asia or religion; scholars in comparative religious studies; anyone interested in Indian religion or society, including Jains themselves.
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Riches and Renunciation : Religion, Economy, and Society Among the Jains Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
author
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Laidlaw, James.
publisher
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Oxford University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0198280319
print isbn13
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9780198280316
ebook isbn13
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9780585346397
language
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English
subject
Jainism--India--Jaipur, Jainism--Social aspects, Jaipur (India)--Religious life and customs.
publication date
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1995
lcc
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BL1325.9.J34L35 1995eb
ddc
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294.4/0954/4
subject
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Jainism--India--Jaipur, Jainism--Social aspects, Jaipur (India)--Religious life and customs.
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Riches and Renunciation
OXFORD STUDIES IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Editorial Board
JOHN DAVIS LUC DE HEUSCH CAROLINE HUMPHREY
EMILY MARTIN PETER RIVIRE MARILYN STRATHERN
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OXFORD STUDIES IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology represents the work of authors, new and established, which will set the criteria of excellence in ethnographic description and innovation in analysis. The series serves as an essential source of information about the world and the discipline.
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Riches and Renunciation
Religion, Economy, and Society among the Jains
James Laidlaw
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Laidlaw, James. Riches and renunciation: religion, economy, and society among the Jains/James Laidlaw. (Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology) Includes bibliographical references. 1. JainismIndiaJaipur. 2. JainismSocial aspects. 3. Jaipur (India)Religious life and customs. I. Title II. Series. BL1325.9.J34L35 1995 294.4'0954'4dc20 95-20277 ISBN 0-19-828031-9 ISBN 0-19-828042-4 (Pbk) 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I should like to thank all those who helped me during the fieldwork on which this book is based, which was conducted in north-west India, mostly in the city of Jaipur, between 1984 and 1990. Kavita Srivastava was a source of moral guidance, practical support, and intellectual stimulation during all this time. She and her family always made me welcome, and I am deeply indebted to them all. Kamal Dagga was an unfailing source of help, companionship, and good humour. Sunita Meharchandani, as Sunita Jain, discussed with me almost every puzzle about Jainism I came across in the later years of fieldwork, and for her interest and her help I am extremely grateful.
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