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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Jainism"”.
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Aesthetics of Sovereignty: The Poetic and Material Worlds of Medieval Jainism
… encounter, was to fundamental transform Jainism itself. What we are left with is a novel vision of Jainism: one that encourages subjects to let go of their loves only after holding onto them for a lifetime or three, one the demands renunciation of the world but only after you have …
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THE JAIN CENTRE IN LEICESTER
… dimension which was to unite four "sects" of Jainism under one roof, Svetambara, Digambara, Sthanakvasi and the devotees of Srimad Rajchandra. The prehistory of Jain Samaj is looked at briefly, from the first meetings in members' homes and the formal foundation of Jain Samaj Leicester in 1973. …
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Moving mountains: tracing the history, creation and meaning of Jain sacred-site images (tirtha pata)
… art objects, studies of Svetambara Murtipujak Jainism, interviews with contemporary tirtha-pata artists, and observation of bhava-yatra ceremonies. My theories and techniques derive from multiple disciplines: art history, curatorship, material-culture studies, and cartography. My study situates …
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Moving mountains: tracing the history, creation and meaning of Jain sacred-site images (tirtha pata)
… art objects, studies of Svetambara Murtipujak Jainism, interviews with contemporary tirtha-pata artists, and observation of bhava-yatra ceremonies. My theories and techniques derive from multiple disciplines: art history, curatorship, material-culture studies, and cartography. My study situates …
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The visual and spatial structure in Mughal urban design: the 16th century city of Fatehpur Sikri, India
… and which was a synthesis of Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Zoroastrianism and Christianity. The plan of Fatehpur Sikri is analyzed in the framework of the mandala, a Hindu concept of architectural spatial planning and town planning. The research concludes however, that the plan was not developed …
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Dana and Dhyana in Jaina Yoga: A Case Study of Preksadhyana and the Terapanth
This dissertation examines the role one aspect of the Jaina tradition plays in a globalized world in the 21st century vis-a-vis an economically viable, socially just, and ecologically sustainable society. I address this by means of an in-depth study of dana (giving, gifting, charity) and dhyana …