The lives of the Jain Elders /

The Lives of the Jain Elders by the twelfth-century Jain scholar-monk, Hemacandra, is the key synthesis of source material for the early history of Jainism. Hemacandra's epic relates the pupillary succession of the early monastic Jain community, their influence, and the legendary spread of thei...

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Main Author: Hemacandra, 1088-1172
Other Authors: Fynes, R. C. C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series:Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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