Pursuing Death widens the canvas of enquiry on the Jaina practices of voluntary termination of life, identified with terms such as Santra, Sallekhan, Samdhi, Sanyasana, Ardhan, Bhaktapratyakhyana, Panchapada, Pryopagamana, IngiF+, etc. This volume undertakes an in-depth study of both the philosophy and the practice of death, as revealed in a wide variety of texts written in Prakrit, Sanskrit, Kannada as well as a vast body of historical records, dated between the third century BCE and nineteenth century CE.
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Pursuing Death widens the canvas of enquiry on the Jaina practices of voluntary termination of life, identified with terms such as Santra, Sallekhan, Samdhi, Sanyasana, Ardhan, Bhaktapratyakhyana, Panchapada, Pryopagamana, IngiF+, etc. This volume undertakes an in-depth study of both the philosophy and the practice of death, as revealed in a wide variety of texts written in Prakrit, Sanskrit, Kannada as well as a vast body of historical records, dated between the third century BCE and nineteenth century CE.
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Fine in Fine- jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The revised edition, 326 pages, illustrated. This book "widens the canvas of enquiry on the Jaina practices of voluntary termination of life. This volume undertakes an in-depth study of both the philosophy and the practice of death, as revealed in a wide variety of texts written in Prakit, Sanskrit, Kannada as well as a vast body of historical records dated between the 3rd century BCEand 19th century CE." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE-DUST JACKET.
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