'Tataḥ Srī-Gurus-Tasmai Sūrimantra? Dadyāt', 'Then the Venerable Guru Ought to Give Him the Sūrimantra': Early Modern Digambara Jaina Bhaṭṭāraka Consecrations
As recent research on the former bhaṭṭāraka lineages of Western and Central India has shown, the early modern Digambara tradition, rather than constituting a distinct, and defective, 'bhaṭṭāraka era', shows much similarity to contemporary Digambara Jainism. Bhaṭṭārakas were regarded and ve...
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MDPI
[2019]
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Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 6, Pages: 1-31 |
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consecration rituals
B vernacular songs of praise B Digambara B bhaṭṭārakas B Sanskrit ritual manuals B Jainism B Asceticism B early modern Indian religious traditions B mendicant initiation |
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