Situating Pārśva’s Biography in Varanasi

This study shows how Varanasi, a site that many people understand to be a sacred Hindu city, has been made “Jain” through its association with the lives of four of the twenty-four enlightened founders of Jainism, the jinas or tīrthaṅkaras. It provides an overview of the Jain sites of worship in Vara...

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Main Author: Gough, Ellen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2020]
In: Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B temple-building
B Monasticism
B Sacred Space
B Pārśva
B Varanasi
B Biography
B Jainism
B Padmāvatī
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