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Framing the Jina

Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History

by John E. Cort

A historical study of the place of images in Jainism, from early sculpture to modern debates over image worship. Cort examines how Jains have justified, contested and narrated the worship of icons of the Jinas and their attendant deities.

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