Gregory M. Clines

Jain Ramaya¿a Narratives (eBook, ePUB)

Moral Vision and Literary Innovation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Jain Ramayäa Narratives: Moral Vision and Literary Innovation traces how and why Jain authors at different points in history rewrote the story of Rama and situates these texts within larger frameworks of South Asian religious history and literature.

The book argues that the plot, characters, and the very history of Jain Rama composition itself served as a continual font of inspiration for authors to create and express novel visions of moral personhood. In making this argument, the book examines three versions of the Rama story composed by two authors, separated in time and space by over 800 years and thousands of miles. The first is Ravi¿e¿a, who composed the Sanskrit Padmapuräa ("The Deeds of Padma"), and the second is Brahma Jinadasa, author of both a Sanskrit Padmapuräa and a vernacular (bhäa) version of the story titled Ram Ras ("The Story of Ram"). While the three compositions narrate the same basic story and work to shape ethical subjects, they do so in different ways and with different visions of what a moral person actually is. A close comparative reading focused on the differences between these three texts reveals the diverse visions of moral personhood held by Jains in premodernity and demonstrates the innovative narrative strategies authors utilized in order to actualize those visions.

The book is thus a valuable contribution to the fields of Jain studies and religion and literature in premodern South Asia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000584141
• Artikelnr.: 63580866

Autorenporträt

Gregory M. Clines is Assistant Professor of Religion at Trinity University, USA. His research focuses on early modern Digambara Jainism and Jain Ramayäa literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration List of Maps and Figures 1 Introduction: Jains in R
m
yäa Studies and R
m
yäas in Jain Studies PART I 2 Grief, Peace, and Moral Personhood in Ravi
e
a's Padmapur
a PART II 3 Creating Clarity: Jinad
sa Rewrites Ravi
e
a 4 Recognizing Enemies, Internal and External: Exemplarity and the Moral Vision of Jinad
sa's Padmapur
a PART III 5 From Padma to R
m: Language and Performance in Jinad
sa's R
m R
s 6 Performance, Audience, and Quotidian Ethics in the R
m R
s 7 Concluding Thoughts Appendix Index