Framing the Jina :
Cort, John E.,. 1953-
Framing the Jina : narratives of icons and idols in Jain history / John E. Cort. - 1st ed . - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xviii, 398 p. : ill., photographs ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-377) and index.
Lives, frames, terms -- The archaeology of Jina images -- Icons and cosmology : a cosmos filled with eternal icons and temples -- The spread of icons in our world -- The lifetime "living Lord" icon of Mahavira : anxiety about the authenticity of icons -- Idols and a history of corruption -- The inevitability of tangible form : a natural theology of icons -- Framing the Jina.
9780195385021 (alk. paper)
2009011339
Jaina symbolism--History.
Jaina sculpture.
BL1375.S97 / C76 2010
294.437 / COR
Framing the Jina : narratives of icons and idols in Jain history / John E. Cort. - 1st ed . - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xviii, 398 p. : ill., photographs ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-377) and index.
Lives, frames, terms -- The archaeology of Jina images -- Icons and cosmology : a cosmos filled with eternal icons and temples -- The spread of icons in our world -- The lifetime "living Lord" icon of Mahavira : anxiety about the authenticity of icons -- Idols and a history of corruption -- The inevitability of tangible form : a natural theology of icons -- Framing the Jina.
9780195385021 (alk. paper)
2009011339
Jaina symbolism--History.
Jaina sculpture.
BL1375.S97 / C76 2010
294.437 / COR
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