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The making of a medieval Jain monk: Language, power, and authority in the works of Jinaprabhasuri (c. 1261-1333).

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Title/Author:	The making of a medieval Jain monk: Language, power, and authority in the works of Jinaprabhasuri (c. 1261-1333)./
Author:	Vose, Steven M.
Description:	510 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-05(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International75-05A(E).
Subject:	Regional Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3609258
ISBN:	9781303679797

The making of a medieval Jain monk: Language, power, and authority in the works of Jinaprabhasuri (c. 1261-1333).
Vose, Steven M.

The making of a medieval Jain monk: Language, power, and authority in the works of Jinaprabhasuri (c. 1261-1333). - 510 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-05(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 2013.

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The late medieval Svetambara Jain tradition has been largely understood in terms of 'decline' and 'turning inward,' effected by the Delhi Sultanate's conquest of Gujarat. Disengaged from the state, the Jain tradition has been thought to have continued in relative isolation from 'Muslim rule.' Jinaprabhasuri (ca. 1261-1333) was the leader ( acarya) of a branch of the Kharatara Gaccha and one of the most prolific authors in Kharatara history. His most famous work, the Vividhatirthakalpa ('Descriptions of Various Holy Places,' VTK), describes his meetings with Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq (r. 1325-1351), from whom the monk gains several imperial edicts (farmans) to protect Jains and Jain pilgrimage sites, while also reclaiming a previously-plundered image of Mahavira. This dissertation examines how Jinaprabhasuri fashioned himself into the kind of monk who could have been successful as a representative to the Sultanate court by examining his extensive oeuvre of commentaries, monographs, and hymns. The first chapter analyzes possible connections between the Sultanate state and the Jains as both a religious and economic community. The second turns to Jinaprabhasuri's early works in grammar and his collaborative philosophical works to understand his intellectual foundations. The third chapter scrutinizes his work in poetics and his highly technical Sanskrit poetry (citra-kavya) to argue that he demonstrated an advanced mastery of an art form ostensibly produced for other poets and for performance in royal courts (gos&dotbelow;t&dotbelow;hi ). The fourth argues that he demonstrated mastery of the most highly restricted powers in the tradition through the production of manuals on the performance of rituals that grant access to these powers, which was consistent with his position as a leader of a monastic order. The fifth chapter provides a close reading of the VTK focusing on Jinaprabhasuri's eulogy of Satrunjaya and his meetings with the Sultan as a way of understanding the text as a commentary on the significance of recent events for the Jain tradition. The conclusion reflects on the importance of retellings of Jinaprabhasuri's story in the wider Svetambara tradition up to the late sixteenth century, when Tapa Gaccha Jains forged a new model in their relations with the Mughal Emperor Akbar.

ISBN: 9781303679797Subjects--Topical Terms:

1672379
Regional Studies.

The making of a medieval Jain monk: Language, power, and authority in the works of Jinaprabhasuri (c. 1261-1333).
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