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The Lives of the Jain Elders

The Lives of the Jain Elders - Oxford World's Classics

Paperback (07 May 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This epic is a source material for the early history of Jainism by the great 12th-century Jain scholar-monk, Hemacandra - also a key figure in the wider context of Sanskrit literature. It offers an insight into the social life of medieval India.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780192832276
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 294.4
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 227g
Height: 196mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 16mm