The Knowledge of Human Marks in Jain Medieval Narratives.
Apart from exegetical texts and short edifying stories, Jain monks wrote several literary narratives in Sanskrit, Prakrit, or Apabhraṃśa, between the 8th and 12th centuries. While they aimed at creating works as sophisticated as Hindu kāvyas in their style and plot, they also included technical pass...
| Publicado en: | Indo-Iranian Journal Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 62 - 88 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2019
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