Ferrari & Dähnhardt/Charming Beauties, 10. Karman and Compassion

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How to Cite: de Clercq, Eva. Karman and Compassion: Animals in the Jain Universal History. Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts - Non-Human Animals in South Asian Myth, Ritual and Folklore. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 129 - 146 Oct 2013. ISBN 9781908049599.

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This chapter will present an overview of the various kinds of animal presences in the Jain Universal Histories, literally, in the encounters between śalākāpuruṣas and animals, and figuratively, in the symbolic value of certain animal occurrences, and will conclude with an excursus on animal sacrifice.

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    Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts: Non-Human Animals in South Asian Myth, Ritual and Folklore
  • creator
    Eva de Clercq
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    9781781791592 (eBook)
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    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
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    Sheffield, United Kingdom
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    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
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    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781781791592