Puja in Digamdara Jain Tradition: material representatives of immaterial
Abstract
The article discusses the phenomenon of the temple ritual worship (puja) of the most important characters in Digambara traditions of Jainism - the five “best”-paramesthins and different deities - patrons of places, doctrine etc. The author analyses both tangible and intangible forms of such veneration in their historical context, emphasizing that “material” form of the offerings and the worship of the material-embodied objects are the main soteriological goals - to overcome all physical and material aspects of human being.
About the Author
N. A. Zheleznova
Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia A. Zheleznova - Ph. D, Senior Research Fellow, Department of History and Culture of the Ancient East.
Moscow
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Zheleznova N.A. Puja in Digamdara Jain Tradition: material representatives of immaterial. Orientalistica. 2019;2(2):241-259. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31696/2618-7043-2019-2-2-241-259
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